In many schools today, teacher dissatisfaction is easy to find and just as easy to misunderstand. When frustration surfaces, leaders sometimes respond by encouraging teachers to “stay positive.”  Such statements feel like imposed positivity and sounds more like dismissal than support. It often communicates a lack of understanding and empathy. Research has consistently shown that […]

What impact is created when teachers play a greater role in guiding the observations that school administrators conduct? Ty McGee, an administrator with the Saudi Aramco Expatriate Schools in Saudi Arabia, describes the design process used and the plan that emerged to increase teacher’s satisfaction with observation feedback. Consider how this plan for teacher feedback […]