Christine Willard (Special Education)


A little more about your class:

I teach Student Teaching and Practicum.

The issue you’re addressing:

Student-teacher feedback.

Tell us a bit more about your teaching innovation:

In the past, I “told” students what they did and did not do well. I took up most of the “air time”. For the innovation, I would like to try a menu approach whereby the student teacher addresses a series of prompts related to their own teaching. The goal is for the student to become a reflective practitioner.

Your initial takeaways:

Very positive reviews from the student teachers.

Suggested “podcast pairing”:

Joe Hirsch on “Moving from Feedback to Feedforward” (The Cult of Pedagogy podcast)

Transcript “Moving from Feedback to Feedforward”