Video Taping Entries

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Before we begin Turn to page 6 or 7 in your
standards binder. Entries Based on Videotape to
determine which entries you will be required to
videotape. You will need two entries

• Each must be at least minutes in lengthnot
  longer.
• Must be from two different lessons
• One will feature a small group
• One will feature whole class instruction

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Video Taping Entries

• Everything you wanted to know about video taping
  and still will not know at the end of this
  sessionbecause

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Everything we learned we learned in kindergarten
and we havent learned much since
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Agenda
Vaughan and Joyce at the movies

• Discuss video entries

One video is NOT worth 1000 words

• Discuss written commentaries

May Day, May Day

• Discuss strategies for success

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National Board Certified Teacher
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What do THEY ( the assessors) look for in the
video tape entry ?
A. An Academy Award winning performance?
B Great videography
C. A Dog and Pony Show?
D. None of the above
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What do THEY ( the assessors) look for in the
video tape entry ?
A. An Academy Award winning performance?
B Great videography
C. A Dog and Pony Show?
D. None of the above
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They are looking for

• Interaction with the students

• Variety

• Practical application of the standards

• Higher level thinking skills

• Evidence of how you respond to students

• Evidence of how students respond to you

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Remember..

• No matter how PERFECT the videotape is and no
  matter how eloquent the writing ITS ALL ABOUT
  EVIDENCE OF MEETING THE STANDARDS!

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Quality of the evidence must be
Clear
Consistent
Convincing
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Before you begin to create an entry..
Find the level four rubric for your specialty
area portfolio entry. Probably on page 4 or 5.
Underline or highlight the key terms in the
rubric.
Level 4 is the standard you should strive to
achieve.
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Before you begin to create an entry you might
want to
Copy the rubric on a note card and tape it on
your computer or workstation
Standard
Copy the standards for the entry and tape those
where you can see them.
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The written commentary is critical to
understanding the video.
Remember.. The assessors will read your
commentary before viewing your videotape
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The bridge between the videotaped lesson and the
written commentary is your careful analysis of
the video
Careful, Meticulous Analysis of the Lesson
The written commentary
Videotape
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Analyzing a Video

• Find a quiet place and use a tape recorder

• First watch the complete video. Decide if there
  is a 15 minute segment that is usable

• When you find a usable segment, watch it four
  different time

• Focus on your teaching
• Focus on student/teacher interaction
• Focus on dialogue (use tape recorder)
• Focus on the standards to be met

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Pass out Video View Form Courtesy of Nikki Barnes
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Your Teaching
The focus is pedagogy and content knowledge
Dont take anything for granted.

• Does the evaluator understand why you walk around
  the room?

• Does the evaluator understand why you used a
  handout/chalkboard/LCD projector/ or overhead
  projector?

• Does the evaluator understand why you referred to
  previously learned knowledge?

• Does the evaluator understand why you respond
  differently to some students?

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Interaction
How do you interact with the students?
How do they interact with each other?
How does the entire class respond to you?
Consider body language and facial expressions of
the students.
Describe the classroom atmosphere
Diagram of classroom seating arrangement must be
included
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Dialogue
Listen intently to what you say and to what the
students say.
Find a connection to your goals/objectives and
that of the entry in general.
Quotable quotes can serve as evidence
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Connecting to the Standards
This IS where it counts

• Connect all focus areas to the standards
• My teaching
• Interaction
• Dialogue

Must have EVIDENCE!!
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Practical Matters and Tips
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Whole Class Video Taping
FOCUS THE ENTIRE CLASS SEGMENT

• Train camera operator to pan the classroom, to
  get the students faces, but you must also be
  included in the video.

• Camera operator must zoom in whenever you are
  having a one-on-one conversation with a student

• Make sure the equipment does not block the
  assessors view of the students.

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Small Group Videotaping
FOCUS SMALL GROUP SEGMENT.

• Instruct students to allow only one person at a
  time to speak so that all students will be heard.

• Camera operator may shoot the entire group and
  does not have to follow the conversation

• Remember, assessors want to hear the students
  speak too, not just you.

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Permission Forms
Got to have them!!! Get them in ASAP

• Permission forms needed for students AND any
  adults who may be in the video

• Students who do not return the slips may not be
  in the videos

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Equipment

• Use a tripod

• Use multi-directional microphone in addition to
  built in microphone on the camera

• Use good quality NEW tapes to make recordings.

• Make sure you remove tab for any videos you do
  not want to record over.

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Camera Operator

• Train a person to come in each time or train a
  student in each class.

• Remind camera person NOT TO TALK

• The quality of the videography is not as
  important as what goes on in the class and the
  written commentary.

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Copy your Videotapes

• Make a copy of recordings that might be keepers
  on a new tape.

• Make two copies of the final tapes that are
  submitted.

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PLEASE HAVE SOMEONE ELSE ANALYZE YOUR
VIDEOTAPE. THEY MAY SEE SOMETHING YOU MISSED.
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How can we set up a support network here in Salem?

• Ideas? Suggestions?

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TIME?!?!!
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The only thing that stands in the way of each of
us becoming GREAT teachers is that we sometimes
accept being a GOOD teacher as our goal instead
of being GREAT.
Lets strive to become GREAT teachers. Our
students deserve the very best!!!!
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Celebration