Why use the Lesson Recording tool?

Because it can make reflection and feedback more effective and more flexible.

Recording lessons can help your ECT:

• notice things they miss while teaching
• reflect on specific moments
• get more concrete feedback from you as their mentor
• get feedback based on a wider range of lessons than in-person drop-ins alone

As a mentor, watching your ECT’s lesson recordings can help you:

• give more precise and evidence-informed feedback
• revisit parts of the lesson you want to discuss in more detail
• see a broader picture of your ECT’s practice over time, across different classes and contexts
• fit observation and feedback more flexibly around both of your timetables

As a mentor, you can also record your own lessons to model effective practice. Watching and discussing these recordings with your ECT in weekly meetings can be a useful way to make aspects of teaching more visible and illustrate particular approaches or techniques.