eCOVE: The Observation Toolkit.
If you’re looking for an electronic tool for gathering teacher observation data, you might want to check this resource out. eCove is a Windows-based application that allows the school administrator to quickly count such teaching factors as:
- Speaking out of turn
- Selective verbatim
- Teacher talk
- Teacher travel
- On-task time
- Attention to gender
And many others. This tool can also be used to gather data for individual students for behavior observation purposes.
I’m taking my Instructional Leadership class right now that addresses teacher supervision and evaluation. I will be doing a supervision cycle with one of our teachers next week, and I will download the 30-day trial version for the purpose. I will report back with my results and level of satisfaction for how this works. It retails for $189, and it looks like there is a PDA version as well.
Link to eCOVE: The Observation Toolkit.
