Simple Twist to Enhance Pop-Ins

I just had a great experience that I wanted to share with everyone.  So, we all have to do observations - especially pop-ins just to check and see how things are going.  I have really been thinking about how to make pop-ins more purposeful and use them to build teacher capacity as well as to inform the administrative team on how our school is doing on implementing our 1:1 and Bengal Instruction Frames (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1uNXkGwMWBIRWpJbGh6dFFoU0E/view?usp=sharing).

So, what I have been doing is observing for a few minutes and taking 3-5 points of targeted evidence (interviewing students about what they think the objective is, how students know they are successful, etc.), and I share it with the teacher.

Rather than give feedback, I send the teacher a prompt about what I was looking at, and then I ask them to tell me what their reflection is and next step.  The teacher then responds, and I get much richer information than I would have gotten by just popping in for a few minutes.  Additionally, I get to start a dialogue with the teacher where I can provide assistance or highlight great practices, especially once I get additional context. 

What I've noticed:

*Teachers assess themselves and don't require my specific feedback

*Teachers directly ask for specific assistance if needed

*Teachers share highlights or extend invitations as a result of the dialogue

I like this because just leaving a brief note sometimes seems like dropping a rock down a deep well - you don't really know if it found the ground.

How are you using your pop-in visits to build capacity or strengthen school initiatives?  Any recommendations from the vets?

EXAMPLE FRAME:  

I am following up on my classroom visit.  As shared in the weekly announcements, our focus this 2nd quarter is the use of success criteria.  Following this, we look for: your posted objective and agenda (administrative expectations) and ask three students in your class two questions, "What are you learning today/what skill are you learning/practicing?" and "How do you know you are successful/have mastered the lesson?".

Your objective was: .

Your three students responded:

What are you learning today/what skill are you learning/practicing?	"How do you know you are successful/have mastered the lesson?"
S1:	S1:
S2:	S2:
S3:	S3:

Based on your students answers, what are your reflections and next steps?