The EvalScribe Teacher Evaluation Blog — AI, Frameworks, & Observation Tips
Collecting Evidence in a Classroom Observation: How to Script What You See
by: Anthony D. Neely, Ph.D.Published on: 31/08/2026A guide for principals and APs on gathering evidence during a formal classroom observation: low-inference scripting, evidence vs. opinion, and coding what you saw to the rubric. Includes an interactive evidence-or-opinion trainer.
What Should I Write Down? Why That's the Wrong Question During a Classroom Walkthrough
by: Anthony D. Neely, Ph.D.Published on: 06/06/2026What should you write down during a classroom walkthrough? It's the wrong question. Asking it forces you to observe and categorize at once, and the categorizing wins. Capture richly, ask what am I seeing, and let the rubric translation come later.
The First Five Minutes of a Walkthrough: What Admins Should Be Looking For
by: Anthony D. Neely, Ph.D.Published on: 06/06/2026What to look for in the first five minutes of a classroom walkthrough: not the teacher, the learning. What the students are doing, what the room reveals, what the teacher's decisions show, and what the lesson says about the weeks before it.
