Collegial Class Visits

At the IGS, the KUH (Collegial Class Visits) has been an integral part of the school’s in-service programme for years. KUH stands in German for Collegial Teaching Observation and is a means for the teaching staff to support each other in preparing and implementing lessons. It is a criteria-based observation of a lesson with subsequent feedback from colleagues. The aim is to improve teaching practice and thus the quality of teaching.
Before each visit, the colleagues agree on specific observation aspects that will be the focus of the lesson. At the subsequent feedback meeting, each colleague can reflect on their own lessons and draw conclusions for future lessons from this reflection.
This week, Mr. Keller, Mr. Kmiecik and Mr. Reisdorf visited Mr Kehm’s Grade 6 Physics lesson. The focus of the observation was on the organization of electrical experiments with student experiment kits, and overcoming language barriers created by formal task instructions.