LESSON OBSERVATION AND CURRICULUM REVIEW
VUWBO helps school leaders and teachers
- Review teaching and teaching assistants
- Review curriculum intent and implementation
- Identify teaching strengths and areas for improvement
- Target professional learning to improve classroom practice
- Monitor improvement over time
- Develop observation and feedback skills
- Improve professional discourse in school
THE VUWBO APP
Schools across the UK and overseas are using VUWBO to review teaching and curriculum. Our unique sliders provide descriptions of effective practice and give teachers and observers guidance to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and curriculum.
Use VUWBOs evidence informed sliders to investigate 5 aspects of classroom practice or create your own slider content and guidance.
- Challenge and differentiation
- Feedback
- Classroom talk
- Expectations and relationships
- Skill development
VUWBO walks are allow you to focus on one aspect of practice in a variety of classrooms.
NEW: Members can now access our new curriculum review tool.
GET THE VUWBO APP
The VUWBO app is free to download from the Apple App Store.
The free app enables you to conduct and produce pdf reports of your observations.
Get much more with VUWBO Membership
VUWBO membership gives users even more functionality and access to Curriculum review tools and Online Reporting.
Produce curriculum review reports ◊ Write your own slider content ◊ Customise reports with your school logo ◊ Create whole school and group teaching reports ◊ Set targets for teachers ◊ Export information to share with governors ◊ Track changes over time.
TOOLS & FEATURES
Curriculum review
VUWBO curriculum review helps you evaluate intent and implementation. Explore how effectively substantive and procedural knowledge and subject literacy are embedded in curriculum design.
VUWBO Walks
VUWBO walks allow you to enquire into one aspect of classroom practice in up to 5 classrooms. Choose one of the 5 VUWBO sliders or create your own slider content to investigate an aspect of teaching or curriculum relevant to your school development priorities.
VUWBO Teaching Assistants
VUWBO Teaching Assistant’s observation resource provides you with a ready-made tool designed to maximise the impact of TAs in classrooms. Designed with Rob Webster, author of the latest EEF Teaching Assistant guidance.
Professional learning tools
Many of the VUWBO’s observation tools are diagnostic. Our first suite of professional learning tools is designed to help teachers to investigate their challenge and differentiation practice.
VUWBO Early Years
Working with specialist Early Years consultants VUWBO have created bespoke Early Years slider content.
Online Reporting
Easy-to-use report creator, create reports for staff, teams or whole school.
Only available with Membership