Streamlining Feedback to Teachers with Observation Copilot (Via Transformative Principal Podcast)

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In a recent episode of the Transformative Principal podcast, host Jethro Jones sat down with Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller to explore a major challenge facing school leaders: giving timely, high-quality feedback to teachers after classroom observations.

Enter Observation Copilot, a new tool that instantly turns a principal’s raw observation notes into framework-aligned feedback that’s ready for editing and sharing with teachers, saving valuable time without sacrificing the quality of their feedback.

Here are a few key takeaways from their conversation

Saving principals time without sacrificing quality. Principals often spend hours transforming observation notes into structured, rubric-aligned feedback.

Jethro shared the story of a principal who was spending three hours per observation, working late into the night. “This is not sustainable,” he told them.

His point underscored the urgent need for smarter solutions that respect leaders’ time and mental bandwidth. Observation Copilot simplifies this process by helping principals instantly convert their notes into clear, actionable feedback aligned to the relevant framework.

As Adam explained, the goal with Observation Copilot is to leverage technology to give principals more time to focus on high-value instructional leadership tasks.

“If we could help that principal take the process from an hour down to 20 minutes, she now has 40 more minutes to spend on high-impact interactions,” Adam said.

Providing teachers with more timely and meaningful feedback. Too often, teachers receive feedback days or even weeks after an observation, limiting its usefulness.

Jethro emphasized that teachers benefit most from observations when they get something out of them right away. “If they don’t get that feedback that day, it makes it really difficult [to impact instruction],” he said.

Observation Copilot enables same-day feedback, helping teachers reflect and grow while the lesson is still fresh.

“The ability to observe today and get feedback to the teacher today transforms even that most formal of observations into something meaningful to me as the teacher because I’m not two weeks down the road teaching something else,” Adam said.

Additional support for principals. In addition to helping principals craft framework-aligned feedback in minutes, Observation Copilot also features tools to capture timestamped notes, support for district-specific rubrics, and even suggests ideas for teachers to consider, helping principals quickly offer rich, thoughtful suggestions.

Try Observation Copilot for free

During the episode, Adam shared that Edthena is offering the tool for free to all principals through the end of the school year.

Ready to streamline your observation feedback? Click below to learn more and try it out!

Try Observation Copilot for free at observationcopilot.com.

To hear more about how Observation Copilot is reshaping principal practice, listen to the full episode of the Transformative Principal podcast.