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Peer observation, learning walks and professional learning communities for trainers and educators

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for trainers. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 30 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 9 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 30 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Why a visit felt like an inspection · 6 min

    Before you begin · Two visits, two outcomes · What changed?

  • Lesson 2: Trust, purpose and the observer's role · 5 min

    Three ground rules · Observer, observed, or partner · Match the move

  • Lesson 3: Look-fors, protocols and recording evidence · 5 min

    Choose a protocol · Evidence or judgement? · Check

  • Lesson 4: Learning walks, microteaching and the hard debrief · 5 min

    A learning walk, step by step · The debrief that went wrong · Hard cases

  • Lesson 5: Lesson study and collaborative planning · 5 min

    The lesson study cycle · Put the cycle in order · Check

  • Lesson 6: Leading a learning community and final assessment · 4 min

    A meeting that ends with a next step · Practice

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

When an academy launches peer observation or a learning community, at the start of a CPD term, and as a refresher for new observers.

Trainers, facilitators, mentors, instructional coaches and teaching staff who observe peers, run learning walks or lead collaborative planning and learning-community meetings; run by L&D, a training academy lead or a staff-development lead.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Ld contact
  • Training standards link
  • Concern route
  • Observation record rule
  • LMS or record system
  • Next course link
  • Course URL
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