Patent ID: 9672579
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: providing a novel computer environment, such environment establishing real-time integration of professional development activities with teacher observation processes for use by a specific teacher of a set of teachers of a school entity body, such environment having permissions gating access to observation data resulting from observation of the specific teacher being served in real time for display on a client computer of the specific teacher in a novel context with professional development data pertinent to performance of the specific teacher, such environment further integrating real-time observer and administrator participation; providing each client computer of a plurality of client computers separately gated access to a platform associated with such environment over a network, wherein a load placed on the platform by the client computers is balanced by a load balancer coupled to a server system implemented by a series of application servers in a peer-to-peer configuration; serving web pages, by the server system over the network to the client computer of the specific teacher, by which the specific teacher, in a professional view, views: such observation results having been previously uploaded to the server system from an observer template on a client computer of each one of the set of observers who has observed the teacher, wherein the observer template includes areas designated for entry by each one of the set of observers for comments and for a suggested set of resources for the specific teacher that are pertinent to the comments, and the observation-specific web page having corresponding areas for the observer comments and the set of resources thus entered, such observation-specific web page further including a designated region wherein the specific teacher can provide a feedback comment to such results; and providing, within the professional view a set of graphical links by which the specific teacher accesses and views a set of professional learning plan (PLP) web pages, each PLP web page defining a distinct professional learning plan for the specific teacher, such PLP web pages being individually selectable from a portfolio web page listing all of the PLP web pages for the specific teacher, and wherein each PLP web page includes a dedicated region whereby the specific teacher provides evidence for performance in accordance with the corresponding distinct professional learning plan; wherein the permissions gating access to the specific teacher, the observers, and the administrators are stored in a user database with separately gated access by each of the specific teacher, the observers, and the administrators to computer resources on the network, and the observation results, the feedback comment by the specific teacher, and the evidence for performance are caused to be stored by the server system and made available by the server system in web pages over the network for viewing by at least one of the administrators, the environment therefore similarly integrating real-time participation of the observers and administrators.