Classroom Walkthrough
Communicating our Purpose
Transparency
• Components based on district vision• Goals: • Identify strengths and areas for
improvement• Create a culture where all staff members
learn from one another• Define professional development goals
for the 2014-15 school year
Sharing the Tool
•We often fear what we don’t understand.• Don’t make the tool a secret.
Sharing Learning Targets with Students
Learn More…
Overview of Essential Questions and Clear Learning Targets• Are your Essential Questions REALLY Essential? - September
2013 Edition of The NCCS Compass• Creating Quality Clear Learning Targets - September 2013
Edition of The NCCS Compass
Take a Deeper Dive into Clear Learning Targets and Essential Questions• Two-Hour
Professional Development Opportunity on CLTs and EQs - Fall 2012
Focus on the 4Cs
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Resources to Support Understanding of the 4Cs of 21st Century Learning• The
21st Century Classroom Part I - Exploring Creativity and Critical Thinking - Fall 2012
• The 21st Century Classroom Part II - Exploring Collaboration and Communication - Spring 2013
• Web 2.0 Tools Aligned with the 4Cs of 21st Century Learning - Spring 2013
Technology Use
Technology Use and Alignment
Emphasis on Technology Use
Learn More…• Classroom 21 TPACK Overview • (Scroll down past P21 Framework)
• TPACK Resources
Higher-Order Thinking Opportunities
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Resources to Support Understanding Bloom's Revised Taxonomy• RBT Through Tech Tools - Dr. Scarlet Davis, Fall 2013• RBT Questions Guide
Engagement
Learn More…• Schlechty's Theory of Engagement
Differentiated Opportunities
Learn More…Resources to Support Differentiation• Carol Ann Tomlinson's Differentiation Chart• Differentiation and the P21 Framework (3-hour training)• Learn NC - Reaching Every Learner - Differentiating in Theory and Practice
More Differentiation Resources for Teachers• http://differentiationcentral.com/• http://
www.nagc.org/uploadedFiles/Articles/Differentiation_Pt2-ChallengeWinter06.pdf
• http://www.nctm.org/resources/content.aspx?id=22753• http://www.pgce.soton.ac.uk/IT/Teaching/Differentiation/• http://
www.optimus-education.com/using-resources-support-differentiation• http://www.teachersfirst.com/di.cfm• http://www.nagc.org/index.aspx?id=660
What Else?
E-mail Feedback
Instructional Rounds• Primary Purpose: Improving their craft• Provides an opportunity to discuss instructional
practices• Note useful practices other than the ones they use• Ease the fear of trying something new• Identify possible areas for their own professional
development• Identify areas of practice for reflective dialogue
with colleagues• Begin with volunteers.
Key Points to Remember• The CWT is NOT EVALUATIVE• Goal – continuous improvement at the teacher,
school, and district level.• The CWT E-mail serves as information to the
teacher about what was observed during that 4-7 minute moment in time.
Walkthroughs as Learning Process• Enables teachers to… • identify the instructional areas they want to improve• identify practices to implement in their own classroom
• “Teachers should be experts of their own school as to what is taking place and what is needed for school improvement.” – Patrick Larkin
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