I have visited several classrooms with administrators since the beginning of school. I started doing this because of a gut feeling that we should be in classrooms more, but couldn’t articulate exactly what difference I thought it would make. I think we are plagued, in education, by good ideas. We see things that other people [...]
Entries Tagged as 'learning walks'
What I’ve been thinking about learning walks lately
October 18, 2010 · 2 Comments · Student Achievement
Working on my Learning Goals
September 3, 2010 · 1 Comment · Student Achievement
One of the most important things we do–maybe the most important thing we do–is to make sense of what we are being asked to do, match that with our professional knowledge (theory) and our experience, and figure out how to deploy our skills accordingly, and perhaps what additional skills we need to acquire. There’s probably [...]
Tags: coaching·leadership·learning goals·learning walks·teacher evaluation·theory of action
What are we looking for?
November 10, 2009 · No Comments · Student Achievement
At the October AP meeting at Stuart, I asked those present to pair up and visit classrooms, and come back and talk about what they were looking for. Here’s a sampling of what was said: Objective on the board Clarity of Target Student engagement Time-on-task Student interaction with other students Student interaction with the teacher [...]
Tags: classroom formative assessment·leadership·learning walks
A vision for good instruction
June 2, 2009 · 2 Comments · Student Achievement
OK, here’s a good story for you. Well, it made me happy. Last year, we started working with the principals on a vision for good instruction, as described in the book Change Leadership. I talked about that in this post, which is mostly about learning walks. But that’s not all there was to it. The [...]
Tags: classroom formative assessment·leadership·learning walks
Relationship between Assessment for Learning and the 27J Instructional Model
February 11, 2009 · 1 Comment · Student Achievement
A question came up during-or as a result of-the first day of the Classroom Formative Assessment training about the relationship between classroom formative assessment and the 27J Instructional Model. This question made me think – not about what that relationship is, because I’m very clear on that, but about whether I’ve been clear about what [...]
Tags: classroom formative assessment·instructional model·learning walks
Today’s Learning Walk
January 29, 2009 · No Comments · Student Achievement
We went to another elementary today. Me, Kelly, five principals and the superintendent. This time, we went to a variety of classrooms, using the same protocol as last time to talk about what we saw in classrooms. We saw some good stuff. The purpose of doing these learning walks is to provide principals with the [...]
Tags: clarity of target·classroom formative assessment·effective feedback·examples of strong and weak work·leadership·learning walks
Learning Walks and Assessment for Learning Training
January 6, 2009 · 6 Comments · Student Achievement
I’ve already written about the work of Tim Waters and Bob Marzano and their analysis of what makes some school districts more successful than others. All that they talk about in terms of creating a school district with high quality instruction that varies little within and across schools is not possible without a common vision [...]
Tags: classroom formative assessment·learning walks·professional development
