Classroom WalkThrough

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Classroom Walk-Through

• Navigating our Course
• Improving our Practice

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Goal for the Classroom Walk-Through

• To use Classroom Walk-Through as an effective
  tool for supporting our reflective culture and
  improving professional practice resulting in
  increased student learning.

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Why Classroom Walk-Through?

• Collect real-time data
• Increase coaching effectiveness
• Increase reflective practice collaboration
• Support S E requirements Professional
  Development planning
• Increase achievement/close gaps

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Classroom Walk-Through is . . .
a snapshot . . . bite-sized pieces. . . of
classroom environments, learning experiences, and
student perspectives.
Margery B. Ginsberg
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Classroom Walk-Throughs Keep in Mind . . .

• This kind of visit is about building a culture of
  reflection and learning.
• CWT is a different kind of classroom visit . . .
  A brief, focused observation.
• CWT is a tool to strengthen our ability to
  improve teaching and learning classroom by
  classroom .

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Look-For Categories

• Standards/Lesson Objective
• Instructional Strategies
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Student Engagement
• Learning Environment-Wall Walk

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Classroom Walk-Through Model
The Process

• Step 1 Prep for Walk-Throughs
• Step 2 Do the Walk-Throughs
• AFTER THE WALK . . .
• Step 3 Summarize Observations/Analyze Data
• Step 4 Share Feedback/Observations
• Step 5 Analyze / Use Data

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CWT results for Staff . . .

• Clear, consistent focus / expectations
• Common language
• Observable data
• Leads to dialogue and reflection re teaching and
  learning and improvement
• Reflective Question/Comments
• Data collected connected to School Improvement
  Goals, Professional Growth Goals and Supervision
  and Evaluation Criteria.

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Classroom Walk-Through
Based on what you know now, how is CWT the same
as or different from traditional observation?
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Introduction to Reflection
...the ability to look back and make sense of
what happened and what you learned. But its
also the ability to look forward, to anticipate
whats coming up and what you need to do to
prepare.
Reflective Practice to Improve Schools York-Barr,
Sommers, Ghere, Monte
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Continuous learning and improvement requires
embedding the norm of reflective practice in your
work.
Reflective Practice to Improve Schools York-Barr,
Sommers, Ghere, Monte
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Reflective Practice Stages of Implementation
Schoolwide Reflection
Partner and Small Group Reflection
Individual Reflection
Adapted from Reflective Practice to Improve
Schools York-Barr, Sommers, Ghere, Monte
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Reflection

• 50 of CWTs should end with a reflective
  question
• Reflective questions - delivered orally or in
  written form
• Within 24 hours
• No response may be expected

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Look-For Categories

• Standards/Lesson Objective
• Instructional Strategies
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Student Engagement
• Learning Environment-Wall Walk

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Sources of Data ? Planning
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Reflection
Take 3-5 minutes to think about how the Classroom
Walk-Through process might impact teaching and
learning in our school . . .