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