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Linda Bellamy, Teachscape
Ngozi Williams, Principal - Tree of Life, DC Charter
Copyright © 2008
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A growing body of research shows that student
achievement is more heavily influenced by
teacher quality than by students’ race, class,
prior academic record, or school attended.
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2006 Center for Public Education.
Education
National School Boards Association.
Sanders’ Study on Teacher Impact
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When we provide the support, it works…
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Principals who received more instruction related
professional development were more actively involved in
the professional development of their teachers.
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Teachers who got more professional development taught
lessons that were of higher instructional quality.
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students with higher
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Focus on Walkthroughs
Why Walkthroughs?
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Collect data focused on what is happening
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Monitor implementation of initiati
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Measure changes over time
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Shape instructional practices
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Guide instructional leadership practices
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Monitor trends in student learning/student achievement
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Inform the work of professional learning communities
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Use data to scaffold reflective discussions
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Common and consistent vocabulary around teaching and learning (Increased
communication and collaboration
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Purpose
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for Implementation
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Urgent need to more effectively support instruction &
improve student achievement
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Need/desire to create a school
school-wide
wide picture of teaching
and learning…thus providing the school feedback about
what its doing
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Increase efficiency of daily feedback forms to teachers
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Benefits of Implementation
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Daily focus on best practices
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Added greater value to existing classroom walkthroughs; calibrating
was invaluable
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Vehicle to see trends of instructional practice
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Hook to engage learning community about improving teaching &
learning
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Data compelled even reluctant teachers to develop plans of action for
improvement
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Focus on Walkthroughs
Teachscape Walkthrough:
Process Tool,
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Tool Technology
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Process
Seven step process focuses squarely on continuous improvement to meet
identified outcomes
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Tool
Reflects powerful research on effective instructional practices (Marzano), higher
order thinking skills (Bloom), student engagement (Schlechty), differentiation
(Tomlinson) and classroom environment
(Tomlinson),
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Technology
Enables ease of data collection through PDAs
PDAs, which upload the data through
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Classroom Walkthrough (CWT) Process
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Walkthroughs
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The Walkthrough Technology
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Touch,iPads,
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Data can also be collected on tablet,laptop,
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of access and enhanced reporting
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Walkthroughs
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Standard tools
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Math Look Fors
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Reading Look Fors
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ELL Look Fors
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of formats
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E-mail walkthrough to teacher
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onInstruction.
Walkthroughs
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Administration
Data Entry
Reporting
Create New Report > Preview Report
Classroom Walkthrough
Click here to gather information from classrooms
and analyze that data using powerful reporting
tools.
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Focus on Walkthroughs
Administration
Data Entry
Reporting
Create New Report > Preview Report
Classroom Walkthrough
Click here to gather information from classrooms
and analyze that data using powerful reporting
tools.
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Focus on Walkthroughs Promoting Continuous Improvement Training
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3-Day Seminar (up to 25 Participants)-2 consecutive days and 4-6 weeks later
the third day.
Includes:
Training
Professional Library-3-books
Participant Guide
CWT 3.0 license and PDA application
Online and toll-free support
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Data Collection Tool Training
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Implementation
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and Training
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School leaders participated in implementation training
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Our collective (instant) buy-in of CWT & awareness of teachers’
professional development needs compelled us to expand contract to
include CWT professional development for teachers
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School leader observation – middle academy teachers seemed more
motivated & invested; elementary teachers—barriers put in the way
like behavior
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Overcoming
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Paradigm Shift – increased ownership for teaching &
learning
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Self-initiated Teacher utilization of tools (on-line)
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Eye Opener – for teachers & school leaders (early
walkthroughs revealed the extent to which HYS were
NOT being implemented)
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Action Plan Implementation – providing professional
development for teachers when needing
support/monitoring teachers use of tools
support/monitoring,
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Take time to look at implementation of HYS in action plan
on front end before plan implementation (deeper data
review for training needs)
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Implementation
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- Successes
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Completed classroom walkthrough process (from Planning with a
P rpose to E
Purpose
Evaluating
al ating Action Plan) once
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School leaders provided daily walkthroughs (& shared data regularly
with teachers)
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Principal used program to: 1) custom-tailor the CWT instrument; and
2) conduct, electronically, existing classroom walkthrough
(blackboard configuration) (which provided different feedback than
CWT walkthrough)
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Teachers implemented High Yield Strategies (many teachers showed
enthusiasm toward learning & implementing HYS)
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Successes
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To analyze patterns and trends in teaching and learning
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To monitor the efficacy of professional development or other
improvement strategies
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To determine areas of focus for improvement
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To build professional culture and dialogue around teaching and
learning
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Successes
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Improved instructional practices
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Increased student engagement
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More positive interaction between school leadership and students
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Increased collaboration between school leaders and teachers
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Fewer disciplinary referrals
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NEXT STEPS
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Classroom Walkthrough Process – institute as routine ongoing cycle
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Expanded PED – Intensive (deeper)
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Tie Data to Outcomes – How do we measure impact on student
incomes
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Data Review – from p
perspective
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of teacher implementation
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of HYS
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Lesson Plan Template – add place for HYS
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Tie to CWT/Action Plans to Common Core Standards
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Coaching – more individual work with teachers
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Area for Growth – Differentiate teacher mastery (of CWT
implementation); re-teaching when needed
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Area for Growth – Check-in for meaningful feedback DURING process
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Area for Growth – Pre- and Post-assessment for HYS Institute
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Area for Growth
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ensure
re teacher master
mastery of HYS
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NEXT STEPS
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Focused Professional Development
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Online Resources
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Coaching
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Training on Using and Analyzing Data
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effective teaching. student success.
Linda Bellamy, Eastern US VP
[email protected]
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