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Conducting Instructional Rounds. THAT ’ S ME!. Revitalizing a Faculty. Instructional rounds have the power to stimulate excitement and energy with faculty members almost immediately. Instructional Rounds=Win-Win.
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Revitalizing a Faculty Instructional rounds have the power to stimulate excitement and energy with faculty members almost immediately.
Instructional Rounds=Win-Win When teachers have an opportunity to observe and interact with their colleagues in a non-evaluative way regarding instruction, everyone wins.
Today’s Schedule… Thursday:
Today’s Schedule… Friday:
Instructional Rounds, The Basics Read the article and answer the following questions with your elbow partner: • What is the goal of instructional rounds? • What are the benefits of instructional rounds? • Who is involved? • What is the process? • When are instructional rounds done?
The Goal • The primary purpose of instructional rounds is for the teachers making the observations to compare their instructional practices with those they observe in the classrooms they visit.
The Benefits • It is the discussion at the end of instructional rounds and the subsequent self-reflection by observer teachers that is the chief benefit of rounds.
Who is Involved? • Ideally every teacher should have a chance to participate in instructional rounds at least once per semester. • Teachers who are observed are typically volunteers or are requested to be the subject of rounds.
The Process • Groups conducting rounds are usually small in numbers—3 to 5 not counting the lead teacher. • When the observer teachers enter a classroom they knock at the door and quietly move to some portion of the classroom that does not disrupt the flow of instruction. • They observe what is occurring and make notes regarding use of specific instructional strategies. • Debrief in hallway/summarize conclusions.
When? • Ideally every teacher should have a chance to participate in instructional rounds at least once per semester.
Useful Rules • Comments made during the debriefing should not be shared with anyone. • Do not offer suggestions to the observed teachers unless they explicitly ask for feedback. • Nothing observed within a lesson should be shared with anyone. • Observed teachers should be thanked and acknowledged for their willingness to open their classrooms to others.
Plus/Delta After each classroom (in hallway): • What worked well? • Speculate as to what produced the positive results. • Deltas • Questions or concerns.
Summarizing Conclusions • Those instructional practices you will continue to use since you saw other teachers employing them effectively; • Those instructional strategies you currently use that you now will re-examine, • Those strategies you don’t use now but will try because you saw them effectively used by other teachers.
Summarizing Conclusions • As a result of what I saw today…
Revitalizing a Faculty Instructional rounds have the power to stimulate excitement and energy with faculty members almost immediately. When teachers have an opportunity to observe and interact with their colleagues in a non-evaluative way regarding instruction, everyone wins.
To remember • Walk into the classroom quietly • Reserve thoughts and observations for debrief time • Smile and show appreciation • Observe for a few minutes before taking notes
Feedback to Teachers • Show appreciation • Provide POSITIVE, SPECIFIC feedback regarding (at least) ONE thing the teacher did well