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Classroom Walkthrough With Reflective Practice. 2007-2008. MBWA Management By Wandering Around. David Packard (co-founder of Hewlett-Packard) Sam Walton (founder of Wal-Mart). CWT is a focused version of MBWA. Goals of CWT . Frequent classroom visits by instructional leaders
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MBWAManagement By Wandering Around • David Packard (co-founder of Hewlett-Packard) • Sam Walton (founder of Wal-Mart)
Goals of CWT • Frequent classroom visits by instructional leaders • School improvement planning • Professional development planning • School-wide reflective practice • Increased student achievement
Six Steps • Step 1: Snapshot of teaching and learning • Step 2: Identification of instructional strategies • Step 3: Assessment of Learner Engagement • Step 4: Survey of the Learning Environment AFTER THE WALK… • Step 5: Analysis of the Information Collected • Step 6: Reflection with Teacher(s)
CWT Resources Found At… http://www.richlandone.org/ipda
CWT is designed to assist in “coaching” for improved practice in the classroom. • Take a moment to remember a time that you were effectively coached. What made the coaching effective?
Reflective Practice - Research Adults learn best through reflecting on their experiences (Costa and Garmston)
Reflective Practice Requires… • A purposeful time for a close look • A willingness to be open to other points of view • Consciously processing your thoughts • Gaining new insights and understanding • Action with what has been learned
Reflective Feedback • Requires practice…it isn’t expected that you will give a reflective prompt after every CWT; in fact, it may not be possible • After practice, Reflective Prompts are given about 50% of the time
Language/Tone Which of the following sounds evaluative or judgmental: • That was a wonderful lesson. • That was a really interesting way of getting your students engaged. Would you mind sharing that at our next team meeting? • The teacher was seated at her desk while students worked in small groups. • In my observation of you today, you asked several low-level Bloom’s questions. • Why do you never vary your instructional strategies?
Which Works Best? • …why did you start teaching before all students were focused? • …how many students were engaged when you started the new activity? • …how did you determine when students were ready to learn? • …how do you determine when students are ready to learn?
“Continuous learning and improvement requires embedding the norm of reflective practice in your work.” Reflective Practice to Improve Schools York-Barr