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In response to the 2/26/14 post, “The Power of Teacher PowerWalks,” a reader asks:
SC,
Just a thought. On the campuses where teachers are doing walk-throughs, are they going with administrators and debriefing afterwards?
SC Response
Good question. It depends
on the campus. Most campuses begin
the process with administrators taking a small group of teachers to visit
classrooms with informal discussions occurring after the visits are completed. The purpose for the visits is NOT for teachers to judge what they have seen, but instead to discuss what
stood out, what was working, and were there any missed opportunities. In many cases, no data is actually
collected, recognizing the fact that a couple of adults entering the classroom will
alter the instructional environment and flow.
There are also a number of campuses where teachers regularly visit
classrooms on their own, and in many cases collect observation data. In this case, there usually isn’t a
formal discussion with an administrator, but with these elite campuses
immediate conversations aren’t needed.
On these campuses the discussions about what was observed occur between
teachers at planning meetings and student staffings.
And that is the idea. You
encourage teachers to visit teachers to change the course of professional
discussions. From “What I think or feel,” to “What we see, know and do.”
Think. Work. Achieve.
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