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Connecting Classroom Walkthrough to High Yield Strategies. www.schoolofeducators.com. Classroom Walkthrough: Key Points. What is Classroom Walkthrough (CWT)? A focused version of “Management By Wandering Around”
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Connecting Classroom Walkthrough to High Yield Strategies www.schoolofeducators.com www.schoolofeducators.com
Classroom Walkthrough: Key Points • What is Classroom Walkthrough (CWT)? • A focused version of “Management By Wandering Around” • Support for administrators in their roles as instructional leaders, mentors, and coaches • A method for collecting data to detect trends and patterns in teaching and learning • A means of providing individual, small group, and school-wide reflection • According to the model, NOT a form of evaluation! www.schoolofeducators.com
CWT Step 1 www.schoolofeducators.com
CWT Step 2 www.schoolofeducators.com
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CWT Step 4 www.schoolofeducators.com
CWT Step 5 www.schoolofeducators.com
CWT Step 6 www.schoolofeducators.com
Classroom Walkthrough (CWT) and High-Yield Strategies (HYS) • What areas of need do your CWT's identify for your school? - Teaching and Learning(T1 - T4) • Do your walkthroughs indicate that teachers are using higher level Blooms or Marzano's HYS consistently, effectively, or with fidelity? - Instructional Strategy • Do your walkthroughs discover students engaged, compliant, retreating, or rebellious? - Assessment of Learner Engagement • Do your walkthroughs reveal learning environments that support the lesson objective? - Survey of Learning Environment www.schoolofeducators.com
School Teacher Student Factors Influencing Achievement What Works In Schools by Robert Marzano 1. Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum 2. Challenging Goals and Effective Feedback 3. Parent and Community Involvement 4. Safe and Orderly Environment 5. Collegiality and Professionalism 6. Instructional Strategies 7. Classroom Management 8. Classroom Curriculum Design 9. Home Environment 10. Learned Intelligence/ Background Knowledge 11. Motivation www.schoolofeducators.com
Classroom Walkthrough: 10th Grade English Class www.schoolofeducators.com
Instructional Strategies Teacher Factors Influencing Achievement 6. Instructional Strategies 7. Classroom Management 8. Classroom Curriculum Design www.schoolofeducators.com
At your table rank these instructional strategies according to their impact on student achievement: • Identifying Similarities and Differences • Summarizing and Note Taking • Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition • Homework and Practice • Nonlinguistic Representations • Cooperative Learning • Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback • Generating and Testing Hypotheses • Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers www.schoolofeducators.com
High Yield Strategies All nine strategies have a STRONG effect on student achievement! They are all important and greatly influence the level of student achievement in your classroom - when used in the appropriate content and situation! Here are the High Yield Strategy in ranking order… www.schoolofeducators.com
Works Classroom Instruction That Percentile Gain 45 34 29 28 27 • Identifying Similarities and Differences • Summarizing and Note Taking • Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition • Homework and Practice • Nonlinguistic Representations www.schoolofeducators.com
Works Classroom Instruction That • Cooperative Learning • Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback • Generating and Testing Hypotheses • Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers Percentile Gain 27 23 25 22 www.schoolofeducators.com
High-Yield Strategies • Identifying Similarities and Differences • Summarizing and Note Taking • Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition • Homework and Practice • Nonlinguistic Representations • Cooperative Learning • Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback • Generating and Testing Hypotheses • Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers Not a Checklist www.schoolofeducators.com