Yesterday, I shared with a group of principals that the by-product of Instructional Rounds for me is, that it has given me the observation skills to be my own non-judgemental critical friend. PrepD Student Led Interactive Writing Strategy developed by Nina Davis young developing writers and readers young deveoping writers young dveloping Feedback from Instructional Rounds: New Network (2/28/14) Read the Twitter Chat on Instructional Rounds P.E.A.K Professional Learning - Peer Observation Teacher Feedback - Old School (3/26/14) Resources: Edutopia's 40 Reflection Questions Being a Student of Your Own School: Learning Walks, Instructional Rounds, Pedagography by Bo Adams What Are Instructional Rounds? Instructional rounds are a disciplined way for educators to work together to improve instruction and student learning (City, Elmore, Fiarman, & Teitel, 2009). The practice combines three common elements of improvement: classroom observation, an improvement strategy, and a network of educators. Implementing Instructional Rounds. Recently, the idea was posed to us about how to implement instructional rounds. I'm so excited at the prospect of sharing this valuable practice with other educators, that my mind began racing. Hundreds of thoughts all crashing together in my mind at the same instant. Choose a moderator to lead the rounds group. Create a schedule for small groups to do instructional rounds. Make it voluntary! Keep visits short, just a few minutes, to avoid too much classroom disruption. Visit 3-4 classrooms in one instructional round. Debrief for two minutes in the hallway or in a private space between each visit. The instructional rounds schoolwide commendations and recommendations, which include those from the teams I led, along with observation scripts for every teacher and a summary of the data in a graphical formats was presented by the instructional leadership team as a source of data in addition to other measures in order to inform decision making Instructional Rounds are a process for school improvement that are based on the Medical Rounds model. It brings groups of educators together to look at what is happening in their schools, develop a collaborative learning environment, and improve student learning. Instructional rounds — a practice adapted to education from the field of medicine— embodies a specific set of ideas about how practitioners can work together to improve their practice. Teacher-Led Collective Inquiry and Growth with Professional Learning Plan Toolkits Nov 01, 2021 - Mar 29, 2022 Social-Emotional Learning to Support it will influence the instructional core and go from being teacher focused/led to student focused/led Differentiation also provides rigor to all students at their individual levels. Rigor will help us close the gap between the special education students and the general education students. Instructional Rounds Project Truman Middle School was invited to participate in a teacher-led instructional round project to support their reculturing process while building capacity related to the 8 Effective Classroom Practices (MO SW-PBS, 2017). Truman's staff had previously started the implementation of SW-PBS, but discontinued Instructional Rounds in Education By Elizabeth A. City, Richard F. Elmore, Sarah E. Fiarman, and Lee Teitel Chapter 1: The Instructional Core • In its simplest terms, the instructional core is composed of the teacher and the student in