Instructional Rounds: Learning Walks for Momentum that Matters

Instructional Rounds is a stellar session, designed to strengthen instruction and nurture a learning culture. 

Wednesday, 
Oct. 1, 2014

Click here to listen to 50 second info-video, created with Movenote.com. 

Presenter, Deborah Childs-Bowen, National ASCD Faculty, has more than 25 years of skilled and knowledgeable practice in management, professional development, facilitation, research, organizational development, executive coaching, and strategic planning. She specializes in program planning, design and implementation, program evaluation, and professional development for pre-service and in-service teachers and administrators. 

Childs-Bowen is respected throughout the United States for her work in these areas and has presented nationally and internationally. She has also designed and implemented professional development opportunities that have catalyzed change within numerous organizations.

Limited space is available, and we expect it will fill up quickly. 

Don't miss out. 

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With Instructional Rounds you will learn to:

• Develop a deep understanding of the importance of Rounds in building and sustaining an instructional culture.
• Create a high quality Problem of Practice, Theory of Action, and Essential Question.
• Capture descriptive evidence that can be analyzed and used to improve the Problem of Practice.
• Participate in and conduct a high quality debrief that drives the instructional work to learning and action.
• Create a Rounds Momentum Plan and learn strategies that ensure Rounds is a powerful instructional improvement practice.
• Develop a plan to ensure a successful implementation of Rounds with fidelity.

Learn more....

According to Robert Marzano, instructional rounds are one of the most valuable tools that a school or district can use to enhance teachers' pedagogical skills and develop a culture of collaboration. The goal of instructional rounds isn't to provide feedback to the teacher being observed, although this is an option if the observed teacher so desires. Rather, the primary purpose is for observing teachers to compare their own instructional practices with those of the teachers they observe. The chief benefit of this approach resides in the discussion that takes place among observing teachers at the end of the observation as well as in subsequent self-reflection.  More.

 for Instructional Rounds at Region 7 ESC.