You have probably noticed one of us from administration coming into your classroom and conducting a short classroom walk through. This are not designed as an evaluative tool, rather to give feedback on effective classroom teaching strategies. We indicate what we saw at that particular time, so do not get excited if we just happened to miss the part where you did what we wanted you to see, but we came in when it was over. Also, we understand that seatwork is also a part of what we do.
We will be looking for the teaching objective and whether or not it is evident. We will also indicate whether or not it is on target for the grade level. We will make a quick judgement on where the teaching is on Bloom's taxonomy (high, middle, low).
We will look to see if the engagement of students is authentic (genuine engagement), Ritual (kids know that at this particular time they do certain things), Passive (not interacting), Retreatism (withdrawing from the teacher), or Rebellion (classroom chaos).
Is the classroom learning environment aligned with instruction?
We will check the top instructional strategies as we see them. We may see more than one:
1. Identifying Similarities and Differences (top instructional strategy, with most bang for the buck).
2. Summarizing and note taking.
3. Reingorcing effort and providing recognition.
4. Homework and practice.
5. Nonlinguistic representation (using metaphores, music, teaching objects, etc.).
6. Cooperative learning.
7. Setting objectives and providing feedback.
8. Generating and testing hypotheses.
9. Questions, cues, and advanced organizers.
Again, these are designed to help all of us reflect on elements of effective teaching.
SS
We will be looking for the teaching objective and whether or not it is evident. We will also indicate whether or not it is on target for the grade level. We will make a quick judgement on where the teaching is on Bloom's taxonomy (high, middle, low).
We will look to see if the engagement of students is authentic (genuine engagement), Ritual (kids know that at this particular time they do certain things), Passive (not interacting), Retreatism (withdrawing from the teacher), or Rebellion (classroom chaos).
Is the classroom learning environment aligned with instruction?
We will check the top instructional strategies as we see them. We may see more than one:
1. Identifying Similarities and Differences (top instructional strategy, with most bang for the buck).
2. Summarizing and note taking.
3. Reingorcing effort and providing recognition.
4. Homework and practice.
5. Nonlinguistic representation (using metaphores, music, teaching objects, etc.).
6. Cooperative learning.
7. Setting objectives and providing feedback.
8. Generating and testing hypotheses.
9. Questions, cues, and advanced organizers.
Again, these are designed to help all of us reflect on elements of effective teaching.
SS
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