Tag: classroom observations
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Albemarle Success Story
For 18 years, Albemarle County Schools in Virginia has been using the eWalk software to collect classroom walkthrough data. The eWalk team had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Clare Keiser, Assistant Superintendent for Organizational Development, to ask her what keeps them conducting “walks” and using eWalk. School Culture A deliberate focus of the district…
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Building eWalk Templates to Manage Other Observation Platforms
I had previously written an article about the new evaluation system in my state of Georgia and how the new web platform no longer accommodated eWalk. The new platform offered one template to record data and in my opinion was awkward, not user friendly, and was unreliable. I cannot begin to express my displeasure when…
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Should You Conduct Classroom Observations the Week Before a Holiday? ABSOLUTELY.
And here is why. Is your school accountable for the education of young people? Is your school measured based upon the academic achievement of your students? Do your teachers have enough time to effectively cover all the standards in the curriculum? Are all of your teachers 100% effective 100% of the time? As I consider…
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Educational Expert Shares My View on Classroom Walkthroughs
It’s a nice feeling when an expert endorses what you believe in.
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Are You Putting Enough Focus on Classroom Walkthroughs?
Also known as Classroom Observations and Learning Walks
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Using Classroom Walkthroughs to Help Teachers Become Better Educators
This is the third installment of my series on transforming your school by using classroom walkthroughs with eWalk. If you missed the first two installments, you can catch up here: Part one and Part Two. Once you have planned your eWalk program and developed your initial template, you will be well served to establish some…
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Transform Your School with a Well Planned System of Classroom Walkthroughs
Planning is critically important to an effective classroom walkthrough program. You can use eWalk and the ideas here to help lay the foundation for your program. The eWalk Template serves as the data collection tool. A well designed template will provide you with meaningful data that has the potential to transform your school. This is…
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6 Tips for Getting Started with Classroom Walkthroughs
eWalk is a tremendous tool that allows our walk-through process to be fluid, ever changing to meet the needs of our school.
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eWalk Creates Opportunities for Dialogue Among Professionals
Over the years I have had many opportunities to discuss with my colleagues the benefits of using eWalk to gather data during classroom visits. The amount of authentic data we collect and the information it provides us is immeasurable. If you have been reading my previous blog articles you have read it several times: virtually…
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Improving the eWalk Process by Listening to Teachers
In the beginning, our eWalk process was all about checkboxes and the number of completed eWalks we could do in a week. We operated this way for a while thinking that the feedback we were providing to teachers was beneficial. Little did we know that teachers had a very different opinion of our “eWalks”. It…