Tag: walkthroughs
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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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Walkthroughs Lead to Intentional Professional Learning
Have you ever experienced a professional learning opportunity where a so called “expert” was hired to come in and provide divine intervention that was supposed to lead you out of despair? I have and often found that exorbitant amounts of money were paid for professional learning that was not useful for my school. I would…
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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…
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eWalk Secrets
One of the best kept secrets and most powerful features of eWalk is the amazing ways that you can use it as a way to communicate with and work with others.
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Walk-throughs Result in a New Math Initiative
A few weeks ago I was observing one of my Math teachers during my regular walkthrough process. I noticed him using his personal iPad as an instructional tool. He had purchased his own VGA connector which allowed him to project the iPad image on his Promethean board. He also used a 10-foot VGA cable to…
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Need to Learn What is Happening in Your School?
I am very excited about participating in this new Blog series from Media-X Systems. As a high school principal, I am always looking for effective strategies and efficient tools to assist me in my role as school leader. I have found both of those in eWalk from Media-X. I began using eWalk five years ago…