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Rounds are about understanding whats happening in classrooms, how we as a system produce those effects and how we can move closer to producing the learning we want to see

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The team approach, with a common goal.

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Why instructional rounds? "To put educators in charge of their own learning."

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Why instructional rounds? "To put educators in charge of their own learning."

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"If you did everything the teacher asked you to do, what would you know and be able to do?" This is such an important element of the debrief.

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* Detectives vs Inspectors - We need to be Detectives to unlock the mystery!

* Supervision & Evaluation= looking through a window
* Rounds = holding up a mirror

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Schools can use this method to create a school/district wide understanding of what is needed to improve practice across all levels and subjects.

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Teachers must build a common understanding of effective learning and teaching.

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Understanding that we are all part of the system educating our students and what we do produces these effects, it's not inherent.  With that understanding, we can move to producing the effects we want to see, we can have a sense of collective efficacy knowing we have the power to create better results.

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Instructional rounds are a cyclical process that ties your whole school improvement plan, your professional development and, your rounds together, all informing each other.   

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Instructional rounds are a cyclical process that ties your whole school improvement plan, your professional development and, your rounds together, all informing each other.   

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Instructional rounds have the ability to impact the system of observation to inform professional development and teaching strategies to impact student learning.

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Instructional rounds have the ability to impact the system of observation to inform professional development and teaching strategies to impact student learning.

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If we want to improve student learning outcomes, how do we go about that? Looking at tasks in their relation to students, teachers and content is a potentially strong approach.

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"Rounds are inquiry process. People doing rounds should expect to learn something themselves." It is about learning for self and how your contribute to the "system". 

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"Rounds are inquiry process. People doing rounds should expect to learn something themselves." It is about learning for self and how your contribute to the "system". 

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Focus on description, not evaluation. The Problem of Practice doesn't single out teacher practice but looks at school wide instruction as a whole.

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Instructional rounds are identifying the next level of our collective work

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Instructional rounds are identifying the next level of our collective work

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Shifting from a teacher centered observation to student centered (student task) is critical to making instructional rounds an effective process.  Creating buy-in from everyone, and trusting that the process is more about process rather than judgement of the teacher is also key.  We're there to be "detectives, not inspectors."

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From experience, instructional rounds are very helpful! They are worth the work!

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This would build a stronger community amongst teachers.

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I think this would empower teachers to bring public education to new levels of amazing!

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I think this would empower teachers to bring public education to new levels of amazing!

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“Most helpful when it’s specific and descriptive as oppose to judgemental  or general.”

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I believe that this will be a powerful practice for our learning community. It will help us understand what is happening in the classroom and provides us with a lot of information about student learning....

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I believe that this will be a powerful practice for our learning community. It will help us understand what is happening in the classroom and provides us with a lot of information about student learning....

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Rounds are fundamentally descriptive and analytic, not evaluative

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Rounds are fundamentally descriptive and analytic, not evaluative

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networking and having conversations about current instructional challenges in order to develop strategies, is a great way to improve instruction

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Building a trusting environment is a good first step in building a healthy climate where Instructional Rounds can flourish.

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Both the observers and the observed learn from instructional rounds.   Additionally, rounds can inform professional development for the year.  

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Both the observers and the observed learn from instructional rounds.   Additionally, rounds can inform professional development for the year.  

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Observers are like detectives, gathering specific evidence instead of passing judgment.  

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Observers are like detectives, gathering specific evidence instead of passing judgment.  

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A practice that needs to be implemented in order to improve school culture and student learning across subjects and those invested in it.

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take improvement to the next level!

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Is a way to improve practice on an identified school wide problem or area of need. It is based on evidence. You work in networks with a focus. Teachers can be trained and learn more about the task

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I think if this is something that is going to happen it needs to be treated as important. Not cut into, or postponed, interrupted.  Everyone has to be vested in the process.

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I like how rounds can help a school diagnose a problem of practice and use that observation data to address PD needs.

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Instructional rounds might be challenging to implement successfully but are vital to improving teaching and learning.

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Instructional rounds might be challenging to implement successfully but are vital to improving teaching and learning.

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Powerful way of continually informing and improving our teaching practice.

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Providing peers with feedback is essential in the rounds process

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It's a way for educators to work together to improve instruction.

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It's a way for educators to work together to improve instruction.

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Rounds will only truly be effective if done repeatedly/consistently.

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Rounds will only truly be effective if done repeatedly/consistently.

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How do we implement Instructional Rounds at a school that lacks cohesiveness among the staff?

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How do we implement Instructional Rounds at a school that lacks cohesiveness among the staff?

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trust is key before having the honest conversations of what was observed

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trust is key before having the honest conversations of what was observed

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It's important for the rounds not to be evaluative so that everyone involved can focus directly on what is going on in the classroom.  

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It's important for the rounds not to be evaluative so that everyone involved can focus directly on what is going on in the classroom.  

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It's a way of targeting a need at a school site by debriefing, describing, analyzing and predicting.

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It's a way of targeting a need at a school site by debriefing, describing, analyzing and predicting.

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A key understanding of instructional rounds is that the observers are there to gather descriptive data; they have a focus problem that acts as a guide.
Observers learn more!

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Instructional Rounds are descriptive and analytic, not evaluative. It requires collecting evidence, analyzing patterns, and predicting what the student would actually learn after completing the task. The primary focus in the classroom are the students and the task they are angaged in.

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Instructional Rounds are descriptive and analytic, not evaluative. It requires collecting evidence, analyzing patterns, and predicting what the student would actually learn after completing the task. The primary focus in the classroom are the students and the task they are angaged in.

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I would like more information on how to make rounds part of a schools system.  How might a school calendar this into their PD calendar?

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How to motivate teachers to do these rounds for their own learning?