Breaking Through to Effective Teaching: A Walk-Through Protocol Linking Student Learning and Professional Practice
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I highly recommend this 100 page book to busy administrators looking for practical ideas to foster and enhance the work of professional learning communities in their schools. The Walk Through Protocol, along with the structures and processes for teacher collaboration, effectively engages teachers in meaningful examination of student learning in a non-threatening, empowering manner.
Rating: 5 / 5
Breaking Through to Effective Teaching is aptly titled–the ideas and strategies presented here are simple and yet ground-breaking in effecting systemic change! This elegant little book offers a model that takes the anxiety and sting out of the classroom walk-through and turns it into a source of powerful tools to enrich student learning. Teachers are empowered with new strategies to visit each other’s classrooms, searching for those practices that are getting the desired results. Rather than concentrating on “fixing” what’s wrong, classroom visitors are urged to focus like a laser on what’s working. This releases the potential that exists in every school and builds an enthusiastic community of learners and inquirers. The many examples and case studies will be helpful to administrators, teachers and community members who crave a culture of positive energy, mutual support and impressive results! I highly recommend it.
Rating: 5 / 5
This practical guide to institutionalizing walk-throughs into a school’s culture is a MUST read for every administrator.
Sandra Barry
Superintendent
Anaheim City School District
Rating: 5 / 5