Friday, February 6, 2015

The Advantages Of Conducting Classroom Walkthroughs

By Ines Flores


Conducting classroom dry runs is an excellent procedure for getting an overall idea of instruction in the school. Although naturally brief, these dry runs produce data patterns in terms of the different opportunities to meet the different interests and skills of the students, the types of work the students produce, levels of student engagement and instructional procedures that teachers use. These data patterns can be shared with the faculty to serve as a basis for discussion about how to increase student achievement and meet the needs of students.

An environment of resentment and suspicion can be created or a professional culture of continuous learning and development can be built by providing teachers with feedback and visiting classrooms. However, this will depend on the stand school administrators take. For example, feedback of school principals and administrators can increase teacher confidence and growth if they conduct classroom walkthroughs to find evidence and recognize attributes such as meaningful student learning and positive practices.

Runthroughs are utilized by school principals as well as administrators to recognize the good effort exerted by the teacher as well as invite them to a professional discussion. This is certainly an effective way for them to get data. Questions are one type of value-added feedback. For instance, school principals as well as administrators those teachers they observed if there are more methods or ways to make certain that students will become successful in content learning as well as application.

Without a doubt, in any institution there is always room for development. The runthrough method is an effective approach to assist administrators as well as teacher to do a better job at enhancing the learning opportunities of their students.

Still, this method can be undermined by paying attention to small criticisms or taking some things for granted without acquiring more information about what the teachers have in mind as well as how they measure student success. The efficiency of such runthroughs depend on the respect that administrators give out to the roles of teachers as well as to the environment they intend to create.

It cannot be denied that one of the things that should be addressed right away is an unsafe situation. For example, a student may put others at risk, causes learning distraction or school principals and administrators may find students excluded from learning or isolated in the lecture room by the school teacher.

Such situation should be dealt with right away. Intervention will be required just like having a talk with the teacher after class in order to stop problematic behaviors and ensure such practices are eliminated. Follow-up visits will be required the next day.

School leaders should increase their understanding when it comes to the happenings inside the classroom. They will be required to be more reflective as well as support positive practices. The sense of common desire as well as trust should be increased to enhance the professional manner of the institution. Getting as well as sharing of runthrough data in the most positive way possible can help achieve such.




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