CREATING COHERENCE THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF INSTRUCTIONAL ROUNDS AdvanceED Fall Conference September 21, 2017 Presented by: Dr. David Moyer, Dr. Mary Henderson, Jacquie Discipio
LEARNING OBJECTIVES As a result of today’s session: • Participants will be able to implement instructional rounds or refine their district’s practice related to instructional rounds. • Participants will be able to adapt practices related to building leadership capacity in their district • Participants will be able to utilize instructional rounds to create coherence throughout their system.
THE “WHY” • Culture trumps strategy • Improvement of instruction • Focus on critical leverage points • Fidelity to Student Achievement Objectives • Collaboration and leadership development • Process data
BELIEF STATEMENTS • ALL students must learn and grow • We accept shared responsibility for student growth • We make decisions based on what is best for students • We are a future-focused community of learners
CREATING COHERENCE • Operational Plan • Belief Statements • Student Achievement Objectives • School Improvement Plans • Team Learning Opportunities • Leadership Development • Administrator Retreat • Principal Meetings • In-House Administrator Academies
INSTRUCTIONAL ROUNDS Rounds in the literature: • “Problem of Practice” • Focused walk through observations with data collection • Share and discussion of data • Leader plans for improvement
THE D205 PROCESS Our structure for rounds: • Focus on Student Achievement Objectives • Balanced Assessment • Student Engagement • Data collection without teacher names or other identifiers • Analysis of data • Current State • Collaborative planning for next steps
COLLECTING THE DATA Observational Teams • Procedures • All enter the room • Speak with students (when appropriate) • 1 person carried the IPAD • All members debriefed in hallway and entered data • Google form-consistent feedback tool •
What Rounds Look Like in D205
USING THE DATA WITH STAFF • Reviewed with District 205 administrative team • Reviewed with instructional coaches • Shared with school leadership team SLT Presentation • Shared with full staff
WHAT THE DATA TELL US • Shared conversations among leadership team were crucial • Targets were easy to identify in classroom • Blending targets into instruction were next steps • Bringing targets to life for students • BMS Data • Focused professional development-building capacity • Learning strand • Teachers teaching teachers • Workshop model in faculty meetings • Learning Target PD • Flex PD • Sharing resources! • Constant reminders in meetings; weekly updates...
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT • Collaboration deepened understanding • Conversations regarding learning progression among colleagues • MS to HS partnership • Working together to improve instruction
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WHAT THE PRINCIPALS SAY • “For me as an administrator, this experience was the first time that we have been in other buildings for the sole purpose of seeing authentic learning in EC- 5.” • “Our team has been able to collaborate on important goals and practices in the District.” • “Sharing data was difficult the first time around, but it was very exciting to see and celebrate growth after the second round.” • “The teachers appreciated the visibility of administrators in a supportive, non- evaluative way.”
SUPPORTING TEACHER GROWTH • Instructional coaches in each building working with teams and individual teachers; personalized professional learning • Institute Days: building-level, district-wide workshops • Late Arrival days: building-level professional learning • Modeling by leadership at faculty meetings, Institute Days, etc. • D205 courses on learning targets
KEY LEARNINGS • Communicate, communicate, communicate-all stakeholder groups, multiple times • Consistency of messaging from school to school • Identify one key focus for the year to track growth • Potential principal groupings • Principals not taking part in rounds in their own building
FIND US AT @ElmhurstD205 #IgniteD205 WWW.ELMHURST205.ORG Contact Dave Moyer Mary Henderson Jacquie Discipio Email dmoyer@elmhurst205.org mhenderson@elmhurst205.org jdiscipio@elmhurst205.org Twitter @lifeandlifeonly @learn_lead205 @JacquieDiscipio http://bit.ly/2vQbDNS
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