Connecting Classroom Walkthrough to High Yield Strategies
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Classroom Walkthrough: Key Points
What is Classroom Walkthrough (CWT)?
A focused version of “Management By Wandering Around”Support for administrators in their roles as instructional leaders, mentors, and coachesA method for collecting data to detect trends and patterns in teaching and learningA means of providing individual, small group, and school-wide reflectionAccording to the model, NOT a form of evaluation!
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CWT Step 1
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CWT Step 2
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CWT Step 3
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CWT Step 4
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CWT Step 5
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CWT Step 6
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Classroom Walkthrough (CWT) and High-Yield Strategies (HYS)What areas of need do your CWT's identify for your school? - Teaching and Learning (T1 - T4)
Do your walkthroughs indicate that teachers are using higher level Blooms or Marzano's HYS consistently, effectively, or with fidelity? - Instructional Strategy
Do your walkthroughs discover students engaged, compliant, retreating, or rebellious? - Assessment of Learner Engagement
Do your walkthroughs reveal learning environments that support the lesson objective? - Survey of Learning Environment
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Factors Influencing AchievementWhat Works In Schools by Robert Marzano
1. Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum
2. Challenging Goals and Effective Feedback
3. Parent and Community Involvement
4. Safe and Orderly Environment
5. Collegiality and Professionalism
6. Instructional Strategies
7. Classroom Management
8. Classroom Curriculum Design
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9. Home Environment
10. Learned Intelligence/ Background Knowledge
11. Motivationwww.schoolofeducators.com
Classroom Walkthrough: 10th Grade English Class
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Factors Influencing Achievement
6. Instructional Strategies 7. Classroom Management
8. Classroom Curriculum Design
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Instructional Strategies
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At your table rank these instructional strategies according to their impact on student achievement:
Identifying Similarities and Differences
Summarizing and Note Taking
Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition
Homework and Practice
Nonlinguistic Representations
Cooperative Learning
Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback
Generating and Testing Hypotheses
Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers
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High Yield Strategies
All nine strategies have a STRONG effect on student achievement! They are all important and greatly influence the level of student achievement in your classroom - when used in the appropriate content and situation!
Here are the High Yield Strategy in ranking order…
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1. Identifying Similarities and Differences
2. Summarizing and Note Taking
3. Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition
4. Homework and Practice
5. Nonlinguistic Representations
Percentile Gain
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6. Cooperative Learning
7. Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback
8. Generating and Testing Hypotheses
9. Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers
Percentile Gain
27
23
25
22
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High-Yield Strategies
Identifying Similarities and Differences Summarizing and Note Taking Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition Homework and Practice Nonlinguistic Representations Cooperative Learning Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback Generating and Testing Hypotheses Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers
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