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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 coaches A method for collecting data to detect trends and patterns in teaching and learning A means of providing individual, small group, and school-wide reflection According to the model, NOT a form of evaluation! www. schoolofeducators. com

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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 (T 1 - T 4) 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 www. schoolofeducators. com support the lesson objective? - Survey of Learning Environment

Factors Influencing Achievement What Works In Schools by Robert Marzano 1. Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum 2. Challenging Goals and Effective Feedback 3. Parent and Community Involvement School 4. Safe and Orderly Environment 5. Collegiality and Professionalism 6. Instructional Strategies 7. Classroom Management Teacher 8. Classroom Curriculum Design 9. Home Environment 10. Learned Intelligence/ Background Knowledge Student 11. Motivation www. schoolofeducators. com

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Factors Influencing Achievement Teacher 6. Instructional Strategies 7. Classroom Management 8. Classroom Curriculum Design www. schoolofeducators. com

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 www. schoolofeducators. com

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… www. schoolofeducators. com

Percentile Gain 1. Identifying Similarities and Differences 45 2. Summarizing and Note Taking 34 3. Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition 29 4. Homework and Practice 28 5. Nonlinguistic Representations www. schoolofeducators. com 27

Percentile Gain 6. Cooperative Learning 27 7. Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback 23 8. Generating and Testing Hypotheses 25 9. Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers 22 www. schoolofeducators. com

High-Yield Strategies n n n n n 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 www. schoolofeducators. com