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Instructional Rounds in Education: A Network Approach to Improving Teaching and Learning
Walk into any school in America and you will see adults who care deeply about their students and are doing the best they can every day to help students learn. But you will also see a high degree of variability among classrooms much higher than in most other industrialized countries. Today we are asking schools to do something they have never done before educate all student...more
Paperback, 230 pages
Published
April 1st 2009
by Harvard Education Press
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This book has helped me "see" in a non-judgemental way what I need to see in classrooms in order to take the steps to analyze the problem(s) and help a school improve on the practice(s) the staff of that school identifies. "Schools don't improve through political and managerial incantation; they improve through the complex and demanding work of teaching and learning." There is a lot of emphasis on the "instructional core," and watching the students to see how and what they learn. Observers of cl...more
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The textbook for implementing instructional rounds in a district or system. The underlying assumptions about education are based in Walter Doyle's concept of the instructional task at the center of the instructional core (teacher & student in the presence of content), and in the idea that a profession must have a set of shared practices and norms. The point of view is that of administrators at a very high level attempting to form a theory of action, a collaborative learning culture, and a sy...more
I'm not sure where I picked up this book. The district gives me a lot of professional development books to read, but I don't remember anyone giving me this one. I certainly didn't pick it out myself. I think educational rounds if used as they are intended to be used have the power to tranform education. If they are used as a "big brother is watching" they will never build the atmosphere of trust that needs to be present in order to work.
This book is the basis of a systemic educational reform. It is vast in scope and very ambitious.
This book is very repetitive and seems to be directed mostly at superintendents or other educational leaders. My personal experience with the book is that it was a great goal for every educational system to embrace. My fear is that, like with my board of education, that this will become another form of paperwork and it will not stay true to what the authors are calling professionals to live up to.
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This book is very repetitive and seems to be directed mostly at superintendents or other educational leaders. My personal experience with the book is that it was a great goal for every educational system to embrace. My fear is that, like with my board of education, that this will become another form of paperwork and it will not stay true to what the authors are calling professionals to live up to.
Now...more
An intriguing idea that I would like to know more about/see some full-fledged examples of. The book is written at an appropriate level of specificity and technicality and doesn't feel dumbed-down like a lot of educational reading does.
For people interested in learning how to help schools and districts become high-performing, run...don't walk...to get a copy of this excellent resource.
Jun 15, 2012
Cheri
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This is a technique we are going to be using this upcoming school year....have barely started so no opinion as of yet.
Need to list this one just in case the RNL or NIC look in. I did read it. I need to see it in practice.
Chapter 3 is particularly dense. Some good material in here, but some of it is tough reading.
This is an excellent description on how to work together to achieve instructional improvement across a district- not just within individual classrooms. Well explained and incisive.
A great new concept in how to improve teaching and learning in schools. Rounds are a different way of collecting data about what is going on inside classrooms. It uses the same ideas found in the medical profession. The book is very practical and easy to read.
Dec 27, 2009
Tony Roehrick
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The instructional rounds methodology has transformed how principals and teachers in our our district conduct our intructional tours. Elmore's process focuses us on what students are doing rather than the traditional view of what teachers do. Looking critically at the work, or passivity, of students truly indicates the quality of lrogram and potential for learning.
Great concept for improving an administrator's observation skill focusing on what students are doing. Setting up an effective system to do this would take a monumental commitment at the district level.
The book is packed with so much information! So much to think about when wanting to help staff to learn how to grow in the art of observation in order to improve their professional learning.
This marks the start of my dissertation reading!
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