Instructional Leadership Institutes
- April 28-30, 2008
- The Conference Center at Massasoit
Brockton, MA - Enrollment Deadline: April 14, 2008
- October 27-30, 2008
- Location TBD
- Enrollment Deadline: October 10, 2008
Northeast region institutes:
$600 per person, or $2,750 for a team of five
Institute attendees can elect to receive academic credit through UCLA Extension (UCLA). Satisfactory participation in all five days of the institute, along with submission of the completed enrollment form and $115.00 fee to the UNEX office, will result in 2.0 quarter units. [Education Course X 311.71: Classroom Walk-Throughs Institute (CWT)].
All inquiries and requests for enrollment forms should be directed to Lisa Manning at 310.825.2488 or via email.
Classroom Walk-Throughs is a four-day, interactive institute that provides educators with practical experience in using a protocol to observe students at work in classrooms and debrief their observations in order to identify patterns of successful learning. This non-evaluative, non-judgmental protocol surfaces useful data about student learning and ties it to effective instructional practice through professional inquiry based on educators' questions about student learning.
Over the four days of the institute, participants can expect to:
- learn and practice a protocol for observing students as they work;
- design effective focus questions for classroom observations at the schools they will be visiting and at their own school site;
- participate in non-judgmental observation debriefs to identify patterns of practice that result in high levels of student learning;
- identify patterns and trends in student data that suggest areas for professional inquiry;
- practice the art of questioning to build trust and surface new perspectives; and,
- establish priorities for focused, collaborative action across multiple school initiatives.
During this institute, participants will explore ways in which the classroom walk-through protocol connects the use of “real-time” student data, standards, instructional practice, and professional development to support a continuous cycle of school improvement and achievement for all students at their school site and in their district. School site visits on Days 2 and 3 of the institute provide hands-on experience in the process.
Read more about the classroom walk-throughs process in Classroom Walkthroughs as a Catalyst for School Improvement, written by SMP faculty members, Laureen Cervone and Patricia Martinez-Miller, for NAESP’s summer 2007 issue of Leadership Compass.
Download the Los Angeles area Classroom Walk-Throughs brochure and application.
Download the Northeast Region Classroom Walk-Throughs brochure and application.
Read participant testimonials from past Classroom Walk-Throughs institutes . . .
