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

Fall to Spring Data

Fall to Spring Data

HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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

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