Full Description
In School-Based Instructional Rounds, Teitel offers detailed case studies of five different models of school-based rounds and investigates critical learning from each.
Instructional rounds—one of the most innovative and powerful approaches to improving teaching and learning—has been taken up by districts across the country and around the world. Now Lee Teitel, an originator of this transformative practice, explores one of the most promising ways in which it is being adapted in the field: implementing instructional rounds networks within, rather than across, K-12 schools.
In School-Based Instructional Rounds, Teitel offers detailed case studies of five different models of school-based rounds and investigates critical learning from each. Expanding rounds to include teachers, for instance, offers opportunities for a more direct connection to instructional improvement. Other areas of experimentation include increasing the frequency of visits, engaging participants across diverse roles, and modifying the structure or focus of rounds work.
School-Based Instructional Rounds represents an invaluable resource for educators involved in instructional rounds. It marks a significant addition to the literature on this evolving practice.
Contents
Introduction 1
Part I Case Studies
Chapter 1
Overview of Instructional Rounds
Practice, Impact, and Philosophy
Chapter 2
Nested rounds in a Rural District
Killingly Memorial School
Chapter 3
Stand-Alone Rounds in a K-12 Urban Charter School
Pegasus School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Chapter 4
School-Based Rounds in a Midsize Urban District
Akron Public Schools
Chapter 5
Connecting School-Based Rounds to District Improvement
Farmington Public Schools
Chapter 6
Rounds Reconsidered in an Independent School
Ballarat Clarendon College
Part II Learning from School-Based Rounds
Chapter 7
Shared Context, Immediacy, and Embeddedness
School-Based Rounds and Improvement
Chapter 8
Making Connections
Tying Together Rounds and Other School Improvement Processes
Chapter 9
Frequency, Professionalism, and Role Change
School-Based Rounds and Cultural Shifts
Conclusion
Lessons for School-Based and Network Rounds
Appendix
Reflecting On, Improving, and Nesting Instructional Rounds Practice
Notes
Acknowledgments
About The Author
Index
