Tag: Walk-Throughs
Games of Jeopardy and High Stakes
Do you play games of jeopardy? Everyone loves Jeopardy. But then, it’s not really a game of high stakes. It’s trivial. Reeves (2011) states that any form of classroom visit that could jeopardize a teacher’s job security will not be enthusiastically accepted. However, sometimes there are games of jeopardy in which the stakes are high, and as…
Four Lessons from 3500 Classroom Visits
What did I learn after 3500 classroom visits across three school districts? Teachers want and need 4 types of feedback. 20-25 weekly classroom visits (walk-throughs) is a good starting point. Affirmative feedback is just as strong as corrective feedback. Words are not always needed to shift school culture. I was in my second masters degree…
Supports and Gotchas
You’re making your rounds, right? Lots of them? With feedback? More on that in another post, but for now, I’d like to share something I learned recently while building a pergola (and how it relates to walk-throughs).
A Restaurateur with Bad Data
The restaurateur was a good chef in her time, but now she devotes her attention to the books and marketing of the business. And the restaurants are doing well. However, the other day she walked the kitchen of one of her bistros and stopped at the rotisserie oven. Then she observed the chicken cooking at…