1. Instructional Rounds Peninsula School District
Elementary
February 27, 2015

2. Purpose
Develop a common district-wide vision of high quality core instruction in order to elevate our practice as instructional leaders

3. District Problem of Practice
The school board has identified graduation rates as a targeted area of improvement, and overall scores have flat-
lined. In addition, we have begun working to implement the Common Core standards but question whether students are truly engaged in learning and cognitively challenged, which results in both lower graduation rates and in many graduating students not reaching their full potential.

5. Agenda - Morning Framing Review and Reflection
New Learning - Evidence of student thinking
Look Fors
Principal Presentation
Observation
Review and record evidence

6. Agenda Vet Evidence Construct pattern statements
Share pattern statements
Reflections on day

7. Process Norms
Focus on the instructional core—the interaction of teachers and students around the content
Seek evidence and challenge assumptions
Be open to learning from observing classroom practices and from interaction with colleagues
Stay focused on mission, purpose, growth, and improvement
Observations and discussion are confidential

8. Behavior Norms Actively listen
Observe time-limits outlined in the schedule
Turn off electronic devices during classroom observations
Avoid conferring with colleagues inside the classrooms, where teaching and learning is taking place

9. Independent Review
Review this lesson. What do you notice?

10. Analysis
What opportunities do students have to demonstrate their thinking throughout this lesson?

11. Analysis
Consider the task. What is the depth of knowledge required?

12. Core Instructional Practices
What core instructional practices did you notice?

13. Discuss
How are practices found in this lesson similar and different than those you typically see in your building?

14. Principal Presentation
What does the data tell us about engagement?
What will we be seeing? (Content area, grade level, student population, context)
Question to ask students about engagement

15. Today’s Look Fors
Record evidence related to student thinking

16. Characteristics of quality evidence
Objective
Describes what is happening (not what we think should be happening)
free from opinion
No assumptions or judgements
Specific, quantifies
Teacher and student actions
Quotes
What you see and hear
Relevant
Focused

17. Observations Descriptive, literal notes
Students AND Teachers doing and saying
Ask student questions
Photos
Move around room
Schedule

18. Observations
Transition to classrooms

19. Review Notes
Review notes, record evidence on separate sticky notes related to:
tasks
assignments
evidence of student thinking
DOK

20. Jury Evidence
“What did you see or hear in the classroom that led you to that conclusion?”

21. Group
Group your sticky notes in any way that makes sense to you.

22. Pattern Statements Based on evidence Related to problem of practice
Reflects practice from the majority of classrooms and teaching and learning episodes observed

23. Share Pattern Statements
Is it clear?
Is it supported by evidence?
What clarifying questions does it generate?
Does everyone agree with statement and relationship to problem of practice?

24. Based on your observations today, complete this sentence
All students can ________________________.

25. Implications
If this classroom is representative of other classrooms across the district:
What are implications for:
professional learning
principals and deans
central office

26. Rounds Reflection
Because of this work, I ____________