1. Connecting Classroom Walkthrough to High Yield Strategies www.schoolofeducators.com

2. Classroom Walkthrough: Key Points What is Classroom Walkthrough (CWT)? A focused version of “Management By Wandering Around” Support for administrators in their roles as instructional leaders, mentors, and coaches A method for collecting data to detect trends and patterns in teaching and learning A means of providing individual, small group, and school-wide reflection According to the model, NOT a form of evaluation! www.schoolofeducators.com

3. CWT Step 1 www.schoolofeducators.com

4. CWT Step 2 www.schoolofeducators.com

5. CWT Step 3 www.schoolofeducators.com

6. CWT Step 4 www.schoolofeducators.com

7. CWT Step 5 www.schoolofeducators.com

8. CWT Step 6 www.schoolofeducators.com

9. Classroom Walkthrough (CWT) and High-Yield Strategies (HYS) What areas of need do your CWT's identify for your school? - Teaching and Learning (T1 - T4) Do your walkthroughs indicate that teachers are using higher level Blooms or Marzano's HYS consistently, effectively, or with fidelity? - Instructional Strategy Do your walkthroughs discover students engaged, compliant, retreating, or rebellious? - Assessment of Learner Engagement Do your walkthroughs reveal learning environments that support the lesson objective? - Survey of Learning Environment www.schoolofeducators.com

10. Factors Influencing Achievement What Works In Schools by Robert Marzano 1. Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum 2. Challenging Goals and Effective Feedback 3. Parent and Community Involvement 4. Safe and Orderly Environment 5. Collegiality and Professionalism 6. Instructional Strategies 7. Classroom Management 8. Classroom Curriculum Design School Teacher Student 9. Home Environment 10. Learned Intelligence/ Background Knowledge 11. Motivation www.schoolofeducators.com

11. Classroom Walkthrough: 10th Grade English Class www.schoolofeducators.com

12. Factors Influencing Achievement 6. Instructional Strategies 7. Classroom Management 8. Classroom Curriculum Design Teacher Instructional Strategies www.schoolofeducators.com

13. At your table rank these instructional strategies according to their impact on student achievement: Identifying Similarities and Differences Summarizing and Note Taking Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition Homework and Practice Nonlinguistic Representations Cooperative Learning Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback Generating and Testing Hypotheses Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers www.schoolofeducators.com

14. High Yield Strategies All nine strategies have a STRONG effect on student achievement! They are all important and greatly influence the level of student achievement in your classroom - when used in the appropriate content and situation! Here are the High Yield Strategy in ranking order… www.schoolofeducators.com

15. 1.Identifying Similarities and Differences 2.Summarizing and Note Taking 3.Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition 4.Homework and Practice 5.Nonlinguistic Representations Percentile Gain 45 34 29 28 27 www.schoolofeducators.com

16. 6.Cooperative Learning 7.Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback 8.Generating and Testing Hypotheses 9.Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers Percentile Gain 27 23 25 22 www.schoolofeducators.com

17. High-Yield Strategies Identifying Similarities and Differences Summarizing and Note Taking Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition Homework and Practice Nonlinguistic Representations Cooperative Learning Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback Generating and Testing Hypotheses Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers www.schoolofeducators.com