Making Evaluation Meaningful and Supportive
Conceptually, evaluation shapes careers and advancement. In reality, it rarely leads to significant outcomes. Few teachers receive unsatisfactory rati…
Tag: Classroom Observation
Foster Instructional Best Practices: Add Learning Walks to Your School’s Evaluation Toolkit
The Learning Walk routine is a proven and powerful tool for getting smarter about teaching and learning. For almost 25 years this research-backed prac…
Staffing Solutions: Hiring and Retaining Top Talent
Many schools and districts are struggling to hire and retain talented teachers, with small candidate pools and other constraints. In this Crowdsource …
What Great Principals Really Do: 4 Leadership Behaviors that Contribute to Your School Success
According to the article "What Great Principals Really Do," "A school's success is largely determined by the effectiveness of its principal—decades …
Assess the Four Keys in Action: Find Challenges and Opportunities in the Classroom Using Think, Know, Act, and Go
Observe classrooms to find examples of Think, Know, Act and Go and use your observations to reflect on challenges and opportunities to student readine…
Maxims, Routines, and Practices Can Make Your School’s Vision a Reality
Livingston is a large, diverse school in California’s Central Valley. After working with Inflexion to define their maxims, they reinforced them ever…
Reinforce Your School’s Vision for Readiness Through Points of Emphasis
Mandy Ballenger, Director of Human Resources in Merced Union High School District, shares how she used the routine of classroom observations when she …