The Three-Minute Classroom Walk-Through: Changing School Supervisory Practice One Teacher at a Time

The Three-Minute Classroom Walk-Through: Changing School Supervisory Practice One Teacher at a Time

The Three-Minute Classroom Walk-Through: Changing School Supervisory Practice One Teacher at a Time

eBook
Author(s):Carolyn J. Downey; Betty E. Steffy; Fenwick W. English; Larry E. Frase; William K. Poston Jr
Format: Original PDF
Published year: 2004
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Language: English
ISBN: 9780761929666

Summary

Change the entire school culture with this collaborative method of supervision. For years, the classic supervision model has frustrated both principals and teachers by fostering superior-subordinate relationships, focusing on teacher conformity rather than growth, or producing checklist data that is irrelevant to the curriculum. The Three-Minute Classroom Walk-Through offers a practical, time-saving alternative that impacts student achievement by cultivating self-reliant teachers who are continually improving their practice. Easy to understand and adopt, this method will answer the questions most important to principals: Are my teachers aligned with the district curriculum? Are they using research-based "best practices"? Are they choosing the instructional strategies that will promote student achievement? Also known as the Downey Walk-through, the method presented in The Three-Minute Classroom Walk-Through has been developed over a 40-year period, tested and refined in actual teaching environments, and taught internationally.
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