This easy to understand, illustrated ebook describes the components of effective walk-throughs and the most effective ways to use them to identify opportunities for improving and measuring the effectiveness of staff development efforts.

Whether or not a teacher´s behavior is reinforced or improved depends on how far the observed data makes it through the feedback loop. This book explains in detail how to build, conduct and analyze classroom observations as well as how eWalk® automates the process and makes it easy to derive trends and central tendencies from your completed observations.

Education has embraced the coaching model as a framework for improving teaching and instruction. Yet, despite the popularity of the paradigm, there is little consensus around what educational coaching looks like in practice.

What can we learn from coaches−especially successful athletic coaches−that can be applied in classroom instruction, educational leadership, collaboration, and professional development? How can educators assess and develop traits embodied by these successful coaches? What specific, practical tools will aid in this application?

To answer these questions, this book will take you to a "coaches' clinic," a gathering of the most effective athletic coaches in their respective fields. Using lessons learned from their successes (and failures), you will have the opportunity to develop your own game plan to use in your school or classroom.