At the end of every school year it is good practice to reflect on your eWalk templates and review if the data collected by these templates was relevant to your school and to your established purpose for conducting classroom observations. Be sure to do this soon after...
Article three of the”Teacher Responses to Principal Feedback” series discussed how teachers will change behaviors as a result of principal feedback. If you recall, findings from that study indicated that teachers will change behaviors when they perceive...
I have just attended an excellent webinar by Dr. Michael White about how to teach better and specifically how to best engage students. In this one hour webinar, Dr. White stressed three things: The most immediate issue is not low student achievement, but student...
If you are interested in utilizing eWalk for RISE rubric evaluations, don’t hesitate to contact us to get started right away. Many districts in Indiana are adopting the RISE rubric for evaluating teacher performance. We’ve built the entire framework into...
You ever get that feeling of accomplishment when someone of authority or someone who is considered an expert in the field affirms what you already believe? Well, I had that opportunity at the GAEL conference recently. GAEL (Georgia Association of Educational Leaders)...
I have just read “Data Driven Differentiation in the Standards-Based Classroom” by Gayle H. Gregory and Lin Kuzmich. Because the reality of teaching has shifted dramatically from a decade ago, this book is a must for new, experienced and preservice...
