To develop and maintain classrooms that effectively center students, school and district leaders must build their capacity to evaluate classroom instruction through a stronger student-centered lens and provide actionable feedback based on classroom observation.
Observing Student-Centered Instruction enables school and district leaders to:
- Deepen their comprehension of student-centered classroom instruction.
- Develop an understanding of low inference evidence in the observation process.
- Practicing observing for student-centered instruction through facilitated classroom walkthroughs.
- Identify high leverage areas for feedback to support the cultivation of student-centered classrooms.
Student-centered classroom walkthroughs provide a structure for leaders to conduct focused classroom observations, generate questions, and plan next steps to improve student learning. In addition to including classroom walks facilitated by The Leadership Academy, we also provide a research-based guide that shares our walkthrough protocol and reflection questions and examples of classroom evidence to look for, including observable teacher/student behaviors and classroom content and environments.