Breaking Through to Effective Teaching A

School leaders search for effective and practical ways to live out what research tells us makes a difference in student learning. Research literature is easy to embrace theoretically, but it is much more difficult to turn research into compelling collective action.

Why Walk-Throughs?	p. 13
Building on our own best practice	p. 14
Why this is a different approach	p. 17
How the Walk-Through protocol supports success	p. 18
When are schools ready for the Walk-Through protocol?	p. 19
How do administrators participate?	p. 20
Why the Walk-Through protocol works	p. 21
Nuts and Bolts of the SMP Walk-Through Protocol	p. 22
Why a protocol for walking through classrooms?	p. 23
What is the protocol?	p. 24
Walk-Throughs as a Catalyst for School Improvement	p. 43
Building on and sustaining positive change	p. 51
Using Walk-Through Protocols to Sustain a Professional Learning Community	p. 55
The setting	p. 56
The mission and goals	p. 58
Using the protocol to create a community	p. 58
The first six months	p. 60
The second six months	p. 61
An evolving culture	p. 66
Using Walk-Through Protocols to Improve Instruction	p. 69
The setting	p. 70
The Mission and Goals	p. 71
Getting Started	p. 72
After the first year	p. 74
Evidence of Improving Instruction	p. 77
Using Walk-Through Protocols to Unify a District-Wide Culture of Student Achievement	p. 79
The setting	p. 79
The Mission and Goals	p. 82
Using the Walk-Through protocol to enhance inquiry in a professional learning community	p. 83
Getting Started	p. 84
Building capacity throughout the district	p. 87
An evolving tool in an evolving culture	p. 89
Sample, Three-Day Training Agenda	p. 93
Developing Group Norms	p. 97
A Sample Activity for Determining Next Steps	p. 99
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Breaking Through to Effective Teaching A Walk-Through Protocol Linking Student Learning and Professional Practice

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