On Being Judged in Our Classrooms – 3

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3 thoughts on “On Being Judged in Our Classrooms – 3”

  1. I had a principal who came to visit my third-year class. Afterwards I went to speak with her, and she was very enthusiastic. She noted my scaffolding for students, but the most significant thing she said was, “And you went to the board to point at the words, and I could understand it, too!” Last night at Back-to-School Night, a parent expressed concern about how her son will do in the class. The son, who was with her, said – with just a hint of exasperation – “Mom, it’s easy. It’s all right there on the board, and if it isn’t, he writes up there for us.”

  2. As I have mentioned here before, my school adopted iWalkthrough this year. The principal came in to my room one day last week – and I was taken aback at first, because I am not used to admins just walking in (it NEVER happened before this year!) but I was in the middle of questioning names, ages, birthdays, had all the Spanish numbers 1-30 written out on the board (because we were working on dates) and since I was in the middle of a question, my thought process was, “ok, he just walked in, I can let him disrupt these kids’ learning, or I can remain in control of MY classroom and keep my kids safe and continue their learning.” but it was all in a split second of thought! and it’s funny, I wasn’t overly annoyed that he walked in, but I did feel that it was not fair to the kids. (but I also realized that he has to do it, and we actually have a pretty cool admin team, so I never felt that he was there to find fault with me) I also was so glad that I remained TOTALLY in the L2 and the kids were answering all my questions!!! S-W-E-E-T!!!! (have I mentioned how much I love this PLC and teaching with comprehensible input??????) 😀

  3. Sabrina Sebban_Janczak

    Hello,

    Mark Knowles just forwarded this to me , I thought it worthwhile and very à propos.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/01/08/should-principals-stop-visiting-classrooms/

    If you don’t feel like reading it here are some interesting takeouts, all direct quotes:

    “But there is less research on the topic than you’d think, and much of it (e.g., May, Huff, & Goldring, 2012) actually shows a weak or non-existent relationship between student achievement and the priority administrators place on instructional leadership (as opposed to other aspects of a principal’s job, e.g., close attention to administrative matters, inspirational leadership, focus on school culture, etc.).”

    “But informal classroom walkthroughs–the most common activity–were negatively associated with student achievement. This was especially true in high schools.”

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