Sentences with phrase «principal visited my classroom»

I think my principal visited my classroom only once that year.

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We are the first place in the district Meet the principal, visit the classrooms, check out the school calendar, and read about activities.

Once a year, bankers, lawyers, computer executives, plumbers, and others get to step out of their offices and walk the hallways and visit the classrooms as part of PENCIL's Principal for a Day Program.

And these evaluation systems are strikingly better than what they replaced: slapdash approaches involving a couple of classroom visits by a building principal for some teachers in some years that resulted in virtually all teachers being classified as high performing.

But the proportion of unsatisfactory ratings that Kraft and Gilmour found is about three times the rate before the introduction of the new grading systems, when evaluations were infrequent and typically amounted to nothing more than quick classroom visits by principals wielding simplistic checklists that stressed comportment over quality instruction and student learning.

Frequent classroom visits: During informal classroom visits, principals look over students» shoulders or sit down next to them and ask questions like, «What are you learning today?»

Across the country, principals and superintendents visit classrooms every day and then meet to discuss solutions.

Included: Principals talk about the benefits of walk - throughs, and how to initiate walk - throughs with teachers who might fear frequent classroom visits by the principal.

To ensure these classroom visits are positive and productive, principals should make it clear to teachers that they are not coming to critique them.

«One principal had a sign that said «Out Learning» that he would put on his door when visiting classrooms,» Dr. Alvy noted.

Now, as a principal, when Bednar visits classrooms in his school, he is looking for Mrs. Hinck, the teacher who lit the spark in him to become the teacher and principal he is today.

Executives Get an Education as Principals for a Day Once a year, bankers, lawyers, computer executives, plumbers, and others get to step out of their offices and walk the hallways and visit the classrooms as part of PENCIL's Principal for a Day Program.

He holds frequent meetings with principals to discuss and improve their work, visits classrooms constantly, and strategically uses data about classroom performance to help school leaders make decisions.

Principals» Classrooms Visits Help Build Better Readers When principals and literacy coaches understand what students are learning and teachers are teaching — and participate in literacy lessons — they set a positive tone for the school that can lead to improvement in reading, say author and educator Dr. BethPrincipals» Classrooms Visits Help Build Better Readers When principals and literacy coaches understand what students are learning and teachers are teaching — and participate in literacy lessons — they set a positive tone for the school that can lead to improvement in reading, say author and educator Dr. Bethprincipals and literacy coaches understand what students are learning and teachers are teaching — and participate in literacy lessons — they set a positive tone for the school that can lead to improvement in reading, say author and educator Dr. Beth Whitaker.

Included: Principals share the benefits of walk - throughs; how to initiate walk - throughs with teachers who might fear frequent classroom visits by pPrincipals share the benefits of walk - throughs; how to initiate walk - throughs with teachers who might fear frequent classroom visits by principalsprincipals.

We visited elementary schools around the neighborhood and presented to various classrooms, as well as principals, teachers and guidance counselors.

Annual teacher surveys between 2010 and 2013 asked teachers about the frequency of visiting another teacher's classroom to watch him or her teach; having a colleague observe their classroom; inviting someone in to help their class; going to a colleague to get advice about an instructional challenge they faced; receiving useful suggestions for curriculum material from colleagues; receiving meaningful feedback on their teaching practice from colleagues; receiving meaningful feedback on their teaching practice from their principal; and receiving meaningful feedback on their teaching practice from another school leader (e.g., AP, instructional coach).

When she arrives, and Chenoweth joins her to visit classrooms, the classrooms are noisy, and the principal yells unprofessionally at disruptive students.

It is a distinction between principals who provided support to teachers by «popping in» and «being visible» as compared with principals who were very intentional about each classroom visit and conversation, with the explicit purpose of engaging with teachers about well - defined instructional ideas and issues.

For the project as a whole, we collected two rounds of survey data from principals and teachers and three rounds of site - visit data from schools and districts, including classroom observations and interviews with teachers and building and district administrators.

Both high - and low - scoring principals said that they frequently visit classrooms and are «very visible.»

During the site visits, we observed 10 - 12 classrooms in both elementary and secondary schools, and we conducted individual interviews, using role - specific interview protocols, with district leaders, school principals, and classroom teachers.

The report is based on surveys of district staff and school principals and site visits to six states, 12 districts, 24 schools, and 48 CSR classrooms.

«Both high - and low - scoring principals said that they frequently visit classrooms and are «very visible,»» the researchers write.

Principals trust teachers who do not mind when they visit the classroom.

Principals themselves agree almost unanimously on the importance of several specific practices, according to one survey, including keeping track of teachers» professional development needs and monitoring teachers» work in the classroom (83 percent).32 Whether they call it formal evaluation, classroom visits or learning walks, principals intent on promoting growth in both students and adults spend time in classrooms (or ensure that someone who's qualified does), observing and commenting on what's working well and whPrincipals themselves agree almost unanimously on the importance of several specific practices, according to one survey, including keeping track of teachers» professional development needs and monitoring teachers» work in the classroom (83 percent).32 Whether they call it formal evaluation, classroom visits or learning walks, principals intent on promoting growth in both students and adults spend time in classrooms (or ensure that someone who's qualified does), observing and commenting on what's working well and whprincipals intent on promoting growth in both students and adults spend time in classrooms (or ensure that someone who's qualified does), observing and commenting on what's working well and what is not.

«However, differences between principals in the two groups come into sharp focus as they describe their reasons for making classroom visits.

They received quite a workout over the course of their day, visiting numerous classrooms and engaging in principals» daily routines that involved countless relationship - building activities.

It was her first year teaching at AppleTree Institute, and the preschool's principal wouldn't stop making unannounced visits to her classroom.

The typical teacher evaluation in public education consists of a single, fleeting classroom visit by a principal or other building administrator untrained in evaluation who wields a checklist of classroom conditions and teacher behaviors that often don't focus directly on the quality of instruction.

Join Principal Shepherd on a visit of classrooms and learn more about the day - to - day lives of our students.

Time stamping of classroom visits and consistent application of the observation tool are essential to protect Principals in this process.

During one classroom visit, it's very possible that principals may collect nearly 100 separate evidences observed across various components and domains within the Framework for Teaching.

My classroom was visited only a few times — primarily by the principal for the purposes of evaluation.

A principal might focus his or her attention on learning during one visit and the classroom environment on another visit.

When William Loskoch, Ms. Jones's principal, visited her classroom one day in December, he frequently stopped her co-teacher, Sarah Vistocco, 24, who had started at the network in May, to redirect a discussion or ask her to reinforce the rules.

Visiting principals observed classrooms and then met to discuss what they had observed related to the host principal's question.

After the classroom visits, they recorded on - camera interviews from principals, teachers, students, and cafeteria employees to learn about what makes El Monte City School District special.

Darlene Paul, principal of West Defuniak Elementary, speaks to a student during a visit to a third - grade classroom.

Visits include the opportunity to meet the principal, observe classrooms, meet students and learn more about what sets an Envision school apart.

This only happens when the principal articulates a strong vision for the school, visits classrooms constantly, knows the pedagogy he or she is looking for, occasionally makes specific requests for changes in teaching and — most important — provides teachers room to apply their own teaching insights and creates a climate where teachers feel safe to take risks.

In the current landscape, it's hard for principals to manage everything on their plates and find time to informally visit classrooms, outside of formal observations for teachers» evaluations.

Before classroom visits, he reviews some fundamental data with each school's principal, such as student attendance and literacy, and any previous strategies at that school he's discussed with the principal.

Then he looks for those strategies in action, visiting two or three classrooms with the principal to observe teachers and students at work.

Principals have been trained in what to look for when visiting classrooms which is tightly aligned to teacher training.

After lunch, she visits an elementary school and tags along with the principal on classroom observations.

An online council survey completed by 41 big - city districts in fall 2012 found that the tasks most commonly carried out by their principal supervisors were: visiting schools (93 percent of the districts); conversing with principals about school performance data (90 percent); and visiting classrooms with principals (82 percent).

At Anderson Middle School (Omaha), where I once taught, the principal and the two assistant principals tried to visit every classroom once a week.

One very simple strategy is to support teachers by Focusing on the positive: At Anderson Middle School (Omaha), where I once taught, the principal and the two assistant principals tried to visit every classroom once a week.

The vignette follows Principal Flores as he visits a first - grade, dual - language classroom and gives teachers the much - needed support in their effort to instruct students in two languages.