8-19-08+Training

=Agenda Items and Activities for Administrator Walk-Through Training for Stafford Administrators on 8/19/08=

Objectives:
As a result of particpating in this training, Stafford adminstrators will:
 * 1) Learn about administrator walk-throughs and will be able to describe their purpose and function..
 * 2) Draft a Stafford Model of Instruction.
 * 3) Develop a plan for implementing walk-throughs in their schools.
 * 4) Use resources in a Wikispace to assist them in reaching their outcomes.

Click here for the Agenda for 8/19/08: Click here for the Anticipation Guide on Administrator Walk-Throughs:

AM Activities

 * **Multiple Intelligences Assessment: Find Your Strengths** - To take this assessment, go to: http://www.literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html (For more information on Multiple Intelligences, click here.)
 * Spreadsheet to compile MI results: [[file:MI Results.xls]]
 * [[file:Teacher Orientation to CWT.ppt]] **Classroom Walk-Throughs with Reflective Practice -** Click on this link for a PowerPoint from the Teacher Education Center of the Leon County Public Schools in Tallahassee, FL entitled //Classroom Walk Throughs with Reflective Practice//: http://www.tec.leon.k12.fl.us/Teacher%20Orientation%20to%20CWT.PPT
 * **What Does Good Instruction Look Like?:**. Developing the Stafford Model - What will we look for in walk-throughs? What are the key elements that we want to see in terms of teacher and learner behavior? What are the instructional strategies that we want to include in the //Stafford Model of Instruction//? How do these align with district and school initiatives? Click here to do research on Effective Instruction.

PM Activities

 * **Walk-Throughs**
 * Click here to view a brief video on Walk-Throughs from Teacher Tube
 * Click here to review resources on Administrator Walk-Throughs
 * **Collecting Data & Implementing Walk-Throughs**
 * Examples of ways to collect and analyze the data, e.g.,
 * **The Tennessee Walk-Through Guide** ( http://www.tennessee.gov/education/accountability/doc/INST_PERF_WALK_GUIDE_and_DOMAINS.doc ), ,
 * **The Administrative Observer for the PDA** ( [|Observation Screens], [|Sample Reports] ),
 * **Windham Middle School Access Database for Collecting Walk-Through Data sample screen dump** [[file:Windham Middle School Access Database for Collecting Walk-Through Data.doc]], etc.
 * Discuss how to implement walk-throughs in your school
 * **Action Planning** - Click here to find an Action Planning template to help you plan for implementing walk-throughs in Stafford: [[file:Action Plan Template 8-19-08.doc]]
 * **Evaluation Survey for Feedback** - [|Click here to take the end-of-day evaluation survey.]