Walk-Throughs

=Walk-Through Resources=

Click on the links below for articles and Web sites that will provide background information and other resources about Walk-Throughs:
 * **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
 * **The Downey Walk Through Model** - Click on this link to preview an excerpt from **Curriculum Leadership Development** by Carol A. Mullen. If you scroll up and down you'll find excerpts on other topics, e.g., differentiated instruction: http://books.google.com/books?id=zp_wkrCDpu4C&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=%22Downey+Walk-Through%22&source=web&ots=L9EVG8IB5P&sig=Dv4jMbLtyPCqnx5KhQ-puHfRxXY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result
 * **EdAdmin 20 Walk Through Wiki** - Click on this link to explore a Wiki on Walk-Throughs: http://adminplc.pbwiki.com/Walk-Through
 * **Leadership by Walking Around: Walk Throughs and Instructional Improvement** - Click on this link for an article prepared by Howard Johnston for The Principals' Partnership: http://principalspartnership.com/feature203.html.
 * **My Recipe for School Improvement: Walkthrough Observations on a Handheld Computer** - Click on this link to find an article by Bill Craig about some Palm or Pocket PC software entitled The Administrative Observer: http://www.pes-sports.com/The%20Administrative%20Observer.pdf. This software is available from [|http://www.pes-sports.com].
 * **The Perceptions of High School Principals on Student Achievement by Conducting Walk Throughs** - Click on this link for the results of a research study conducted by Todd E. Keruskin in partial fulfillment for a doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh which includes background on a variety of different walk-through models and findings from the research conducted which showed that the walk-throughs did impact instruction and student learning from the perspectives of principals and teachers: http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-09022005-081109/unrestricted/KeruskinToddAugust2005.pdf
 * **Seeing Through New Eyes: Walk Throughs Offer New Way to View Schools** - Click on this link to find an article by Joan Richardson published by the National Staff Development Council: http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/tools/tools10-01rich.cfm.
 * **Tennessee Teacher Instructional Performance Walk-Through Assessment** - Click on this link to find Tennessee's Guide for administrators for the statewide Performance Walk-Through Assessment which includes 6 domains of instruction: http://www.tennessee.gov/education/accountability/doc/INST_PERF_WALK_GUIDE_and_DOMAINS.doc
 * **Walk-Throughs are On the Move** - Click on this link for an article from Education World: http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin405.shtml
 * **Welcome to Classroom Walk-Through (CWT)** - Click on this link for a PowerPoint presented by Todd Wiedemann, Principal, Berrien Springs High School, Berrien Springs, MI.: http://www.petoskeyschools.org/tlc/walks/documents/Classroom%20Learning%20Walks.ppt.