Instructional Rounds in Education: A Network Approach to Improving Teaching and Learning - Softcover

Elizabeth A. City; Richard F. Elmore; Sarah E. Fiarman; Lee Teitel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934742163 ISBN 13: 9781934742167

Publisher: Harvard Education Press, 2009

Synopsis

Unlock consistent, high-quality teaching in every classroom―a must-read guide for education leaders and practitioners seeking proven collaborative improvement strategies.

Are you an educator, school leader, or district administrator striving to ensure every student receives excellent instruction? Instructional Rounds in Education is your essential roadmap for building a unified vision of effective teaching across your school or district. Drawing inspiration from the collaborative, diagnostic approach used in medical rounds, this groundbreaking book introduces instructional rounds networks―a research-based professional learning model that empowers educators to observe, discuss, and analyze classroom practices together. Through concrete tools and real-world examples, the authors show how your team can move beyond isolated best practices to develop a shared understanding of what great teaching looks like―and how to achieve it for every student, every day.

Key Takeaways and Features:

• Transformative Professional Learning: Discover the step-by-step process of instructional rounds and how it leads to collective responsibility, improved teaching, and better student outcomes.
• Bridge the Variation Gap: Learn why classroom practices can vary so widely―and strategies to create more consistent, high-quality instruction across every classroom.
• Actionable Frameworks: Access practical protocols, observation templates, and discussion guides ready to use in your own school or district.
• Real Success Stories: Explore detailed case studies of schools and districts that have leveraged instructional rounds to drive sustainable improvement.
• Research-Backed Insights: Benefit from the expertise of leading education scholars who combine theory and practice for lasting results.
   

Join a growing community of educators who are transforming their schools―order Instructional Rounds in Education today and take the first step toward achieving excellence for every student, in every classroom!
 

About this title

About the Author

Elizabeth A. City is Director of Instructional Strategy at the Executive Leadership Program for Educators at Harvard University and is a faculty member at Boston’s School Leadership Institute. Richard F. Elmore was the Gregory R. Anrig Professor of Educational Leadership at Harvard University. Sarah E. Fiarman is the acting principal of the Martin Luther King, Jr. School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lee Teitel is faculty senior associate of the Executive Leadership Program for Educators at the Harvard University.

From the Back Cover

Walk into any school in America and you will see adults who are doing the best they can, every day, to help students learn. But you will also see a high degree of variability among classrooms—much higher than in most other industrialized countries. Today we are asking schools to do something they have never done before: educate all students to high levels. But we don’t yet know how to do that in every classroom for every child. Inspired by the medical-rounds model used by physicians, the authors of Instructional Rounds in Education have pioneered a new form of professional learning known as instructional rounds networks. Through this process, education leaders and practitioners develop a shared understanding of what high-quality instruction looks like and what schools and districts need to do to support it.

“Listen up! Instructional Rounds redefines the teaching profession. There is no other book on school improvement like it. This is a powerful, specific, accessible treatment of what it means to get in the classroom in order to make a difference in the daily lives of teachers and their students.” — Michael Fullan, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

“In instructional rounds, the front-line work of improving classroom practice becomes everyone’s work. Drawing upon their experience in thousands of classrooms across the country, the authors provide clear direction to teachers, principals, central-office staff, superintendents, and others interested in forming school- or district-based networks with a laser-like focus on instruction. Instructional Rounds in Education is a powerful resource for anyone interested in working smarter to make instruction effective for all students.” — Larry Leverett, executive director, Panasonic Foundation

“At last, we have a book that moves school and district leaders closer to the classroom. The authors challenge the myth of leadership as an isolated, hierarchical exercise focused on grand plans and visions and bring us back where we belong—amid the complex reality of students’ and teachers’ daily lives. Full of practical, specific, and compelling evidence, Instructional Rounds in Education will have a profound influence on educational leaders who are willing to invest the time to observe, listen, and learn.” — Douglas B. Reeves, founder, The Leadership and Learning Center

“By sharing real-life vignettes, the authors carefully detail the utilization of instructional rounds as a systematic and collaborative process to engage educators in meaningful reflections about what occurs daily in classrooms. Applause to City, Elmore, Fiarman, and Teitel for providing a step-by-step approach that will yield significant results for colleagues who choose to network and grow together.” — Deborah S. Delisle, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Ohio Department of Education

Elizabeth A. City is Director of Instructional Strategy at the Executive Leadership Program for Educators at Harvard University and is a faculty member at Boston’s School Leadership Institute. Richard F. Elmore is the Gregory R. Anrig Professor of Educational Leadership at Harvard University. Sarah E. Fiarman is the acting principal of the Martin Luther King, Jr. School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Lee Teitel is faculty senior associate of the Executive Leadership Program for Educators at the Harvard University

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard Education Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934742163
• ISBN 13: 9781934742167
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232