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

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!
 

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.