Breaking Through To Effective Teaching by Patricia Martinez-Miller

Preface     6
Introduction     9
Why Walk-Throughs?     13
Building on our own best practice     14
Why this is a different approach     17
How the Walk-Through protocol supports success     18
When are schools ready for the Walk-Through protocol?     19
How do administrators participate?     20
Why the Walk-Through protocol works     21
Nuts and Bolts of the Smp Walk-Through Protocol     22
Why a protocol for walking through classrooms?     23
What is the protocol?     24
Walk-Throughs as a Catalyst for School Improvement     43
Building on and sustaining positive change     51
Using Walk-Through Protocols to Sustain a Professional Learning Community     55
The setting     56
The mission and goals     58
Using the protocol to create a community     58
The first six months     60
The second six months     61
An evolving culture     66
Using Walk-Through Protocols to Improve Instruction     69
The setting     70
The Mission and Goals     71
Getting Started     72
After the first year     74
Evidence of Improving Instruction     77
Using Walk-Through Protocols to Unify a District-Wide Culture of Student Achievement     79
The setting     79
The Mission and Goals     82
Using the Walk-Through protocol to enhance inquiry in a professional learning community     83
Getting Started     84
Building capacity throughout the district     87
An evolving tool in an evolving culture     89
Sample, Three-Day Training Agenda     93
Developing Group Norms     97
A Sample Activity for Determining Next Steps     99
About the Authors     101