Department Chair Learning Walks will happen on Thursday, September 26th.  Department chairs will each be walking through classrooms for ½ of the day. The goal of these walks is for department chairs to get a sense of each departments’ instructional strengths in order to drive impactful professional development this year and achieve department-specific goals.

For this cycle, and subsequent monthly rounds, all teachers will be observed at least once over the course of the day and as a school we will all uphold the following norms:

• We only record strengths-based evidence of what is happening in the classroom.
• All notes will be given to the department chair after the debrief
• Department chairs will give feedback to teachers in their department within 24 hours 
• We all learn from each other.
• We focus on what is transferable to other classrooms in response to the inquiry question.
• When observing: don’t talk to students nor interrupt the teacher! Also, smile!

We are excited to be in each others’ classrooms and learn from each other this year! Please check in with your department chair or admin if you have any questions or concerns. If you would like to be removed from the schedule for these walks, please let your department chair know and we will work out a new schedule.