EPISODE 273

Do we really need to inspect what we expect?


Biggest Takeaways You Don't Want to Miss:

  • Just because you randomly show up in a teacher’s classroom and drop off a quick note doesn’t mean that you are helping that teacher grow. 
  • Have you ever considered the impact of your feedback from a teacher’s perspective?
  • If your feedback doesn’t offer teachers true insight into their practice, it will not help them grow their practice. 
  • The more random your feedback is, the easier it is to ignore.  
  • It’s not about getting into a certain number of classrooms each day; it’s getting into the right classrooms each day that matters.
We’ve all heard the advice that we need to “inspect what we expect.” But, the way that our training has weaponized this advice in schools is pretty awful.

We see the word “inspect” and are told it means that if we want good instruction to happen in our schools, we need to show up with a clipboard and a walkthrough instrument in at least 3 classrooms per day or our entire instructional program will collapse. Builders do walkthrough feedback differently.

Discover how to give walkthrough feedback that teachers will welcome and implement#LikeABuilder.

Check out these highlights:
  • The original intent of walkthroughs and how they’ve become tainted over the years.
  • The difference between inspecting instruction and true feedback.
  • Why typical walkthrough feedback is so easy to ignore.
  • How the way that we were taught to conduct walkthroughs creates resentment in teachers and doesn’t actually improve instruction.
  • How Builders use walkthroughs to help teachers grow.
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