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Going Deeper with Protocols

December 4, 2014

Katie McGee and Barbara Zwadyk

Duplin County Schools

Outcomes

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• Create meaningful data from walk throughs

• Develop next steps for SIP based on data discussion

• Develop deeper understanding through application of the Tuning Protocol

Escaping Education’s Death Valley

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How do the NC New School Design Principles

and your work ensure Duplin County Schools escape

the Death Valley of education?

Walk Throughs and Making Meaning

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• Why walk throughs?

• Atlas protocol

Group 1: Elementary

Group 2: K-8 and 6-8

Group 3: High School

Instructional Tuning

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• Why use Protocols?

• Trivial Tuning—The Challenge

Group 1: Elementary

Group 2: K-8 and 6-8

Group 3: High School

• Overview of the Tuning Protocol

• The Lesson Plan

• Reflection and Debrief

Probing Questions

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What are Probing Questions?

Let’s Practice!Write a dilemma on the index card.

Share a dilemma.

With a partner, write a clarifying question and a probing question about the dilemma you hear.

Which probing question causes the reader to think most deeply about his/her dilemma?

Probing Questions

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• What is the difference between clarifying and probing questions?

• When and why would you use each?

Debrief

Rounds

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• Classroom rounds

• School wide rounds

Reflection and Debrief

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Next steps with my faculty—

• How will I share what I’ve learned from the data review of my walk throughs?

• How will I ensure our work with the tuning protocol occurs on a deeper level?

What do I need next session to confirm that our rounds produce high level feedback?