Monitoring and Supporting Classroom Implementation

Training Description

Purpose: Monitoring and Supporting Classroom Implementation is to clarify the process for using the  Classroom Systems Check and Classroom Learning System (CLS) Walk-Through Guide and Formative Assessment to monitor and support classroom implementation of a Baldrige-based systems approach to continuous improvement.

Expected Outcomes:

• Clarification of the JSA recommended approach to developing high-performing classroom learning systems.
• Increased understanding of the Baldrige components and organizational best practices as the blueprint for continuous improvement essential elements of a high-performing classroom.
• Ability to differentiate between a learning walk and a walk-through.
• A customized plan for monitoring and supporting classroom implementation.

Target Audience:

Those school and district leaders with responsibility for monitoring and/or supporting classroom implementation of a systems approach to continuous improvement: principals, district-level supervisors, instructional facilitators, curriculum coaches, peer mentors.

Participant Prerequisites:

Participation in JSA classroom-level training such as Classroom Continuous Improvement, Teacher and Student Partnerships, etc., personal experience with the JSA Systems Check Level III for classroom, school, team, and/or district leadership, a basic understanding of the JSA Classroom Walk-through Guide and Formative Assessment.

Recommended Time:

1 day

Required Materials for Participants:

• Monitoring and Supporting Classroom Implementation Participant Workbook
• Classroom Systems Check III
• JSA Learning System Walk-Through Guide and Formative Assessment

Additional Materials That Should Be Considered to Support Participant Learning:

• Classroom Resource Guide
• Continuous Classroom Improvement: A Teacher’s Guide to a Better Approach