OJR Middle School

Focus Study Visit

Debrief

Discussion QuestionsWhat did you see regarding

Higher Level Thinking?

What did you see regarding Active Engagement?

Gallery Walk As you walk around the room,

read the reflections on the chart papers.

Use your marker to make comments or ask questions. Write directly on the chart paper.

What conditions of learning (clear standards, fair assessments, curriculum framework, instruction, materials and resources, and interventions) support what you saw today?

What questions can you pose for OJR Middle School?◦If you were a student in this school

and you did everything you were expected to do, what would you know and be able to do?

◦What causes the learning we want to see?

◦What specific teaching moves, what kinds of tasks, what forms of student engagement lead to powerful learning for students?

What are the next steps for the OJR Middle School Leadership Team?◦How is leadership practice shaped by

the interactions (regular connections) of leaders and followers and aspects of the situation or context?

◦What role can boundary practices and objects such as tools, structures, routines and protocols play in mediating (serve as go-betweens) leadership practice and influencing instruction?

What key learning points are transferable to other leaders in the District?