Breaking Through to Effective Teaching

About this book

"Breaking Through to Effective Teaching discusses the Walk-Through protocol, which provides both a process and a tool for inquiry-based professional development, community engagement, and ultimately, student self-direction. It starts with a school's commitment to build an inquiry model that assumes the capacity for extraordinary learning on the part of students, teachers, administrators, and families. This protocol can be employed narrowly - to guide teachers with a passion for biology, for example - or more broadly. Many of the improving schools chose the Walk-Through protocol as a framework for schoolwide professional development that led to exceptional growth in learning and student achievement. This process allows schools to create a community where all members approach learning as an inquiry and are proactive designers of their success."--book jacket.