Learning Walks

Walkers debrief and share their learning after visiting classrooms.

The first round of Learning Walks for this year started in mid-November and wrapped up last week; participants are looking forward to the next round, which will begin in mid-January.To date, seven learning walks have been completed, two of which were focused within a single department (Science & Social Studies) and five which were cross-departmental. Sixteen teachers participated as walkers, representing the English, Social Studies, Science, and Global Languages departments. As you can see from the photo, counselor Hillary Hewins, librarian Marie Slaby and Janet Claassen from Educational Programs also participated in the process.

Nineteen different teachers welcomed walkers into their classrooms, with a few hosting multiple times. In addition to the departments mentioned above, teachers from Math, PE and Chinese also hosted their colleagues. The feedback from the walkers has been very positive, with 100% of the participants wanting to continue the practice and also reporting that it was a valuable use of their time.

If you are a first-timer interested in participating in the next round of learning walks, please fill out this survey so I can include you when I do the scheduling. Participants from the first round do not need to fill out the survey, just newbies. Thanks to all who made the first round of Puxi High School Learning Walks a success!