Transforming Schools Through Rough Draft Teaching and Evaluation

Outline

5 minutes: Presenter welcome and introductions.
10 minutes: Attendees will collaborate with each other to critically consider the affordances and constraints of traditional instruction design and evaluation cycles.
5 minutes: Attendees will share dreams and aspirations for what teaching and evaluation in the ideal world would look like and feel like.
15 minutes: We will present the rough draft teaching and evaluation framework. Attendees will engage with our rubrics.
10 minutes: The bigger picture: Discussion around bringing the components of rough draft teaching together.
10 minutes: Attendees will collaborate to brainstorm ways of applying the rough draft teaching and evaluation framework within their schools. Barriers to implementation will be explicitly addressed.
5 minutes: Questions, comments, clarifications, closing thoughts, and thank you for attending.

Supporting research

The following books and articles reflect individual elements of rough draft teaching. They speak to the need for teachers and evaluators to feel safe in instructional risks, feeling supported in communities of learning, engaging in iterative cycles of improvement, and evaluating in ways that enhance teacher agency and empower them to teach in ways that align to their stories and visions for teaching.

Rough Draft Teaching. This article was published by the presenters in Educational Leadership. The article explores how teacher agency can be increased by prioritizing teaching and evaluation systems that honor reflection and cycles of improvement. https://ascd.org/el/articles/taking-risks-with-rough-draft-teaching

Evocative Coaching. This book by Megan and Bob Tschannen-Moran details a strengths-based coaching framework in which instructional improvements come through cycles of design and reflection. https://us.corwin.com/books/evocating-coaching-2e-271942?srsltid=AfmBOorctXpPMqXYAghgwQTEYWxhXsOyvj3fPHkxh9nmF5nsNYnDThsA

Coherence. This book by Michael Fullan and Joann Quinn explores how change leadership necessitates the creation of collaborative communities and cultures of growth. https://michaelfullan.ca/books/coherence-right-drivers-action-schools-districts-systems/

Lesson Study: This book by Akihito Takahashi and Geoffery wake brings together teachers from the US and UK to participate in their adaptation of Lesson Study. This book provides insights into how teachers, coaches, and administrators can engage in this form of professional learning and evaluation.

Takahashi, A., & Wake, G. (Eds.). (2023). The Mathematics Practitioner’s Guidebook for Collaborative Lesson Research: Authentic Lesson Study for Teaching and Learning. Taylor & Francis.

The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth, Amy C. Edmondson (2018)