Tipp City teachers expand learning walks, Danielson rubric to boost student engagement

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Teacher leaders from Tipp City Exempted Village described districtwide professional development this year that emphasized Danielson-based learning walks, peer classroom visits and shared planning; staff said the work increased collaboration and classroom engagement and the district plans to narrow and continue strategies next year.

At a district work session, teacher leaders and administrators from Tipp City Exempted Village described a year of professional development built around the Danielson engagement rubric, routine learning walks and teacher-led trainings aimed at increasing student engagement across elementary, middle and high school classrooms.

The work mattered because presenters said the practices broke down silos between grade levels and schools, increased peer-to-peer coaching and produced measurable changes in classroom practice tied to new curriculum adoptions in English language arts and math.

Carrie Hake, a PDL representative at Broadway Elementary, told the board, “So we're gonna share just a little bit about how Broadway used the knowledge that the team gained from the PDL experience and shared it with the wider staff,” describing rubrics, team conversations and peer walk-throughs that school staff used to reflect and change classroom practice. Hake said every Broadway staff member completed a walk-through using the Danielson engagement rubric and that…

Tipp City teachers expand learning walks, Danielson rubric to boost student engagement

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