Scholar Work is a Reflection of Teacher Practice

As an instructional manager, it’s crucial to see the work your students are producing in class as a reflection of your teachers’ practice. When studying student work, you should see evidence of the five habits of great readers, writers, and historians at work.

Because you know the story of the year and the overall unit goals, you should be able to evaluate the five habits in scholar work for any of your teacher’s lessons, whether or not it is one that you have focused on in planning lessons.

Use the below checklists when analyzing student work to first identify trends, and then determine the connection between student work and teacher practice:

After identifying trends and connections to teacher practice, use this checklist to identify concrete next steps for supporting and moving teachers quickly:

Executing the role of being an instructional manager can be both challenging and engaging. From your own intellectual preparation to leading planning meetings, from classroom observations to scholar work study, success comes from mastering a study of scholar work and determining how best to quickly move teacher practice forward.

Try out these checklists in your classrooms today, and reach out to let us know how it went at [email protected]!