Tools
The Great Schools Partnership develops cutting-edge tools that educators can use to guide school and instructional improvement. We take pride in co-developing tools with educators in the field and using their varied experiences and expertise to inform both the process and products. Our tools are designed to give educators purposeful guidance as they work to develop a customized process of continual improvement that fits the needs of their students, teachers, and communities.
iWalkthrough
iWalkthrough™ was developed by the Great Schools Partnership to help educators continually improve instructional quality. The system includes four complementary tools for high schools, middle schools, elementary schools, and athletic programs. Created by a team of experienced educators in collaboration with hundreds of schools and teachers, and field tested in thousands of classrooms, the iWalkthrough system is the only technology-driven portfolio of tools available that has been designed to help schools refine and strengthen instructional practices in the classroom. iWalkthrough utilizes handheld computers and a secure online database to collect and archive information on classroom instruction. The hundreds of snapshot observations collected by the iWalkthrough system—over weeks, months, and years—capture prevailing instructional patterns within a school, while the sophisticated online reporting system allows educators to sort, analyze, and visually display a wealth of classroom-observation data with ease.
High School Redesign Rubric
The High School Redesign Rubric was developed in response to numerous requests from educators looking for step-by-step guidance as they designed and implemented school-improvement efforts in their school. Many examples and suggestions for improving high schools are outlined in the tool, but its real value is providing a structure and process that teachers, administrators, school boards, parents, and community members can use initiate meaningful conversations about the programs and opportunities they are offering to students.
Middle School Redesign Rubric
Modeled after our High School Redesign Rubric, this tool was created to help middle-level faculties undertake a systemic school-improvement process aimed at successfully transitioning students into high school. This tool synthesizes some of the best thinking and research on middle-level education and helps schools identify critical strategies and leverage points that can be used to improve student learning and achievement.
iWalkthrough
iWalkthrough™ was developed by the Great Schools Partnership to help educators continually improve instructional quality. The system includes four complementary tools for high schools, middle schools, elementary schools, and athletic programs. Created by a team of experienced educators in collaboration with hundreds of schools and teachers, and field tested in thousands of classrooms, the iWalkthrough system is the only technology-driven portfolio of tools available that has been designed to help schools refine and strengthen instructional practices in the classroom. iWalkthrough utilizes handheld computers and a secure online database to collect and archive information on classroom instruction. The hundreds of snapshot observations collected by the iWalkthrough system—over weeks, months, and years—capture prevailing instructional patterns within a school, while the sophisticated online reporting system allows educators to sort, analyze, and visually display a wealth of classroom-observation data with ease.
High School Redesign Rubric
The High School Redesign Rubric was developed in response to numerous requests from educators looking for step-by-step guidance as they designed and implemented school-improvement efforts in their school. Many examples and suggestions for improving high schools are outlined in the tool, but its real value is providing a structure and process that teachers, administrators, school boards, parents, and community members can use initiate meaningful conversations about the programs and opportunities they are offering to students.
Middle School Redesign Rubric
Modeled after our High School Redesign Rubric, this tool was created to help middle-level faculties undertake a systemic school-improvement process aimed at successfully transitioning students into high school. This tool synthesizes some of the best thinking and research on middle-level education and helps schools identify critical strategies and leverage points that can be used to improve student learning and achievement.