Make Criterion-Referenced Visits
Make Conversation-Oriented Visits
Day 2 Action Challenge: Find Your Framework
3 Acknowledging Related Instructional Leadership, Supervision, and Walkthrough Models
Learning Walks and Instructional Rounds
Day 3 Action Challenge: Review Your Instructional Leadership Models
4 Conducting Your First Two Cycles of Visits
Conduct Your First Cycle of Visits
Look Ahead to Your Second Cycle of Visits
Day 4 Action Challenge: Visit Your First Three Classrooms
5 Thinking Ahead to Your Third Cycle of Visits
Keep an Open Mind
Prepare Staff for Your Third Round of Visits
Take Notes and Share Them With Teachers
Forge Stronger Links to Your Instructional Framework
Experience the Rewards of the Classroom Habit
Day 5 Action Challenge: Visit a Team
Week 2: High-Performance Habits
6 Making Time to Visit Classrooms
Reduce Interruptions From Emergencies
Create Time Through Self-Discipline
Schedule Short Time Blocks for Visiting Classrooms
Coordinate and Track Your Visits
Day 6 Action Challenge: Schedule Your Classroom Visit Blocks
7 Keeping Your Communication Channels Under Control
Stay Current
Streamline Your Information Sources
Reduce Interruptions From Non-Emergency Communication
Avoid “Fuzzy” Channels for Important Requests
Process Your Inboxes
Day 7 Action Challenge: Streamline Your Inboxes and Communication
8 Managing the Work You’re Not Doing Yet
Separate Planning From Doing
Use a Task-Management App
Keep Your Task Lists Short
Prioritize Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
Day 8 Action Challenge: Link Everything to Your Task-Management App’s Inbox
Organize by Action With the PEEP Approach
Organize by Due Date, Time Required, and Energy Level
Out of Sight, Out of Mind, but Not Out of Control
Day 9 Action Challenge: Set Up Your PEEPs
10 Maximizing Your Mental Energy With Habits
Learn How Patterns Become Habits
Understand How Habits Work
See Why Habits Matter
Conserve Mental Energy With Habits
Learn Five Ways to Change Your Habits
Day 10 Action Challenge: Inventory Your Habits
Week 3: High-Impact Instructional Conversations
11 Going Beyond Data Collection and the Feedback Sandwich
Learn Why Data Collection Undermines Professional Conversations
Understand Why the Feedback Sandwich Undermines Professional Conversations
Avoid Feedback Unrelated to Teachers’ Goals
Day 11 Action Challenge: Break the Suggestion Habit
12 Facilitating Evidence-Based Conversations
Ask Evidence-Based Questions
Ask Genuine Questions
Ground Conversation in Specific Evidence
Understand the Teacher’s Goals
Seek Context and Withhold Judgment