The UCLA School Management Program is taking its highly regarded Classroom Walk Through methodology onto the national scene this fall. This no-cost method of improving instructional strategies is implemented by teachers for their peers.

Through a two-day introduction and a series of four-day workshops being held throughout the United States, educators will learn the Classroom Walk-Through process and be given an opportunity to practice it during visits to schools. Participants will become skilled at converting the inquiries and observations of student work in classrooms into action. This non evaluative process ensures the support of connecting teacher practices, student achievement and the school’s mission.

Funding for the workshops is being provided through the Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory at Brown, a program of The Education Alliance at Brown University.

The workshops will be held in Puerto Rico on Sept. 15 and Sept. 16, Rhode Island on Oct. 24 through Oct. 27, and New Hampshire on Oct. 31 through Nov. 3.

The School Management Program is a UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies center that has worked with public school teachers and school administrators since 1992. It has enjoyed much success with its Classroom Walk-Through Institutes in Southern California.

For more information on the UCLA School Management Program, please call Dan Chernow at (310) 825-2488 or e-mail dchernow@smp.gseis.ucla.edu.