Dreher High School "Rounds"
Fall 2001 - Spring 2002
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| The "Rounds" model of professional development
was initiated at the University of South Carolina at Dreher
High School, which is one of six PDS sites included in the Teacher
Quality Partners Project located in Columbia, SC. |
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| Members of the tripartite, Dr. David Keiser from
Montclair State University, Dr. Scott Gwara and Dr. Christie
Friend from the USC Department of English, and Dr. Jane Zenger
from the USC College of Education, conduct a classroom observation
"rounds" with pre-service interns in master teacher Dr. Karen
Kaminski's English classroom. |
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After the classroom observation, the debriefing was "intense" and
"interesting" according to one of the interns, as the tripartite
and the interns exchanged their experiences in the classroom
of Dr. Kaminski.
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Each of the interns discussed a different aspect of Dr. Kaminski's
teaching style, which included constant use of Socratic questioning
to keep the students on task and thinking. Each also talked
about Dr. Kaminski's classroom management methods that they
had noticed during the observation Dr.David Keiser, consultant
from Montclair State University, noted:
"The initial rounds process at USC was a success: pre-service teachers acted like medical interns, asked appropriate questions of both the team and the observed teacher, and left knowing a bit more about the intricacies of classroom management and the Socratic method." |
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