The Tuning Protocol Developed by Joseph McDonald and David Allen

The Tuning Protocol Developed by 

*Joseph McDonald and David Allen

 

 

Steps	Tuning Protocol Agenda	Minutes
1	Introduction ·      Facilitator briefly introduces protocol goals guidelines, and the schedule ·      Colleagues briefly introduce themselves	10
2	Teacher Presentation ·      Teacher describes the context for student work (classwork, homework, rubric, etc.) ·      Teacher poses a focus question to colleagues for their feedback ·      Colleagues listen	20
3	Clarifying questions ·    Colleagues ask clarifying questions only (no feedback is given at this time)	5
4	Examination of student work samples ·    Samples of original/photocopied student work are presented ·    Video clips of presentation may also be presented	15
5	Reflection on feedback to be shared ·    Colleagues silently pause to reflect upon the feedback they would like to share with the teacher/presenter	2-3
6	Colleagues share feedback ·    Colleagues share positive, negative, and corrective feedback; the teacher/presenter listens ·    Facilitator may remind colleagues of the teacher/presenter’s focus question (Step 2)	5
7	Teacher/presenter reflection ·      Teacher/presenter responds to the feedback shared by his or her colleagues ·      Facilitator may intervene to focus, clarify, etc. ·      Colleagues listen	15
8	Debriefing ·    Facilitator leads a discussion on the tuning experience: What was learned? What was helpful? What concerns were raised?	10

 

 

* See a more elaborate explanation of The Tuning Protocol at this website:http://www.nsrfharmony.org/protocol/doc/tuning.pdf

 

On the next post we will share reflection questions to guide the examination of student work (Blythe, et al., 2002).