The observation notes are used to create a data picture of what has been seen in teaching and learning practices throughout the school.
"[1] Instructional rounds include several steps: formation of a network that ideally includes representative members from all those who impact student learning; choosing a problem to be addressed; classroom observation; observation debrief ; detection of the next steps, and regular repetition of this process.
There are not specific criteria sets for the creation of networks, it depends on the situation, time and preferences of educators.
Sometimes members of the network are selected intentionally, according to the subject, content they teach or problem area they share.
[1] After determining the problem of practice, the network splits into smaller groups of 4-5 teachers that visit approximately 4-5 classrooms for 25 minutes each.
Observers attempt to find the cause of the existing problem of practice in school and then identify a viable cure for it.
During the description stage, all groups of the network meet together and share their evidence that pertains to the problem of practice with the others.
Having gathered a set of evidence, the network can begin analyzing it by looking at trends, patterns, and exceptions across the data.
Examples of patterns could be: Students are divided into groups, but work individually; teacher asks simple questions that requires short 1-2 words answers.