Move Like You Mean It: How to Circulate Through Your Classroom

You release students to work on an in-class assignment, and then you walk around the room. A pencil hovers. A conversation stalls. An unexpected idea takes shape. But are you noticing these clues—and do you know what to do with them? In this episode of School of Practice, educator and K-12 district leader Amir Taron Ayres shares his strategies for circulating through the classroom with purpose. We’ll talk through how to spot misconceptions, prepare students to share their thinking, and adjust instruction in real time. Along the way, we’ll explore what your path through the room reveals about who gets your attention—and whose ideas you might be missing. Related resources: Learn more about this episode What Purposefully Circulating Through the Classroom Looks Like Student Engagement as an Aspect of Classroom Management Video: A Versatile Seating Arrangement That Really Works Research: Teachers’ Gaze over Space and Time in a Real-World Classroom