Instructional Rounds: Observing Master Teachers Instructional rounds are akin to the rounds medical students make to learn more as they improve their practice. Rounds are a way to learn from focused observations of new and veteran teachers in your content area and in other content areas. To learn more about Instructional Rounds, read a brief introduction at http://hepg.org/document/98/ . All teachers can benefit greatly from observing other teachers and by reflecting on that observation with peers, mentors, and administrators. Below is a format I created for observing other teachers in my role as mentor, tailored especially for the beginning teacher (BT), but easily customizable for veteran teachers. The best teachers are lifelong learners who learn from one another in the real-world laboratory known as the classroom. 1. Before you observe, please identify a specific area that you would like to focus on in your observation. The problem of practice i