Math Growth and Development 2017

The math path has started. The downside is it is too rushed in my opinion, but that's out of my control due to systemwide leadership and pacing decisions. I would slow it down for good teaching and foundation building--I know that would be better for this group. Next, while the path benefits from many dedicated educators, there isn't enough good time and good process for those educators to work together. We're going to discuss that this week and try to reach a better planning/prep process.

The good news is that, in general, we have an invested teaching/learning community. We've given a number of good assessments that have informed the teaching/learning path, and we have a number of great online and offline tools to use to teach math well.

The next steps on the math teaching year path include the following

• meet to discuss prep/planning collaboration, goals, and responsibility
• complete unit one and assess
• review assessments and begin RTI
• create booklet for the next unit
• create online expectations for next unit
• include more floor-to-ceiling explorations for next unit--explorations that put the "cognitive load" on students' shoulders rather than the teachers (research shows this to be more effective teaching)