Professional Development Opportunities for the New Math Standards

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Professional Development Opportunities for the
New Math Standards
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Session Action Plan

• Survey session participants beliefs and needs
  regarding professional development
• Provide overview of the Statewide Professional
  Development for Effective Mathematics Instruction
  plan
• Conduct sample professional development activity
  from Center on Instruction
• Collect session participants input

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Professional Development Survey

• What are your thoughts?
• Please respond to questions 1-3 and discuss with
  others
• at your table.

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Professional Development Survey

• General Questions
• What are three elements of effective professional
  development?
• If you were attending a PD session for effective
  math instruction, what components would you want
  it to include?
• What are the barriers to transferring what is
  learned in professional development sessions back
  to the classroom?

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Professional Development Survey

• Math-specific Questions
• At your particular grade level, what mathematics
  concepts do your students struggle with most?
• If you participated in a PD session focused on
  working with the new math standards, what type of
  follow up would you need?

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Statewide Professional Development Plan

• Broad considerations
• New standards in Mathematics and Science
• Model for future professional development around
  new content standards in other areas
• Part of overall Diploma requirements
  implementation
• Bottom line-increased student achievement

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Goals for Professional Development

• What are the goals and objectives for this
  professional development?

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Goals for Professional Development

• A statewide professional development plan must
• Help teachers at every level understand their
  role in helping students meet the new diploma
  requirements
• Provide support and training for educators in
  using new math standards, other content areas
• Build in sustainability and transferability

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Objectives for Professional Development

• These professional development sessions must
• Be based on latest research on effective
  instruction and assessment
• Emphasize instruction of essential skills and
  STEM connection
• Provide clear explanation of transitions between
  grade levels in new math standards
• Make direct connections between professional
  development session content and classroom
  experiences

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Objectives for Professional Development
(continued)

• Include comprehensive approach to assessment
  formative assessments, work samples, and OAKS
• Include variety of learning opportunities around
  sample lessons and effective instructional
  strategies
• Include specific strategies for preparing
  students for Algebra I level and above course
  work
• Include strategies for continued professional
  development through local professional learning
  communities

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Strategic Partners

• Who are the strategic partners?
• Northwest Regional Education Laboratory
• Other ODE offices
• ESDs
• Higher Education (including colleges of
  education)
• Professional organizations
• Curriculum directors
• Teachers
• Business community
• Others

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Strategic Partners

• An advisory group will need to
• review input gathered to date (including survey
  from this session)
• finalize implementation plan
• review identify need for additional materials
• identify milestones and set timelines
• finalize roll-out strategy
• formulate follow up and evaluation plan

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Implementation Considerations

• Use of train the trainer model
• Appropriate segmenting of sessions (e.g., grades
  K-2, 3-5, 6-8, etc.)
• Communicating professional development plans and
  session dates
• Mapping out effective follow-up to sessions
  through webinars, videoconferencing, etc.

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Short-term Plan for New Math Standards

• What about the new K-8 math standards adopted in
  December 2007?

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Short-Term Plans Information sessions focused on
new K-8 math standards

• Sessions will address
• crosswalk document linking 2002 math standards to
  2007 standards
• implications for instruction and assessments
• Sessions will be offered
• face-to-face and through webinars and
  videoconferencing
• October 2008-January 2009

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Statewide Professional Development Plan

• What might one of the Effective Mathematics
  Instruction professional development sessions
  look like?