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Crafting an Engaging Math PLC Jodi Bates, Herb Higginbotham, Andrea Kaufmann, Ann Richards, and Britanie Risner Hilliard City Schools

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Professional Learning Communities provide a strong framework for professional learning that can directly impact classroom instruction. This presentation shares the work of a PLC at Hilliard Horizon Elementary. The PLC uses a cycle of learning that identified areas of refinement for student learning. This resulted in the production of a math communication rubric that was written in student-friendly language and shared with the school district.

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Page 1: Crafting an Engaging Math Professional Learning Community

Crafting an Engaging Math PLC

Jodi Bates, Herb Higginbotham, Andrea Kaufmann, Ann Richards, and

Britanie Risner

Hilliard City Schools

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Reviewing Common Assessment Data

● Reviewed OAA Item Analysis

● Recognized a skill students needed to strengthen

● Decided to focus on strengthening communication of math thinking

Example of Data:

4th Grade 2010 OAA Number Sense Extended Response

0 points: 26%

1 point: 14%

2 points: 18%

3 points: 18%

4 points: 24%

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Example of common

assessment to measure

communication skill of students

We noticed our students

struggled to “justify” thinking.

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Realized students didn’t know what to do to “explain”

thinking

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“Look Fors” in a High Quality Math Elementary Classroom

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Instructional Best Practices in Math

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List of Gathered Resources

● Math Coach

● The Math Process Standards Series: Introduction to Communication

● NCTM & Illuminations● Exemplars

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The Math Process Standards Series 5

Books● Each book has its

own editable CD-ROM that includes 50+ pages of ready-to-use classroom resources

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Rubric Creation

● After using common assessment, we realized we did not have a common language among ourselves to gauge how students performed

● Realized we needed an assessment rubric for students and teachers

● Gathered variety of examples

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● Gathered variety of examples

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OAA Rubric

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Consolidated into one, kid-friendly rubric

Used 3-2-1 scale to reflect district

progress report

indicators

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Student Sample

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Student’s Rubric

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Sharing and Reflecting

Benefits

● Students’ math communication improved

● Increased students’ confidence

● Used anchor charts for math

● Authentic problems

● Developed usable rubric

● Common language

● Collaborated across grade levels

● Students observed examples of peers outside of homeroom

Struggles

● Scheduling

● Spent larger amount of time on one concept

● Lack of exposure to communication math thinking

● Variety of ability levels

● Students not using efficient strategies

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Why it worked…

● Student-centered● Teacher-centered● Terrific leadership● Data-driven● Collaborative effort across grade levels● Wealth of time for meeting● Abundance of resources● Supportive administrator

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Resources & References

● The Math Process Standards Series (Heinemann)○ www.heinemann.com/products/E01273.aspx

● National Council of Teachers of Mathematics ○ www.nctm.org

● Illuminations○ illuminations.nctm.org

● Exemplars Standard-based Assessment○ www.exemplars.com