OMLIOMLIOn the Road to

Improving Math atLa Pine Middle School

5th - 8th Grade School in Central Oregon

On the Road to Improving Math at

La Pine Middle School 5th - 8th Grade School in Central Oregon

The Math Drivers:

» 7th/8th Grade: Jennifer McGee & Brian Miller

» 6th Grade: John VanBurger, Ryan Dunn, Kelly Beaudry, Dawn Thill, & Josh Beaudry

» 5th Grade: Bobbi Damon, Dan Curfew, Lindsey Manitsas, & Heather Parker

» Administrators: Pat Yaeger, Principal; Jim Boen, Assistant Principal

Highway toKids Experiencing

Math

» DiscussingMath

» Community Agreements

Math Talk

Living the Math

» Learning through discovery

» Experimenting with Math

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Turn forTeachers

Experiencing Math

Math Talk» Communicating regularly through

monthly meetings

» Sharing challenges and successes

» Introducing new strategies and research

Learning the Math

» Doing Math Together

» Cognitive Disequilibrium

» Discovering New Strategies

Moving the Math Along

» Developing Power Standards to focus our teaching

» 5th-8th Grade Curriculum Alignment

» Problem Solving Curriculum Pitfalls

Under ConstructionUnder Construction

Three-Year

Road-Trip

Math Talk» Deprivatizing

» Continue Regular Math » Team Meetings

» Peer Coaching

» Analyzing Student » Work

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Future Math Experiences

» Doing Math Together

» Lesson Planning Framework

» Analyzing Student Work

» Encourage Deeper Content Knowledge

Moving the Math Along

» Fine-tune Power Standards

» Developing Common Math Language Across Grade Levels

» Planning Lessons Together

» Developing Common Assessments

The trip continues…

Let’s hit the

road!