SD Math Partnership ProjectAn Overview

Marcia Torgrude and Karen Taylor

South Dakota Counts Grant

A Federal MSP Grant awarded to SD DOE

SD DOE distributed funds to 7 ESAs and the Sioux Falls School District.

PartnersSD Department of EducationCAMSE (Center for the Advancement of

Mathematics and Science Education) - BHSU

TIEGrant Awardees – ESA 1 – 7, Sioux FallsSub-Grantees – participating school

districtsExternal Evaluator – Inverness Research

Associates

Goals:Goals:

To build broad-based expertise and leadership for improving student achievement and conceptual understanding in elementary mathematics.To develop a statewide educational community to improve elementary mathematics instruction.

Project Objectives: Increase student academic achievement as

measured by the state mathematics standards.

Increase conceptual understanding of elementary mathematics.

Train and place one Mathematics Specialist in up to 8 different sites in SD.

Provide training for one Mathematics Teacher Leader for potentially each elementary building in South Dakota.

Support work in each participating district to train additional K-5 teachers.

Provide training for building principals to support the work of the Teacher Leaders.

Professional Development and Support:

Math SpecialistsTeacher LeadersParticipating Principals

Professional Development For Math Specialists

Summer Institute (1 week each summer)Year-One Content: CGI Number Sense

and OperationsYear-Two Content: CGI AlgebraYear-Three Content: CGI Geometry

Just in Time Training Three day workshops focused on CGI

(Cognitively Guided Instruction) Other topics

Best PracticesAssessment

Professional Development Professional Development for Teacher Leadersfor Teacher Leaders

Summer Institute (1 week each summer)Three workshops during the school yearOn-going coaching provided by the math specialists

Professional Development for Professional Development for PrincipalsPrincipalsLenses on LearningThree – Two Day Workshops over

the course of 18 months.

Professional Development for All Professional Development for All TeachersTeachers

In Year-Two, Teacher Leaders, with the help of their math specialists, train all the teachers in their building in Cognitively Guided Instruction.

Math Specialist role:Collaborate with SDDOE, CAMSE, and TIE

to coordinate and deliver professional development components

Collect data, data analysis, and reporting of data to SDDOE and Inverness

Attend professional development centered on mathematics content, mathematics pedagogy, student mathematical thinking, and educational leadership.

Support the work of the teacher leaders.

Math Teacher Leader role:Attend professional development centered

on mathematics content, mathematics pedagogy, student mathematical thinking, and educational leadership

Utilize professional development content in mathematics instruction to impact student achievement

Upon completion of one year of training, provide training for other K-5 teachers in building

Create a model classroom as one component of the training for other teachers in building

Elementary Principals role:Participate in professional development

designed to help administrator, as instructional leaders in their schools, to understand and support effective mathematics instruction.

Support participating staff in the implementation of grant activities.

Collaborate with math specialist and teacher leader to develop implementation plans for their school.

What’s going on in the What’s going on in the classroom?classroom?

WondermentConfidenceAbility to solve, communicate and

defend solutionsStudent answers being valuedUnderstanding concepts and

applying them in other areasExcitementCollaborationRepresentation of solution

strategies

ESA 7 SD CountsESA 7 SD CountsFocus – Cognitively Guided Instruction

23 Math Teacher Leaders20 Principals13 School Districts

ESA 7 SD CountsESA 7 SD CountsYear 2 Math Teacher Leaders:•Provide Professional Development for teachers in their buildings – train the trainer model•Small districts – Mini-Foundations during summer•Large districts – Inservice in district in August•Shadowed by other teachers•Model for other teachers

ESA 7 SD CountsESA 7 SD CountsPrincipals:Year Two:•Completed Lenses on Learning •Observe teacher leaders•Collaborate with teacher leader and math specialist•Support the professional development provided in the elementary buildings