2014-2015 MIT Important Dates to Remember
 July 25th – August 31st, 2014 – Complete Fall Measures and Surveys (see below)
 Math Beliefs and Attitudes Survey – Link to Survey
(All MITs)
 Learning Mathematics for Teaching – Detailed instructions will be sent to your school
email address by Friday, August 15th, 2014
(All MITs)
 August 31st, 2014 – MIT Paperwork Due
 Submit your Schoolwide Assessment Data Permission to mitdata@nku.edu or fax it
to 859.572.7677
(All MITs)
 Submit your Participant Consent to mitdata@nku.edu or fax it to 859.572.7677
(All MITs)
 September – October 2014 – Begin Fluency Assessments
(Experienced MITs)
o To analyze student fluency, MITs will administer 3 of the 8 Fluency Assessments currently
available and record student scores online. Currently, there are 5 assessment levels for
Addition and Subtraction, 1 assessment level for Multiplication and Division, and 2 assessment
levels for Fractions. Choose at least 1 student for each assessment level chosen. Interviews
are conducted once every two weeks for a total of 18 weeks. Signed parental consents are
needed for interviewed students. The students should remain constant throughout the 18 week
period, so that progress can be reviewed. If a student leaves the school or is absent for an
extended period of time, and there are no additional students being administered the level of
assessment you were using with the student, an additional student should be added to fulfill the
requirement of nine administrations per chosen level.
o Instructions on how to conduct a Fluency Assessment and a link to the online interface can be
found at: http://www.viethhosting.com/kcm/fluency_assessment.php
 October 1st, 2014
 KCM Conference registration open
 KCM Post-Conference Day registration open
 KCM Conference Speaker Proposals open
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 October 1 , 2014 – KCM Roll-out of Abacus – webinar invitation coming soon!
(All MITs)
 November 1st, 2014 - Fall submissions deadline – schoolwide data, consents and DORs
(All MITs)
o Submit your schoolwide assessment data through Abacus
o Enter your DOR information through Abacus
o Send a copy of your DOR to Pamela Pickens at pamela.pickens@education.ky.gov (downloads
available through Abacus)
o Based on the restrictions imposed by NKU’s Institutional Review Board, be sure you only send
student “extra” KCM data for students whose parents have granted consent for their child to
participate in the KCM’s study of program effectiveness. “Extra” KCM permission can be
determined through the Parental Consent Form (part 1).
o Upload signed parental consent forms for students through Abacus
o For help with data, DOR, and parental consent uploads, please contact our KCM IT helpdesk at
859-572-7698. Ask for the Abacus support team.
 December 13th, 2014 – Deadline for 2015 KCM Conference Speaker Proposals – optional for
potential (if accepted) leadership event
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 January 5th – January 31st, 2015 - Kentucky Department of Education MIT Survey
(All MITs)
o Pamela Pickens will send a link to complete the survey
 January 12th, 2015 – KCM Conference Speakers notified of approved proposals
 January 31st, 2015 – KCM will submit MIT Compliance Report to the KDE
 March 9th and 10th, 2015 – KCM Conference, optional 2 PD units
 March 11th, 2015 – KCM Post-Conference Day, optional 1 PD unit
 May 1st – May 31th, 2015 – Complete Spring Measures and Surveys (see below)
o KDE End-of-year Survey – link will be provided later by Pamela Pickens
(All MITs)
o KCM MIT Overall Evaluation Survey – link will be provided later*
(All MITs)
o Math Beliefs and Attitudes Survey – Link to Survey
(All MITs)
o Learning Mathematics for Teaching – Detailed instructions will be sent to your school email
address by May 1st, 2015
(All MITs)
o Fluency Assessments Survey – link will be provided later*
(Experienced MITs)
o Overall Evaluation Survey for Teachers
(All MITs)
 The KCM will provide you with a link to forward to all teachers in the school(s) you
serve as an MIT. Once you have forwarded the survey to the respective teachers,
email mitdata@nku.edu with the number of teachers that received the survey
o Overall Evaluation Survey for Administrators
(All MITs)
 The KCM will send a survey link to your school principal
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 May 1 , 2015 – Fluency Assessment scores submission deadline
(Experienced MITs)
o For each of the 3+ assessment levels you have completed with a student:
 Ensure all 9 test scores are uploaded to the Fluency Assessment database at
http://viethhosting.com/kcm/FluencyAssessment/index.html
 Submit the signed Parental Consent Form for the student to Abacus (if not submitted
already)
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 May 15 , 2015 – Spring Data and DOR submission deadline
(All MITs)
o Submit your schoolwide assessment data through Abacus
o Update/finalize your DOR through Abacus
o Send a copy of your DOR to Pamela Pickens at pamela.pickens@education.ky.gov (downloads
available through Abacus)
o Submit/upload parental consent forms for students to Abacus
 July 1st, 2015 – KCM will submit MIT Compliance Report to the KDE
 Ongoing – Online meetings, weekly for new MITs and monthly for experienced MITs
(All MITs)
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Requirement 1 for Level 2+ MITs:
In order to continue growing in skill and knowledge for developing numeracy,
especially focused on implementing the Common Core Standards for
Mathematics and Response to Intervention, attend 4 PD units (including 3 in-person* group units), chosen
from the following:
Professional Development Event
Event
Unit
Time Out of School
Max #
toward the
requirement
(1) MIT Workshop*
2
0 – summer event
2
(2) Collegial Team Meeting*
1
Half day
3
(3) Peer Visits or Group MIT Workday
1
Half day
1
(4) Refresher Courses or Update Course*
1
Full day
2
(5) Conference or Post-Conference Days*
1, 2, or
3
1, 2, or 3 full days
(Or 0, since the KCTM
Conference is on a Saturday)
4
Requirement 2 for Level 2+ MITs:
In order to engage in collegial problem-solving and to stay current on grant issues/requirements, attend a
1-hour monthly online meeting (8 to 10 hours total for the year).
Requirement 3 for Level 2+ MITs:
In order to facilitate intra-state learning, empower MITs to share their passion and knowledge, and grow
the community, MITs will select 1 MIT Community Service Activity (that may also count as a PD unit) from
the following list:
MIT Community Service
Activity
How MAF funds benefit others in the KCM
Community and Beyond
Can be completed in
conjunction with:
Present at a state conference
MITs share ways to develop numeracy that
work with intervention students and in the
regular classroom.
Conference Days
(see #5 in PD chart above)
Work with the KCM to lead a
3-hour regional KNP PD
MITs train teachers in their region to assess
and advance numeracy using the Intervention
Guide (a free electronic bank of diagnostic
assessment task series).
Group MIT Workday
(see #6 in PD chart above)
Submit video of a KY
Numeracy Project task
MITs contribute student video to the KCM
Video Library, accessible to MITs and KCM
trainers, for use in PD with teachers.
Teaching
Make available your PD
materials for other MITs
(video, slides, handouts)
MITs are more equipped to offer PD to
teachers in their region with access to each
others’ resources and ideas.
School/District PD
Serve on the KCM Program
MITs may choose to spend one hour per
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Advisory Team
month online, giving advice and MIT
perspectives/considerations, for the program
director
Present a 1-hour webinar
hosted using KCM’s Webex
account
MITs can share their expertise with a larger
audience through webinars recorded and
linked to on the KCM website.
Train others by designing and
offering a course
MITs who wish to share their innovations (such
as Delving into Differentiation) with other MITs
may design and lead a course.
Speak at a gathering of state
education leaders
MITs share evidence of the program’s impact
on intervention students, so that leaders can
make informed decisions about implementing it
and/or expanding its reach.
Lead EERTI Math Circles
MITs who lead EERTI Math Circles are
working to spread the numeracy development
strategies and their groups may include
teachers from other MAF schools.
MIT Workday or Workshop
(1) or (3)
**MIT Community Service Activities must benefit other MITs and the MIT Community.**
KCM – facilitating teacher growth for state‐wide student success in mathematics: Professional Development/Research/Resources
Funded by the General Assembly; supported by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education and the Kentucky Department of Education
<http:// KENTUCKYMATHEMATICS.ORG> · Dan McGee, Executive Director · Northern Kentucky University · 475 MEP Building · Highland Heights, KY 41076