Building Math Capacity - the Math Coaching Initiative 2008-2009
Agreement Among Principal, Math Building Coach and District Math Staff
(Elementary Executive Director will help support this initiative)
.25 Math Coach - (hired as a .5 Literacy and Math Coach)
Principal
1 semester: create a building
Action Plan that outlines the
work, reflection and plans for
Math BC work. Revisit for
reflecting at beginning of 2nd
semester.
.25 Math Building Coach (BC)
1 semester: co-creates a building
Action Plan that outlines the work,
reflection and plans for Math BC
work.
Revisit for reflecting at beginning of
2nd semester.
District Math Staff
1 semester: co-creates a building
Action Plan that outlines the work,
reflection and plans for Math BC
work.
Revisit for reflecting at beginning
of 2nd semester.
Support Math BC responsibilities
and philosophy of coaching:
 support “intelligent
instructivism”
 to build school math
capacity – NOT to fix a
teacher
1. Formal Coaching: 1 teacher
during a 4 weeks residency to
monitor EM implementation and
foster reflection of “intelligent
instructivism”. This would occur
during 4+ months during the year.
2.Informal Coaching
* model/observe for feedback
* brainstorm
* resource support
3. Grade Level Team Meetings:
pacing, interventions, student work,
End of Unit Assess
Supports the strategies in From Rage
to Hope when doing formal and
informal coaching:
 heterogeneous grouping
 learning styles identified and
used
 multiple options for teaching
and reteaching standards(in
flex groups) are used
1. Demonstrate a willingness to
acquire the necessary skill set to
further coaching knowledge and
skills by attending monthly Math
Coaches Workshops
2. Will attend a monthly Math
Coaching Network Cluster to
demonstrate/observe math formal
coaching. Reflection will be
expected as all improve their
coaching skills.
Participate in rotating sub schedule,
only if necessary
1. Provide documents Principals
and Building Coaches need to
implement EM and promote
“intelligent instructivism”
2. Meet with Math BC three times
a year for meta coaching
Attend a half-day monthly Math
Coaches Cluster Network PD
Provide support to half-day
monthly Math Coaches Cluster
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Monitor the school’s
implementation of the strategies
in From Rage to Hope:
 heterogeneous grouping
 learning styles identified
and used
multiple options for teaching and
reteaching are available and used
Support attendance of Math BC
to participate in a half-day
monthly Math Coaches
Workshop
Ensure the Math BC will be in a
rotation sub schedule, only if
necessary
Allow Math BC to attend a halfday monthly Math Coaches
st
st
Provides materials to support the
strategies in From Rage to Hope:
 learning styles surveys
multiple options for teaching and
reteaching standards (in flex
groups) are identified
Provide a monthly Math Coaches
Workshop including the topics of:
1. PLCs
2. Coaching
3. Math Content
4. Leadership
NA
Cluster Network PD
Network (observing other Math
Coaches doing formal coaching,
etc)
1. When requested, provide PD
support to Math Coach PLCs:
build their PD capacity, present
PD at the Math BC’s school,
attend school PLC meeting or staff
meeting
2. Provide documents Principals
and Building Coaches need to
facilitate PLC support
When requested, help create or
support Math BC presentation of
PD as identified in LW feedback
report
Guide Mission, Vision, Values.
and Goals PD as teachers engage
in a PLC
Facilitate PLC work in the building
*consistently keeps the school’s
Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals
as the focus
Leads Learning Walks and
includes Math BC in any math
PD identified in LW feedback
report
Learning Walk participation and
prepare PD as identified in LW
feedback report
Consults with Math BC to
determine, support, and create at
least one Model Mathematics
Classroom in your building
Meet monthly with Math BC and
Leadership Team members to
interpret and understand data,
reflecting on how to promote
“student learning’ of math
Observe Math BC doing formal
coaching at least one time per
semester
Maintain communication with
Math BC and District Math Staff
to keep updated on the coaching
work.
Supports Math BC and other
school math instruction staff in
attending math content PD
Coaches at least one teacher to set
up a Model Mathematics Classroom
that helps build school capacity for
mathematics instruction.
Meet monthly with Principal and
Leadership Team to interpret and
understand data, reflecting on how
to promote “student learning” of
math
Be observed by Principal doing
formal coaching at least one time per
semester
Maintain communication with
Principal and District Math Staff to
keep updated on the coaching work
Provides support for creating a
Model Classroom as requested.
Will attend content training and
math institutes provided by the
district.
Act as liaison to national math
consultant to create and provide
appropriate district wide content
PD for coaches and teachers
Provide data and support to
questions/comments/reflections
that arise in Building Leadership
Team meetings to promote
“student learning” of math
Accompany Principal and Math
BC during formal coaching
observation, if requested
Maintain communication with
Principal and Math BC to keep
updated on the coaching work