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Tewskbury Math Program Selection

Tewskbury Math Program Selection. Old Turnpike School Grades 6-8. Math Committee Members.

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Tewskbury Math Program Selection

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  1. Tewskbury Math Program Selection Old Turnpike School Grades 6-8

  2. Math Committee Members • Members:Beck Palmer (Special Education Teacher 5-8)Bonnie Mendralla (5th Grade Math Teacher)Jodi DenBleyker (6thGrade MathTeacher)Patti Aanonsen (7thGrade MathTeacher)Mary Yakimec (8th Grade Math Teacher)Angela Frutchey (Grades 5-8 Math Interventionist)Lisa Schneider (Curriculum Supervisor)Monica Rowland (Superintendent)

  3. InItial Program review Identification Criteria • Reflective of NJ COMMON CORE CURRICULUM STANDARDS and • NJ MODEL CURRICULUM AND PARCC ASSESSMENT • TEWKSBURY 6-8 MATH CURRICULUM ALLIGNMENT • Aligns and Builds upon K-5 Math In Focus Approach • Sufficient differentiated Instruction/Supporting materials • Quality and targeted professional development • Technology Integration and Resources • Differentiated Assessments • Focus on problem solving

  4. Full Program Review Process

  5. Key Findings Glencoe Math In Focus Holt Course Key concepts tightly align to Common Core as well as Math in Focus Differentiated Resources More training needed to increase fidelity of implementation More time needed to build students’ prerequisite skills 6-8 teachers in district-to-district observation and articulation heavily relied on supplemental resources for skill mastery Not as tightly aligned to Math in Focus Strategies

  6. Program adoption recommeNdation GlencoeMath

  7. Logistical and Economic Considerations • Allows for potential transitional period • Build strong foundation of our K-5 students’ prerequisite knowledge of Singapore Strategies • Develop Fidelity of Pedagogy through targeted teacher training • 6-8 teachers training will be two fold 2014-2015 • Increased K-5 Math in Focus PD • Glencoe Program Utilization Training 6-8 • Singapore/Math in Focus- Concept and Strategy Development

  8. Just Glencoe Math?? No! Math?? No!o! • Identification of key supplemental resources • Past experience = 6-8th grade teacher proficiency in blending resources • Advanced problem solving from Math in Focus to ensure continual Rigor • Bar Modeling and other conceptual supplemental resource identification and usage

  9. NeXt steps… • Targeted month by month unit planning • Ensure tight alignment to Common Core Math Grade by Grade Core Foundational Units and Skills • Articulation between 5 and 6-8 • Bridge concepts in relation to students’ current levels of proficiency • Longitudinal analysis of Math in Focus Program Results in K-5

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