Shelton School District K-12 Math Education Shelton School District

K-12 Math Leadership Team Align math instruction to state standards Articulate instruction across K-12 career of the students Look at the data to determine where the problems are and design interventions Update teacher’s knowledge and skills with current math education research

Shifting Focus Curriculum Driven Instruction Following the pages in the book Data Driven instruction Assessing student learning and planning instruction from students misconceptions

Why this Shift State Standards High Stakes tests College Readiness Focus Math Education Research

Structural Support K-12 Math leadership team developing a long range professional development plan Instructional Materials Adoption aligned with state standards and articulated from grade to grade Teaching students at grade level

Professional Development Transition Math Project Developing Mathematical Ideas Computational Fluency training Cognitive Demand training WASL scoring training Utilizing Practice WASL items

Still Ahead Complex Instruction Using new instructional strategies to engage disenfranchised students Changing participation practices in classrooms Increasing expectations and support Relevance and rigor

Challenges Still Ahead Time to professional development New instructional materials demand time to learn and plan and analyze and adjust Time for collaboration- teachers working together to learn from and with each other Old habits of schooling are hard to overcome

Hope Teachers are working hard to increase the number of students who can demonstrate that they meet state standards on the WASLs We are increasing our capacity to learn from assessments We are accessing the state wide knowledge base of best practices