1. Tustin Unified School District
Math Support
Tustin Unified School District

2. This is an overall picture of my position as TUSD Secondary STEM TOSA: All categories of items along the left I help to support, with an emphasis on math and science. When I first started in TUSD, I was a K-12 Math and Science TOSA, but most of my energy was focused on secondary math. Just this year, we shifted roles and I became the Secondary STEM TOSA. We have an Elementary STEM TOSA as well, and her and I work very closely together. For the purpose of our time together today, I will focus on what I do specifically to support math.

3. Secondary Math Teacher Leadership
I am a firm believer in building capacity in our teachers to lead the work we are doing with secondary math. Not only am I NOT the keeper of all knowledge, I don’t WANT to be. Over the past three years, I have built great relationships with many of our secondary math teachers, and that is the only way we have been able to move instruction forward (especially with no curriculum:)).

4. Secondary Math Unit Planning Team
All secondary sites represented
“By Teachers, For Teachers”
Develop CCSS units for secondary math
Ongoing process
One full week in June 2015; two full release days during school year
All teachers have commenting access to units
Constant cycle of feedback: department meetings, , SMLT

6. Clip of Digital Learning Coach working with a high school math teachers on developing units

7. Something we encourage ALL of our teacher teams to do - work out the tasks/activities they will be teaching to their students ahead of time so that they can anticipate mistakes, etc.

8. Secondary Math Leadership Team
One representative from each secondary site
Meet bi-monthly (about 4 times a year)
Develop TUSD Checkpoint Assessments
Discuss best instructional practices
Refine pacing guides
Disseminate information to departments and gather feedback
Provide recommendations

9. First meeting was October 12 - types of questions we ask, discussion items we have, expectations for team

10. Layers of District Support for Math in TUSD
Teachers on Special Assignment:
Kristin Hartloff (supporting secondary)
Lauren Steinmann (supporting elementary)
Instructional Coaches:
One at each elementary site
Support all content areas and technology
Digital Learning Coaches:
8 total to support secondary
All content areas
Main focus: supporting instruction through purposeful use of technology
Andrew Stadel and Crystal Kirch - support secondary math specifically
Lauren works closely with the Instructional Coaches for elementary sites; I work closely with Andrew and Crystal - they are both part of all of the math leadership teams mentioned above

11. Other Parts of My Job:
Classroom observations (task walk-throughs and debrief sessions)
Demo lessons (3-Act Tasks, Number Talks, etc.)
Co-planning with teachers (flipped classroom model, differentiating, etc.)
Planning and designing all leadership team activities
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Learning, learning, learning
And then connecting people together to learn some more!

12. Challenges You can’t please everyone (personalities)
Communication, communication, communication (DOK example)
Time!!!! (what to prioritize, what to focus on, what new learning to share with teachers and the timing of that)