1. Dr. Donna S. Leak Superintendent, Community Consolidated Schools District 168

2. The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. Vince Lombardi Vince Lombardi

3. In fact, schools and entire school systems can close the achievement gap. The only question is whether the leaders and policy makers have the will to do so. Doug Reeves in The Learning Leader

4.  NOT BETTER.  NOT DIFFERENT…  NOT MORE…  COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION

8. THROUGH PRACTICE!

9. 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

10. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

11. 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

12. 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4. Model with mathematics.

13. 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4. Model with mathematics. 5. Use appropriate tools strategically.

14. 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4. Model with mathematics. 5. Use appropriate tools strategically. 6. Attend to precision.

15. 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4. Model with mathematics. 5. Use appropriate tools strategically. 6. Attend to precision. 7. Look for and make use of structure.

16. 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 4. Model with mathematics. 5. Use appropriate tools strategically. 6. Attend to precision. 7. Look for and make use of structure. 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

18.  Gather teachers by subject areas  Review the practices and examples in everyday life  Pick a lesson by subject area (language arts, social studies, science, etc.) that can apply to at least one practice  Share out the lesson ideas

19. We know what it takes….. WE MUST HAVE THE WILL!

20. Transform the paradigm – we all own a piece of the math! All you need is practice!