Rick Marcotte Central School PTO

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Rick Marcotte Central SchoolPTO
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Math Coach

• Todd Jemison- TJ
• 10 years teaching
• 8 as a Special Educator K - 5
• Consulting Teacher
• Reading Coordinator
• Last 6 as a Math coach/Specialist
• Math Recovery Teacher Leader

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Background to the work

• Representative teachers worked on creating a new
  K-5 curriculum from the GEs
• Unpacking and giving examples
• 04/05 and 05/06 school years
• K- 5 continuum, WELL defined
• Partially supported through the VMP grant

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06/07 school year

• Was GOING to be focused on assessment- NCLB
• Math Committee- Stipend (grant)
• At least one teacher rep from each school and
  from every grade level 2 math Specialists (at
  least 4 VMIs)
• Met 2 times a month for 2 hours
• Consult with Doug Harris
• Core program district wide core assessment
• Different programs separate assessment systems
  LOTS OF WORK

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Supports

• Formed the Steering Committee
• JoAn Canning (Curriculum Director)
• 3 principals
• Teacher rep from each school
• 2 Math Specalists/Coaches
• Met once every 2 - 3 months
• Ownership/buy-in from each school
• Ensure integrity of the program implementation
• Open and clear communication for all staff
• Discussion about implementation models

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Program Review

• Doug H helped narrow our focus of programs to
  evaluate
• New Investigations (used the old)
• Bridges in Mathematics
• Addision Wesley text book series
• Ruled out Every day math due to the culture of
  our district
• Materials Review Criteria Sheet
• Without it the best sales person wins
• Borrowed and tweaked

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Piloting

• Used the old Investigations as a way to calibrate
  committee members on the criteria
• Put the Addison Wesley through our criteria
  test and it did NOT pass
• Ended up piloting New Investigations and Bridges
• Math Committee members took a first stab over
  view look at both programs.
• Visits from reps from both programs
• Program show and tells at each school and
  feedback invited from all
• Materials left in staff room of each school for
  individuals to preview

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Piloting

• Bridges
• Non-profit, former classrom teachers
• Materials available (ex full 5th grade)
• Piloting materials easier to get
• Customer service A!
• K - 5th preview kits
• Deluxe kits for grade levels piloting (all)
• Investigations- new (roll out)
• Large publisher (Pearson)
• Very difficult to obtain materials
• POOR customer service
• K - 5th preview kits
• Only the book for the unit- most late

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Piloting

• Bridges
• 25 teachers piloted
• Investigations
• 32 teachers piloted
• About a month window for each pilot
• Teachers were allowed to pilot one lesson, one
  unit, or one component with the agreement they
  would fill out feedback forms
• Bridges first then packed away then
  Investigations
• Many teachers went back to Bridges after
  Investigations pilot was done

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Results!!!!

• Criteria
• 1 to 5 scale
• 27 criteria score points
• Data was reported as percentage of responses at 4
  or 5
• Bridges
• 3 of the 27 score points were below 70 (only 1
  below 50)
• 21 of the 27 were above 85 (6 were at 100)
• Investigations
• NONE of the score points scored higher than 50
• Only 9 scored higher than 35

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Report

• NCTM focal points used for each grade
• You can review our committees report on-line
• SBSD website

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Recommendation

• Math Committee wrote reports with data to support
  our recommendation along with suggested supports
  to implement
• Steering Committee reviewed
• Curriculum Director made final decision
• Report was shared with all 3 staffs and then
  posted on web for public/community to review

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Vermont Bridges connection

• Local districts using Bridges
• SBSD
• Burlington
• Fairfax
• Franklin Northwest
• Middlebury
• Barre
• Others
• Consortium of districts to pool PD resources????