Math GAINSCoaching Supports

Holiday Inn Select, Toronto

January 27th, 2009

“A coach helps to develop expertise in planning, reflecting, problem solving and decision making.”

(Costa & Garmston, 2002)

Provincial Math Coaches

• Kaye Appleby

• Tom Chapman

• John Rodger

• Anne Yeager

• Rod Yeager

• David Zimmer

•Irene McEvoy

We can work with you on

• professional learning for – coaches– math leads– teachers

• capacity building for potential coaches

• facilitation and coaching skills

Materials

Frameworks and Backgrounders

• What Does Good Math Instruction Look Like? (video)

• Administrators’ Guide

• Math Talk Learning Communities

• Rationale for Questioning Focus

Professional Learning Packages

• Overview

• Differentiated Instruction with Dr. Marian Small (video)

• Processes

Board Journeys

• Math Coaching (video)

• Demonstration Classrooms (video)

• Professional Learning Menus

• Collaborative Assessment

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• Effective use of Tools and Technology

• Functions Based Approach

DI- Professional Learning Series

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NELSON’S Resources Aligned with GAINS

• Big Ideas from Dr. Small• PRIME 7-12 (open and choice)• Mathematics Teacher eMentor • Making Math Meaningful

Differentiated Instruction with Focus on Questioning

• PRIME 7-12• Big Ideas from Dr. Small• Mathematics Teacher eMentor • Making Math Meaningful

Coaching

• Big Ideas from Dr. Small• PRIME 7-12 (key concepts and key

skills) • Mathematics Teacher eMentor

Big Ideas

• ONAP (Ontario Numeracy Assessment Package)

• PRIME Diagnostic Tools

Aligning Assessment and Moderated Marking

• Professional Resource Books

• PL Course for Coaches

First Steps in MathematicsFirst Steps in Mathematics

BreakThrough MathematicsBreakThrough Mathematics

• Lesson Study for PLCs• Uses Video, Readings,

Activities to focus conversations

Van de WalleTeaching Student Centered Mathematics Grades 5-8 and

Book Study

Facilitator Guide

Van de WalleTeaching Student Centered Mathematics Grades 5-8 and

Book Study

Facilitator Guide

Ontario Numeracy Nets

Ontario Numeracy Nets

Uncovering Misconceptions Closing the Gap

Building Communities and Deepening Knowledge

Enhancing Instructional Impact

We live in a time of such rapid change and growth of knowledge

that only he who is in a fundamental sense a scholar- that is a person who continues

to learn and inquire- can hope to keep pace,

let alone play the role of guide. Nathan M. Pusey

Building on All Levels