Charting a Course to Mathematics Leadership - NCSM

Since 2004, the Southwest PA Math Science Partnership hasprepared 900 Teacher Leaders who have facilitated learningexperiences for 6,600 of their district colleagues. Join theMSP Principal Investigator to discover lessons learned frommulti-year Teacher Leadership Academies as described bythe LEADS acronym: Learning, Explicitness, Assessment,De-Briefing, and Support., SW PA Math & Science Collaborative,Pittsburgh, PA, SW PA Math & Science Collaborative,Moon Township, PAWe studied what was happening in our Math SciencePartnership sites for the 2 years following NSF (NationalScience Foundation) funding. We discovered that teacherleaders roles and functions had changed. We will share whatthey told us about how our leadership development programprepared them and what more we could have done., University of Rochester, Rochester, NY , University of Rochester, Fairport, NYReports show that we are improving in many aspects of PK-12 mathematics. However, improvement efforts seem tocontinually reach a plateau short of our goals. Gaps inopportunities and student achievement persist. What can wedo to get past the plateau and give every student a highquality math education?, Charles A. Dana Center, University of TX,Austin, TXThe Milwaukee Public Schools charted a course forleadership via a professional learning continuum formathematics, focusing on formative assessment. Thiscontinuum acknowledged change as a developmentalprocess for schools and the district. As a result, students aremaking significant mathematics gains and closingachievement gaps on state tests., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Public Schools,Milwaukee, WICoaches are professional learning leaders in our schools -but how do they get to that place? The three-tiered model ofthe development of coaches that is used prepares teachers tobecome coaches, provides continued professional learningopportunities for current coaches, and utilizes coachingexperts in the field., Buffalo Public Schools, Blasdell, NY, Buffalo Public Schools, Buffalo, NY, Buffalo Public Schools, North Tonawanda, NY, Buffalo Public Schools, Buffalo, NYLook for an email next week inviting you to completethe Online Conference Feedback Survey.San Diego Unified School District is helping PK teacherslearn how to create a supportive learning environment andprovide appropriate instruction as they help children makesense of the world of mathematics, with help from the MathPerspectives Teacher Development Center., Math Perspectives TeacherDevelopment Center, Bellingham, WA, San Diego City Schools, San Diego, CA, Math Perspectives Teacher DevelopmentCenter, Sacramento, CA, San Diego Unified School District, ImperialBeach, CA