Promoting Student-Centered Math Practices with ESC Math Specialists

The program launch for ESC Math Specialists will be on August 22nd 3-4pm ET. This is a virtual launch event. 

During the launch we will cover: 

• Introducing ESC Math Specialists to BetterLesson Partnership
• Previewing how to select school/district partner
• Previewing how to schedule learning walk with school/district partner
• Signing up for specific cohorts of Coaching Skills and Student-Centered Mathematical Practices workshops
  
  

 

The launch of BetterLesson Coaching for ESC Math Specialists will be on September 18th 3:30-4:30pm ET. This will be a virtual launch, where we will cover:

• Deeper dive into BL coaching experience for ESC Math Specialists
• Reviewing the Instructional Coaching and Student-Centered Math outcomes that they can work on with their BL coach
• Provide support for ESC Math Specialists to register for BL coaching
• Confirming school/district leader partner identification and details for first learning walk 
  
  
  

• ESC Math Specialists identify a school/district partner to include in this program by completing this form.
• The ESC leadership team will confirm your school/district partner by September 13th. 

 

• Series is designed to be an introduction to best practices of student-centered math instruction. ESC Math Specialists will learn how to identify the characteristics of a rich math task and how to support students in accessing and persevering through math tasks. They will also learn strategies that support students to engage in problem-solving for deeper learning and teacher moves that address mindset, access, and connections that foster meaningful mathematical discourse every day.
• ESC Math Specialists should participate in all three workshops, and can self-select into which cohort is more appropriate for their context. The “Leader-focused” cohort will be tailored to working primarily with school or district leaders. The “Teacher-focused” cohort will be tailored to working primarily with teachers. 

Note: All sessions in table below are scheduled from 9am - 3pm and will be held at ESC of Central Ohio located at 2080 Citygate Drive, Columbus, OH 43219

 

• ESC Math Specialists will focus deeply on two highly effective, instructional shifts - Math Language Routines (Stanford University Graduate School of Education) and the 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions (Margaret Schwan Smith, Mary Kay Stein, NCTM). ESC Math Specialists will engage in a regular series of virtual workshops, remaining in the same cohorts as they were in for the Coaching Skills Series. They will have the opportunity to learn why and how to intentionally solicit student thinking and organize specific student ideas in a discussion that supports all students in the class to develop their conceptual understanding of how the Math Language Routines help all students develop their communication skills and make sense of new math concepts at the same time. Through the combination of these virtual workshops and their 1:1 sessions with a BL coach, Math Specialists will develop an understanding of these instructional shifts and how they can, as coaches themselves, create a continuous improvement system for teachers through goal-setting, observation, feedback, reflection, and collaborative planning.

Note: All sessions will be hosted virtually from 10am-12pm ET

 

Workshop	Option B1	Option B2
Planning Activities with 5 Practices	10/16	10/19
Planning for Learning with Anticipating & Monitoring	10/23	10/26
Facilitating Discourse with Selecting, Sequencing & Connecting	10/30	11/2
Getting Started with Math Language Routines	11/6	11/9
Facilitating Math Language Routines 2 and 3	11/13	11/16
Facilitating Math Language Routines 4 and 5	11/20	11/30
Facilitating Math Language Routines 6, 7, and 8	11/27	12/7
Using Try-Measure-Learn to Develop a Coaching Cycle	12/4	12/14

In this session we will cover:

• Introducing school/district leaders to BetterLesson Partnership
• Previewing the BL coaching and learning walk experience
• Provide support for school/district leaders to register for BL coaching

 

• Learning walks are a non-evaluative, collaborative experience that brings leaders together to observe math classrooms, acknowledge student-centered math practices, and create a tailored learning plan to support teachers.
• ESC Math Specialists will build their capacity by completing a full learning walk cycle with their school/district partner, which will help target their support and deepen their partnership based on evidence from learning walk observations.
• Translating learning walk data into action will be guided by BetterLesson facilitators, and future professional learning experiences, including 1:1 coaching for ESC Math Specialists and school/district leaders, can be targeted to meet the needs of teachers based on this evidence.
• Important! Schedule a learning walk using this form

 

Event	Deadline
Identify school/district partner	By Sept 8th; ESC leaders to confirm by Sept 13th
Submit basic information to schedule first learning walk	By Sept 30th
Complete first learning walk	By Nov 30th
Submit basic information to schedule second learning walk	By Jan 30th and four weeks prior to date of LW
Complete second learning walk	By Feb 29th
Submit basic information to schedule final learning walk	By Mar 31st and four weeks prior to date of LW
Complete final learning walk	By Apr 30th

As ESC Math Specialists head into the spring semester, they will deepen their focus on instructional coaching skills for student-centered math practices. They will have the opportunity to bring the learnings they have gained from their 1:1 BetterLesson coaching as well as the learning walks they have completed with their school/district partner to help ground this experience in the practical realities of the educators they support.

Note: All sessions listed in the table below are scheduled from 10am - 12pm, and they will be identical sessions. 

Description	Option 1	Option 2
Developing Feedback and Observation Cycles	2/12	2/15
Defining the Coaching Role to Set Up Successful Coaching	2/19	2/22
Communicate with Teachers Effectively to Personalize Support	2/26	2/29
Sharing Deeper Feedback to Support Learning Improvements	3/4	3/7
Supporting Teachers Through Next Steps	3/11	3/14
Using Visual Representation to Support Math Reasoning	3/18	3/21
Scaffolds and Choice to Support Math Learning	3/25	3/28
Developing Fluency and Number Sense	4/1	4/4