Project Meeting – Core Group
March 22, 2013
Academic Hall Room 300 - McDaniel College Campus
8:30 a.m. Welcome and Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Let’s get this started… - Greetings, Introductions, and Project Updates
- Conference Updates - NCSM and NCTM Annual Conferences April 12-5 and April 15-21, 2013 – Denver; ems&tl at NCTM – day, time to meet?
- NCTM Update - Jon Wray; MCTM Update: Sue Vohrer - Elem. Math Summer Academy (Week of 7/13/13) in Balto. City; April 27 - Eastern Shore Conference; Lesson Casts - Nicole Tucker-Smith (3-5 min. talk about content on video)
- Kay Sammons and EdWeek Conferences and PARCC Conferences – Chicago, NY, and Indiana
- PARCC UPDATES
- PARCC Update ppt
- PARCC Performance Based Assessments and End of the Year Standards with clarifications/limitations (Note - many items include integrated/multiple standards and math practices)
- Brookhill Foundation – Summer Workshops – thoughts?
- 6/24/13-6/28/13 (Waukesha)- K-2 OA, 3-5 OA, 6-8 EE, 8-12 Alg. - Functions
- 7/29/13-8/2/13 (Elkhorn/West Bend) - 3-5 NF, 6-8 RP, 8-12 Stats, Prob
- New - Mathematics Coaching: Resources and Tools for Coaches and Leaders, K-12 (you know the
- authors!)
- March 28th McDaniel Lounge; 7:30 PM – Come hear Bob Siegler – "The Development of Numerical Understanding" (NMAP, Fraction Report, etc.)
- Doug Clements in FCPSS - April 25 (9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.), FCPSS Central Office
- Other? NCTM Regional Conference in Baltimore, MD
- Progress and Updates by County – time to share:
- Baltimore - Full implementation of CCSS in K-1 this year; 2nd grade next year; Investigations in K-2; 3-5 supported by transition resources; new leadership in various departments/levels; new superintendent initiatives, adding 55 staff development teachers (SDTs), new teacher evaluation - hiring resource teachers to support pd/implementation; <linkto: SLO samples>; no more mentors - replaced by Peer Assistance Review consulting teachers (PARs): (3 years) to teachers (2 years) to meet state responsibility to mentor new teachers, others; discussions about GT and responsive instruction.
- Carroll - K-2 full implementation; PreK-8 full implementation next year; PD, resources, assessments developed by elementary mathematics experts; hybrid model in grade 3 supported by assessments, 4/5 State Curr. until Feb. (NOW) CCSS NF to prepare students for next school year, supported by teacher training (subs provided); 11 resources teachers to be added to next year's Superintendent's budget (Goal: math resource teacher in every elementary school);
- Frederick - CCSS implementation: PreK-2 (next year is year 3) and 3-5 (year 2 next year); restructuring in curr. offices; HR, finance being restructured...; a few additional positions - content based tech PreK-12; school based elem. math leader program (Welcome Nick!) continues (admin. using creative funding processes and models [e.g., splitting time between classroom instruction and pd, data collection/analysis, other]; Chris and Jenny are full-time based on model co-developed with administrators); newly developed PD modules - designed to promote opportunities to address fluency, extend problem based learning, and address gaps (also include background info. and resources, including tasks, for teachers); looking for money to support grade 5 mathematics (80K) next year.
- Howard - PreK-2 and above grade level 2nd graders in full implementation; 3-5 next year supported by current voluntary focus group of 35 teachers get access to materials and provide feedback; wikis for grades 3-6 are up and running <link to>; grades 3-5 assessments coming soon; adding 1 resource teacher and 3 Math Support Coaches (assigned to 4 schools each); new superintendent met with MSTs this past Wednesday hopes to put a math specialist in every building; quarter 4 - implementing transition units for grades 3-5 to address computational fluency and fractions and delivered through wikis
- Resources – Jon – Common Core (video): From the Page to the Classroom - Implementing the CCSSM (Council of the Great City Schools); Common Core Toolbox Assessment Resources - Skip
- Others?
10:15 a.m. NCTM Assessment Initiative – Skip
10:45 a.m. Coaching Conversations: Transforming Your School One Conversations at a Time – Beth
- Share assignment from last time
- Chapters 4-6 Discussion and Next Steps
- Coaching Survey – Results and discussion
- Coaching - Skip
1:00 p.m. Computer Room - DWW 2 update – Jon and Skip and others – computer review and work
group activity, entering use.
1:45 p.m. – Computer Room - Assessment Sites (1) Is there anything here that you are less familiar with than others? (2) How do you or might you use these resources? (3) Suggestions for other good assessment resources?)
Fluency – What are you doing?
What are you doing?
How do we know someone is fluent?
How do you assess it?
What are you doing (or not) about ‘timing”
Frederick –
Fact aquistion program
Strategies are taught throughout the quarter
Strategies are taught each quarter
timing -
Kindergarten - not timed
-timed - First 3 minutes 20 problems
Second grade 3 minutes 50 problems
Carroll County
Number Talks - building Fluency with number
We aren't sure how number talks are being assessed (formative assessment)
Kindergarten -
Howard County
Dreambox - John S's basic fact books
Timed tests - first quarter
Just because a child can get a correct answer doesn't mean they are fluent
Baltimore County
Everyday Counts - Daily math discussion
First in Math - facts assessment
Fasst Math
Schools doing their own thing
Basic Facts Guide - County Guide
Teachers may not understand fluency
XTRA math - educator's are free
Discussion of timed tests
Problematic discussion of what fluency is and how it is determined.
Memory - what does this mean?
Summer - Principals
Fluency as a topic with principals
What does quality math instruction look like?
What should I see?
What should the classroom look like?
More information on Parcc
Information on differentiation/RtI
What other districts are doing outside the common core.
Interact with principals from other districts.
Communication
What does the math block look like?
Problem Solving
What about the below grade level students?
May 31 - half day with principals is better than later date
What's All This Talk About Rigor? Linda Gojak’s column
- How are you addressing it in your work? In your school? In your county?
- Assessments (consortial) on this issue.
What are your interests and needs?
Principals – How should they be involved this summer? Should we meet with them with you and/or separately?
3:00 p.m. What are we missing? What are your needs?
3:15 p.m. Adjourn - Upcoming ems&tl Events:
• Summer- all hands meetings – May 31, June 7, 2013
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