Mathematics Leadership to support instruction and learning CMC-South conference November 6, 2015

Who we are: Our Mission: Ten PreK-5 schools Three Middle Schools, Grades 6-8 Two comprehensive High Schools, 9-12 One alternative school: K-8 One continuation high school Population of 11,289, spring 2015 51% white not hispanic; 30% latino 6.5% African American; 6% Asian; 6.5% other 26.4% free/reduced lunch; 9% ELLs Our Mission: Extraordinary achievement for all students while simultaneously closing the achievement gap

Ed Services Staff Math Coaches Site Admins Leading SMMUSD Vision for Math Instruction Providing Common PD for all PreK-5 teachers Building the content knowledge and coaching capacity of our math coaches Supporting Site Admins in planning and monitoring Ed Services Staff Math Coaches Site Admins Guiding site work Site PD Coaching colleagues Collaborating with math coaches Planning, supporting and monitoring implementation of practices Leveraging site resources

Coaching and Site Math Coaches’ and Admin’s Book Study Performance Tasks/Questioning Analyzing Student work Using Tech in coaching, teaching, and learning Site level/differentiated CGI—Standards support Day in the life of math at… Looking ahead Common district assessments gr 1-2; SBAC gr 3-5; K developed winter 2013 Use of ipads for student work show case; PD projection, walk throughs… … ccss adoption/PD … parent communication

Secondary Mathematics Leaders Network Goals/Objectives of the Network: District-wide articulation District vertical and horizontal alignment Sharing of Best Practices and Resources Support system for the “trials & tribulations” of leadership Dept. Agenda Items Protocols to facilitate student work and data analysis Research/Readings Curriculum Guides and Materials Review Learning Walks/Peer Observations Common tasks/assessments implementation and creation

District Coordination of efforts to affect achievement for all: Summer Intervention curriculum, professional development, and coaching Coordination of Young Collegians Program with Santa Monica College for high school students of underrepresented college going groups STEM research and community networking Participate in and foster PLCs

Rosa Serratore Mathematics Coordinator PreK-12 rserratore4@gmail.com Twitter: @serratore4 District Coordinator