1. Shelton School District
K-12 Math Education
Shelton School District

2. K-12 Math Leadership Team
Align math instruction to state standards
Articulate instruction across K-12 career of the students
Look at the data to determine where the problems are and design interventions
Update teacher’s knowledge and skills with current math education research

3. Shifting Focus Curriculum Driven Instruction
Following the pages in the book
Data Driven instruction
Assessing student learning and planning instruction from students misconceptions

4. Why this Shift State Standards High Stakes tests
College Readiness Focus
Math Education Research

5. Structural Support
K-12 Math leadership team developing a long range professional development plan
Instructional Materials Adoption aligned with state standards and articulated from grade to grade
Teaching students at grade level

6. Professional Development
Transition Math Project
Developing Mathematical Ideas
Computational Fluency training
Cognitive Demand training
WASL scoring training
Utilizing Practice WASL items

7. Still Ahead Complex Instruction
Using new instructional strategies to engage disenfranchised students
Changing participation practices in classrooms
Increasing expectations and support
Relevance and rigor

8. Challenges Still Ahead
Time to professional development
New instructional materials demand time to learn and plan and analyze and adjust
Time for collaboration- teachers working together to learn from and with each other
Old habits of schooling are hard to overcome

9. Hope
Teachers are working hard to increase the number of students who can demonstrate that they meet state standards on the WASLs
We are increasing our capacity to learn from assessments
We are accessing the state wide knowledge base of best practices