PreK- 6 Mathematics:

Supporting Elementary Teachers

2012-13

School Year

Susan Muir

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Please look for the new calendar on the ‘Coaching Page’ of

my BLOG. It will be posted September 2012. I will be taking

bookings after September 28th. I will be meeting with and

booking dates with the 7 schools involved in multi--leveled

approach during the week of September 24-28th.

Levels of Support

O Level 1: Supporting teachers with the outcome-based curriculum: “How do I plan and teach outcome

based lessons and units?”

O Level 2: Supporting teachers with understanding the mathematical

content and various assessment: “What’s the math? How will I assess?

Now what?”

O Level 3: Supporting teachers with creating and maintaining a

mathematical community in the classroom: “How do I engage and include all

students in the learning of mathematics? How can I create a classroom environment that meets the

needs of all learners?”

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Models of Coaching

O Unit- Specific Support

O Grade Level Support

O On-going Classroom Support

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Unit-Specific Support

O Concentrated support for individual classrooms throughout an entire UBD unit

O Daily work in classrooms includes:

O Modeling a lesson while the classroom while the classroom teacher observes ( I WILL)

O Co-teaching some parts of the unit ( WE WILL) O Shifting the role of primary instructor back to

the classroom teacher as the unit progresses (YOU WILL)

O On-going dialogue through email/ phone calls with the classroom teacher over the course of the unit

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Susan Muir

Grade Level Support

O On-going support for grade level as a whole

O After-school meetings in a grade cluster level (I will make a schedule)

O Work at grade level meetings includes: O doing math work related to the content of a

unit O completing student activities and discussing

the mathematical content O examining student work that teachers bring

from their classrooms O discussing larger mathematical and

pedagogical issues

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On-Going Classroom Support

O Individual support for classroom teachers during math lessons

O Regular monthly meetings with classroom teachers throughout the school year during prep or lunch.

O Work with teachers includes: O meeting before a lesson to identify the

mathematics, plan, and set goals O Observing, co-teaching, or modeling a

lesson O meeting after a lesson to give feedback

and reflect

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Susan Muir

Coaching in Practice

O Pre-Conference

O Lesson

O Post-Conference

O Please allow time for pre and post

conference

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Planning a Session

O What’s the mathematical focus ( Big Ideas)?

O What are the outcomes?

O How will you assess student learning?

O What are the teacher supports?

O What materials and preparation are needed?

O What’s the session follow-up?

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Susan Muir

Coaching Model