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Urban Mathematics Education

Leadership AcademySession 1

February 4-6, 2009Dallas, TX

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Day 2 GoalsIdentify what is needed for effective teacher leadershipIncrease understanding of elements of effective

professional developmentGain understanding of PD strategies and their purposesApply a framework for connecting PD to outcomes andstudent learning needsReflect on application of new learning to your own work Network with others and explore resources

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C ase DiscussionWhos the Expert Around Here? Can someone summarize what happened in this

case? What is the central problem in this case? Are there other dilemmas? What are they?

What do you believe are the issues thatcontribute to the central problem?

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P erspective TakingWhat is your characters view of the math specialist role?Identify 3-4 phrases your character might use to describe

the math specialist role.What concerns does your character have about how therole is being carried out?Select one quote from your character that illustrates his/her perspective on the math specialist role.

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P erspective TakingWhat is Paulas view of the math specialist role?Identify 3-4 phrases Paula might use to describe the math

specialist role.What concerns does Paula have about how the role is beingcarried out?Select one quote that illustrates Paulas perspective on themath specialist role.

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W hat is an Expert?What are the different kinds of knowledge a teacher leader must possess?

What expertise do the following situations require: Doing a demonstration lesson Organizing a building-wide math Olympics Supporting teachers to prepare students for state tests Leading professional development for colleagues

Advocating for math education reform among teachers,administrators, and parents?

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Applying the C aseWhat situations in your own school or district call upon teacher leader expertise?What kind of expertise?How are you supporting the development of this expertise in your own settings? What

else is needed?

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R eflection and District Brainstorming

How will we take what we are learning back to our own districts?What people should we share info with?How can we support improvementinitiatives that are planned or underway?What challenges in our district could thisleadership group help to address and how?

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I nputs to P rofessional Development

Design Knowledge and Beliefs

Research-based knowledge and guiding beliefs that influence the design of professional development

Context Specific factors, information, and influences that characterize the site where the

professional development will be implemented

Critical Issues Issues that are essential to the effective and successful implementation and

sustainability of every professional development program

Professional Development Strategies Learning experiences, each with specific characteristics, that constitute a professional development program

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F our Inputs for Designing

Professional Development

Knowledgeand

BeliefsContext

CriticalIssues

Strategies

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Knowledge

and BeliefsLearners and Learning

Teachers and Teaching

The Nature of the Disciplines

Change Process

Effective Professional

Development

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A nalyzeStudent

Learning andOther Data

Set Goals

Plan

Do

Evaluate

Commit to Vision andStandards

Basic C omponents of

P rofessional Development Design

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C ontext

S tudents

Teachers

Practices

ResourcesParents and Community

Organizational Culture

Organizational S tructures

History of Professional

Development

What are somefactors in your context that wouldinfluence your Professional

DevelopmentProgram?

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Start Your Engines

M INIV AN

J EE P CH E ROK EE

CORV ETTE

M O DEL - T

SATU RN

PRI US

Some P D P rogramsremind me of a .

because .

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V ehicles Debrief...

Need to know the purpose and intendedoutcomes before you can select your design.PD programs usually require multiplestrategies.

Student learning is the ultimate outcome; plan for it.

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S tr ategiesA ligning and Implementing CurriculumA lignment and aterials S election

Curriculum ImplementationReplacement UnitsCollaborative S tructuresPartnerships with S cientists and athematiciansProfessional NetworksS tudy GroupsExamining Teaching and LearningA ction ResearchCase DiscussionsExamining S tudent ork/Thinking and S coringA ssessmentsLesson S tudyImmersion ExperiencesInquiry in S cience and Problem S olving in

athematicsorld of S cientists and athematicians

Practicing TeachingCoachingDemonstration Lessons

entoringVehicles and echanismsDeveloping Professional DevelopersTechnology for Professional Development

orkshops, Institutes, Courses, S eminars

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Strategy Card GameWhat do we know about this strategy?What is its purpose?See description in PD Book for more info?When would we use this strategy? F or what purpose?

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T eacher Learning OutcomesIncrease contentknowledgeIncrease pedagogicalcontent knowledgeDevelop professional

learning communityDevelop leadership

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PD Strategy PurposesDevelop awarenessBuild knowledgeT ranslate new knowledgeinto practicePractice teachingReflect on teaching andlearning

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T hinking About Y our PD

ProgramWhat outcomes are you expecting?What strategies would you like to explore?F or what purposes? With what outcomes?

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ReflectionT ab 1, Day 2-3 LearningGoals

2nd and 4th reflections