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Barriers & Boosters: Minimizing Obstacles, MAXIMIZING Opportunities Cindy Bryant, Mathematics Consultant Office of College and Career Readiness MO Dept of Elementary & Secondary Education [email protected] Like a Wedding… • • • • Something old Something new Something borrowed Something blue C.A.S.E. COPY AND STEAL EVERYTHING On tap for today… • • • • • Breakfast for the brain Getting to know you…my job is like??? Setting the stage/definitions Life before MO DESE So what does the MO state mathematics consultant do? • MO K – 5 Elementary Mathematics Specialist Plan • Parting thoughts/reflections Picture this! A Lesson from Joe… “Joe, that isn’t what I meant when I said strip and wax the floor.” Avoid misunderstandings…ask questions!!!… What’s the pattern or order for these numbers? 8, 4, 9, 1, 7, 6, 0 eight, four, nine one, seven, six zero Deep-Sea Fishing Mountain Climbing White-Water Rafting Scuba Diving Barriers Boosters Individually~~what other words come to mind when you think of these terms? Boosters….. What “Boosters” enable you to be effective as you’d like to be in your job? Barriers… What “Barrier” prohibits you from being as effective as you’d like to be in your job? Find the Fiction Life before MO DESE… 1. I began my teaching career as a sub in a junior high language arts position 2. I had each of my sons in math class for four years 3. I have a small flag that was on board one of the space shuttle missions Experience is the best teacher –a late “bloomer”! -25 years as 4 – 9th grade mathematics teacher -STARR Teacher -Math Attack, Middle & Elementary Math Academies -Assessment development -NCTM Board of Directors -PAEMST Awardee Show-me…my life as the MO DESE Mathematics Consultant Curriculum Consultant-Mathematics A twelve-month, professional position in the area of improving curriculum, instruction, and student performance in mathematics PK - 12. My Current Reality… Mathematics Curriculum Consultant MO DESE Curriculum My Current Reality… Mathematics Curriculum Consultant MO DESE ASSESSMENT Mathematics Regional Instructional Facilitators (RIFs) • Missouri Assessment Program support/training • Item development/scoring/interpreting data • Instruction and assessment • Due to funding cuts, only 5 of the 11 centers currently have a mathematics RIF Math Grants • Missouri Professional Development Funding for Middle School Math Academy (Gr 6 – 8) • MSP Elementary, Middle, and High School Grants My Current Reality… Mathematics Curriculum Consultant MO DESE Additional Responsibilities The Missouri Plan… Request: Missouri should initiate and establish a new advanced teaching certificate, similar to the current Missouri “Reading Specialist” certificate, to be referred to as the “Elementary Mathematics Specialists” certificate to recognize teachers with special training and expertise in mathematics content and pedagogy at the elementary school level. The Missouri Plan… Why? • Professional preparation program focused on mathematics teaching and learning at the elementary level formally acknowledged in the state • Can serve students in schools in a variety of ways—classroom teachers, lead or mentor teachers, and school or district-based mathematics specialists The Missouri Plan Why? • Critical need to improve mathematics learning opportunities for students • Regional centers report that they cannot provide enough training for elementary teachers • AMTE Critical Issues • Grade-Level Expectations/Clarifications—Not Assessing, Not Important • Vocabulary/terminology • Effective Practices/Instructional Strategies, but lacking math content knowledge • “Tied to Texts Syndrome” rather than what is important to teach • Inexperienced problem solvers don’t know what to do when they don’t know what to do. • Experienced problem solvers do know what to do when they don’t know what to do. Critical Issues • Cursory coverage or skipping content/strands (favorite unit—sons particular grade didn’t do math for a month…later math classes assigned to another teacher) • Manipulatives (no use, not using effectively to enrich instruction and learning) • Math coaches/specialists appointed with little if any guidance in their role/positions The Missouri Plan… What? Part I • Mathematics Content -Number and Operations - 3 hours -Geometry and Measurement – 3 hours -Algebraic Reasoning – 3 hours -Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability – 3 hours The Missouri Plan… What? Part II • Seminar and Internship -Number and Operations - 3 hours -Geometry and Measurement – 3 hours -Algebraic Reasoning – 3 hours -Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability – 3 hours The Missouri Plan… What? Part II Mathematics Education Leadership -Foundations of Mathematics Leadership – 3 hours -Mathematics Leadership: Influencing and Facilitating Improvement - 3 hours Elementary Mathematics Specialists: Influencing and Facilitating Improvement Missouri K – 5 Mathematics Specialist – Proposed Program of Study Mathematics Content – 12 hours Seminar and Internship -4 Mathematics Education hours (taken concurrently Leadership – 9 hours with aligned content course) Number and Operations 3 hours 1 hour Geometry and Measurement 3 hours 1 hour Algebraic Reasoning 3 hours 1 hour Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability 3 hours 1 hour Foundations of Mathematics Education Leadership 3 hours Mathematics Leadership: Influencing and Facilitating Improvement 3 hours Elementary Mathematics Specialists: Influencing and Facilitating Improvement 3 hours Critical Components of a K – 5 Mathematics Specialist Program of Study • Utilize technology to the fullest potential in course offerings for the certification • Flexible in regards to when courses are offered • Coordination among Missouri Universities to develop/implement program (remiss if I didn’t mention the commitment, collaboration, and coordinators of MO Higher Ed Mathematics Teacher Educators) What’s next……… • • • • • MO NCSM for specialists Regional facilitator support Michigan tools Common Core STEM Summit –AMTE, Barbara Reys, Larry Campbell, Terry Goodman • University support! • Louisville, KY Lessons Learned: Boosters Barriers Memory Assessment Box 1 MT VESP ND VDF OX Box 2 MTV ESPN DVD FOX Chunk-a-Hunk of Info A chunk~~~ a coherent group of items of information that we can remember as it if were a single item. A word is a chunk of letters, remembered as easily as a single letter. •Experts organize information in large chunks •Novices work with isolated bits of information Lesson Learned Smaller familiar chunks may be easier to internalize, learn, and implement. The “Right” Angle Looking at the same thing from different perspectives can broaden our understanding… Lesson Learned Sometimes we have to look at things from a different perspective or through the lens of another’s eyes. It Takes Two… (Source: Tom Jackson) This game is for 2 players. Each player puts their hand behind their back and makes a value from 1 – 10 using their fingers. When the teacher calls reveal, each person reveals the number they have created. The first person to find the sum of the fingers that are revealed on both hands is the winner. Lesson Learned Some things you can control some you can’t, so control what you can. The Doctor’s Dilemma… Suppose you are a doctor faced with a patient who has a tumor in the stomach. It is impossible to operate on the patient, but unless the tumor is destroyed the patient will die. There is a kind of ray that can be used to destroy the tumor. If the rays reach the tumor all at once at a sufficiently high intensity, the healthy tissue that the rays pass through on the way to the tumor will also be destroyed. At lower intensities the rays are harmless to healthy tissue, but they will not affect the tumor either. What type of procedure might be used to destroy the tumor with the rays and at the same time avoid destroying the healthy tissue? Lesson Learned The path(s) of least resistance may take them by surprise. A Penny for your Thoughts… • What direction is the profile of Lincoln facing? • Are there any numbers on the penny? • What words are on the penny? Where are they located? A Penny for your Thoughts… • Republican facing right • Looking to the year • Liberty at the backbone of politics • God is on high Selective Abandonment • We focus on and remember only the important “stuff” we need to know. • What do you really need to know about a penny for it to be useful to you??? Lesson Learned Providing less information can sometimes yield greater results. •Spectacled face •Liar on the page Lesson Learned Connect learning to past experiences or create new experiences to learn from. We’re not just preparing them for assessments... We’re preparing them for life… Experienced problem solvers do know what to do when they don’t know what to do. Lesson Learned Always do what’s best for kids. Remember the 10 most important two letter words… If it is to be it is up to me!!! 3-2-1 Reflection 3 things I learned 2 things I plan to try 1 thing I want to learn more about Websites and Sources… http://www.kcl.ac.uk/teares/gktvc/vc/lt/OpticalIllusions/optical.htm http://divadirectories.com/Library/HEALTH_&_SELF_IMPROVEMENT/Fa mous_Failures/ http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/illusion/illusions.htm Classroom Instruction that Works, Marzano, Robert J.
