Fluency Development Leadership Institute

Advance Notice of Plans for 2014/2015

In order to support school-based teacher leadership for assessing and advancingfoundational mathematics fluency with number and quantitative reasoning, the KCM will be conducting an institute during which experienced Fluency Assessment users will gain tools and strategies for sharing with colleagues at their schools.

Who

  • Participants: 25 selected graduates of a KCM program (KNPI – Kentucky Numeracy Project Intensive Course, MRIS – Math Recovery Intervention Specialist Course, EERTI – Enacting Effective Response to Intervention, OR at least 8 days ofMaRTI – Mathematics Response to Intervention Network or MaRTI Plus).
  • KCM Provider: Regional Coordinator and Fluency Assessment Developer Kris Jarboe

What

  • Focus on administration and interpretation of the Fluency Assessments and using that evidence to make effective instructional decisions.

When

  • A series of three separate full-day in-person meetings—August 25 and October 27, 2014; January 26, 2015
  • Two separate 1-hour online meetings—September 29 and November 17, 2014
  • Monthly one-hour school-based Fluency Development Collegial Team Meetings

Where

  • Fluency Development Leaders’ in-person KCM Meetings: Lexington, Kentucky
  • Monthly Fluency Development Collegial Team Meetings: Leaders’ Schools

Why

  • To establish and sustain provision of job-embedded PD from a specialized school-based leader focused onconducting tiered, evidence-based mathematics response to interventionin alignment with the Common Core Standards for Mathematics, leading to improved student achievement in mathematics
  • Participation is FREE!

How

  • …to apply: The prospective Fluency Development Leader will submit an application to the KCM by March 24, 2014. Applications will be released on the KCM website March 3, 2014.

Expectations

Fluency Development Leader:

  • Attendance at all scheduled meetings
  • Facilitation of monthly school-based Fluency Development Collegial Team Meetings, at least one-hour per month with at least three participating colleagues (individually or in groups)
  • Collection and submission of consent forms from participating colleagues
  • Completion of the “Learning Mathematics for Teaching” test (approximately 45 minutes before August 25,2014 and again after January 2015), overall survey (approximately 15 minutes after January 2015), the Professional Noticing Measure (approximately 15 minutes before August 25, 2014 and again after January 2015), and the Attitudes Towards Mathematics Inventory (approximately 10 minutes before August 25, 2014 and again after January 2015)

Principal/Administrator:

  • Funding for the Fluency Development Leader to attend all required meetings, including travel costs and substitute teacher/release time
  • Scheduling, participation in, and support of monthly Fluency Development Collegial Team Meetings
  • Support for participating colleagues to conduct Fluency Assessment Interviews
  • Submission of school-level student data from spring or fall 2014 and from spring 2015
  • Completion of Attitudes Towards Mathematics Inventory (approximately 10 minutes before August 25, 2014 and again after January 2015) and an overall survey (approximately 15 minutes after January 2015)

Participating Colleagues:

  • Administration of bi-weekly Fluency Assessment interviews with at least three students, requiring approximately 15 minutes each
  • Participation in monthly one-hour Fluency Development Collegial Team Meetings at your school
  • Collection and submission of consent forms from families of participating students; listing of student ID numbers and demographics
  • Completion of the “Learning Mathematics for Teaching” test (approximately 45 minutes before August 25, 2014 and again after January 2015), overall survey (approximately 15 minutes after January 2015), the Professional Noticing Measure (approximately 15 minutes before August 25, 2014 and again after January 2015), and the Attitudes Towards Mathematics Inventory (approximately 10 minutes before August 25, 2014 and again after January 2015)

Timeline

  • March 3, 2014: Application forms will be available on the KCM website
  • March 24, 2014: Application forms will be due to the KCM
  • April 4, 2014: Announcement of selected Fluency Development Leaders
  • August 24, 2014: Completion of educators’ pre-tests
  • August 25, 2014 to January 26, 2015: Fluency Development Leader meetings; school-based Collegial Team Meetings for reviewing assessments and evidence-based decision-making
  • December 5, 2014: Submission to the KCM of consent forms and student pre-data/information
  • February 15, 2015: Completion of educators’ post-tests
  • May 1, 2015: Submission to the KCM of student post-data/information

KCM – facilitating teacher growth for state‐wide student success in mathematics: Professional Development/Research/Resources

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