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Welcome to The Coordinator's Corner at Long Middle School!

The State of Math at Long Middle School (Weekly Report)

Math Specialist Network - ExxonMobil Math Leadership - West Region

Master Calendars* and related tools are embedded into each site, to further instructional planning by teachers, administrators, and specialists. Site resources align with our three key HISD instructional questions, and with A Focus on Results (Alignment, Rigor and Engagement).

What Is It That We Want Students to Learn?

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1. A CLEAR Alignment *

2. Refined TEKS & Tools

Algebra TEKS & Tools

3. Everyday Counts-Algebra Readiness *

4. High-Yield Math Learning

5. Leadership Skills on Campus

6. Homeroom Study Hall

How Will We Know When They've Learned It?

1. Common Assessment Corner

2. Exemplars and Math Benchmarks

3. AP Avenue

4. Other Assessment Methods

5. Students Make "CLEAR" Connections Across Disciplines

What Do We Do When Students Have Not Learned It?

1. Teaching Those Who Struggle With Math

2. Data Driven-Analysis

3. Differentiation & Assessment

4. Interventions (Forms & Tools--AMI et al)

Cultural Norms in Schools Affecting Performance

What Is It That We Want Teachers to Learn?

1. Math & ESL Tools and ESL Modifications

2. Math Content Tools

3. Transformative School Cultures

4. Be Open-Minded to Using Smart Teaching Tools (e.g. Grade 7 teacher blog) and Hand-Held Technology

5. Know Our Schoolwide Data and TAKS Item Analysis

6. Know How NCLB/AYP Guidelines Affect Us This Year and AYP Flowchart

7. Know About Our Parents and Their Values

8. Know about the 40 Developmental Assets

How Do We Know When Teachers Are Learning It?

1. High-Yield Math Strategies

2. Math Academy

3. Equity as Excellence

4. "Long-Lasting" Math Learning Communities (PLCS)

5. Math Textbook Adoptions: 2006-7

6. Use More Math Resources

7. Teachers Plan Across Disciplines

8. Teachers Read & Reference HISD Thresholds

Podcasts & Vlogs - Long Middle Multimedia

VIDEO, VLOGS & Math Visuals

Special Math Projects

1. Math Olympiad

2. Sugaku Club

3. RUSMP Advanced Math Study Group

4. Enciclomedia

5. Student Boardroom AP Statistics Projects

Long MS PLC and the West Region Math Summit

1. Facilitators' Handbook

Coaching, Mentoring & My Role

My role:

I am here to mentor your development in both math content and math pedagogy for K-12 instruction.

I am here to help Long as a campus and Long as a collection of math classrooms make data-driven decisions as to how best to help students learn. Data-driven decisions involve both disaggregating and aggregating schoolwide and student-centered data.

Data is 3D: I can help you use current assessment data, longitudinal and anecdotal data, SES data, LEP data, ESL data, SAT10 data and a host of other inputs to maximize student learning.

I am here to share initiatives furthered by our Instructional Leaders in HISD and in Region IV ESC.

I am here to help you fulfill those initiatives, as you grow as a professional.

I am here to help build transparency into the methods and ways in which exemplary math practice is made and maintained at Long.

If you do not use these resources, they will not go away, nor will they diminish.

What happens to student learning when we do not maximize their resources?

Transformational Math Coaching Involves Helping Others Transcend their Self-Imposed Fears:

Our Deepest Fear
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our Light, not our Darkness, that frightens most of us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you NOT to be?...
As we our liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.