ENSURING NUMERACY FOR ALL Focus on Pre-Kindergarten through Fifth Grade Dr. Kerry Laster Executive...

ENSURING NUMERACY FOR ALL

Focus on Pre-Kindergarten

through

Fifth Grade

Dr. Kerry LasterExecutive Director, Literacy and Numeracy

Ensuring Numeracy for All

Lynne Tullos

Jennifer Foot

Objectives of this Webinar

Review the 2009-2010 ENFA Application and Scoring Rubric

Understand the scoring process for the ENFA Application

Review the ENFA Assurances

Ensuring Literacy and Numeracy for All

The larger project’s goal is for every student in Louisiana to be successful in reading, writing, and mathematics.

Vision: Create a World-Class Education System for all Students in Louisiana

Ensuring Numeracy for All…

ENFA Beliefs and Understandings(Page 2, ENFA Plan)

• Mathematical literacy is essential for every child’s future

• All students can be successful in mathematics

• Teachers must have a solid knowledge of both mathematics content and teaching strategies

• Improving mathematics education for all requires a commitment from a variety of stakeholders

OVERARCHING GOAL of ENFA

To increase student achievement in mathematics by

providing content-based professional development and support for teachers

and leaders

in the implementation of high-quality mathematics instruction

Why?: Informing Instructional Decisions Using Data (Page 3 ENFA Plan)

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics(NCTM 2000) proposes six principles as afoundation for high-quality mathematics programs.

• Equity:

• Curriculum:

• Teaching:

• Learning:

• Assessment:

• Technology:

http://nctm.org/standards/

Selected Findings: 2008 National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report (Page 4 of ENFA Plan)

Effort Matters Children develop knowledge of mathematics

before they begin kindergarten Teachers’ mathematical knowledge is

important Teachers’ regular use of formative

assessment improves their students’ learning

What: The Ensuring Numeracy for All Plan (Page 5 ENFA Plan)

Ten major components needed to build capacity

#1 Full-time Coach #2 Leadership Team

#3 Principal-Leader #4 District Commitment

#5 Daily, Sustained, Focused Instruction

#6 Classroom Environment

#7 Early & Ongoing Intervention

#8 Monitoring Student Progress

#9 PLCs #10 Commitment to PD

CAPACITY“Capacity building means any collective strategy

that develops efficacy of a group to raise the bar and close the gap of student achievement through:

1) new knowledge competencies and skills, 2) enhanced resources, and 3) greater motivation. The operative word is collective---what the group

can do whether it be a given school or indeed the whole district to raise the bar and close the gap of student achievement.”

Michael Fullan, 2006

How: Implementing the ENFA Plan (Page 6, ENFA Plan)

1. Professional Development Content Element

a) Mathematical Content and Instructional Strategies

b) Instructional Coaching

c) Coaching Classroom Management

d) Formative Assessments for Monitoring Student Progress

e) Technology to Enhance Automaticity of Basic Math Facts


2. Contextual Element- Organizational or cultural factors that facilitate or impede progress toward intended results.

a) Principal Leadership

b) Numeracy Instructional Coach(es)

c) Numeracy Leadership Team

d) Numeracy Interventionist(s)


3. Procedural Elementa) Job-Embedded Faculty Study Process

a) Each study group is comprised of three to five faculty members

b) Study Groups develop an action planc) Study Groups meet for one hour every other

week

b) Instructional Coaching Processa) Coaches are key playersb) Coaches must have the knowledge and skills

necessary to promote change

District Commitments (Page 11 ENFA Plan)

Provide funding for Numeracy Coaches Provide a District Mathematics

Representative Identify and support a qualified and

effective Numeracy Instructional Coach Support the principal Ensure release time for teachers Ensure release time coaches

School Commitments (Page 11 ENFA Plan)

Select a full-time, site-based Coach • Provide support, workspace, equipment

Establish a Numeracy Leadership Team• Principal as leader

• Participate in FSG professional development Plan for and monitor the FSG schedule and

Instructional Council meetings Ensure release time for mathematics

teachers to participate in PD

In Summary, The ENFA Plan Supports

• Strong instructional leadership

• Numeracy coaches to mentor/support teachers

• Data-driven decision-making to inform instruction

• Extended time for comprehensive and coordinated numeracy instruction

In Summary, The ENFA Plan Supports –cont.

• Teachers working in teams to discuss student data and making informed instructional decisions

• Ongoing, job-embedded professional development that is grade-level specific

• Ongoing teacher and principal development

• Employ effective delivery such as modeling and coaching

Who are the active partners? District Support

• Support ENFA implementation by at least matching the total budget• Provide a district numeracy representative

Principals• Participate, serve as leader, and provide support

Instructional Coaches• Full-time mentors• 1 per every 500 students

Classroom Teachers• 85% of the faculty commits to training and implementation.

Interventionists• Certified or non-certified paraprofessionals for every 300 students

What is the process for applying to participate as a 2009-10 ENFA school?

Voluntary submission—Any public school may apply for the 2009-2010 Ensuring Numeracy for All Initiative unless the school will be a first year participant in the Ensuring Literacy for All Initiative during the 2009-2010 school year.

Literacy and Numeracy staff-- scores them with a uniform rubric

Schools are ranked using rubric scores, SPS scores, growth scores and district name.

Schools are chosen based upon rubric score and growth score

The number of schools chosen is based upon available funding.

Remember—the form is a fillable PDF

Ensuring Numeracy for AllPrekindergarten – Fifth Grade

2009-2010 Application (Page 1 Application)

STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT AND CAPACITY TO PARTICIPATEPending State Funding Allocations for 2009-2010Due Thursday, April 9, 2009, 4:00 p.m.

(This form is a fillable PDF.) Region: District: School Name: School Address,

City, Zip: School Phone: School Fax:2008-2009 PreK – 5 Enrollment: Expected 2009-2010 Grade Configuration: Principal Name: Principal E-mail: Superintendent Name: Superintendent E-mail: Superintendent Phone: Superintendent Fax:

Ensuring Numeracy for All: Statement of Commitment (Page 2 & 3)

I. Content and Instruction: The school will commit to learning and using research-based practices in numeracy instruction.

II. Assessment: The school will commit to using formal and informal assessments to drive instruction.

Ensuring Numeracy for All: Statement of Commitment (Page 3)

III. Intervention: The school will provide faithful implementation of an intervention process to serve student needs.

IV. Leadership: The principal must have in-depth knowledge of research-based numeracy instruction and function as an instructional leader.

The principal must keep the faculty focused on a School Improvement Plan that targets significant improvement in mathematics achievement.


Professional Development: Substantial and long-term professional development is critical to creating and sustaining change.

Initial professional development will be provided during the summer and early fall of 2009 with subsequent follow-up in the spring 2010 to equip the Numeracy Leadership Team

Periodic professional development will provide ongoing support throughout the school year.


VI. District Support: The district must commit to substantially support the Numeracy Initiative at the school and district level and be an active partner in implementation of the features of the Ensuring Numeracy for All application and the Louisiana Numeracy Plan.

Ensuring Numeracy for All: Faculty Commitment Form (Page 6)

A signature indicates Commitment to participate in 2009-10

academic year professional development Willingness to implement the features of

the Ensuring Numeracy for All application and the Louisiana Numeracy Plan, and

Agreement with the responses on the Commitment Form and Capacity to Participate Form.

Ensuring Numeracy for All: Numeracy Leadership Team (Page 7)

Principal Numeracy Coach District Math Supervisor Math Teacher #1 Math Teacher #2 Special Education Teacher

Ensuring Numeracy for All: Capacity To Participate Form (Pages 8-10)

(This form is a fillable PDF.)

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM 2000): six principles—• Equity, • Curriculum, • Teaching, • Learning, • Assessment, and • Technology—as a foundation for high-quality mathematics

programs.

http://my.nctm.org/standards/

Ensuring Numeracy for All: Capacity To Participate Form (Pages 11-12)

2. Discuss your school’s current use of a numeracy coach or the school’s need for one or more numeracy coaches if you do not currently employ one.

3. Briefly describe any ongoing mathematics intervention efforts in your school and provide examples of effectiveness.

4. Discuss your school’s strengths and challenges.

Numeracy Coach Vita(To Be Submitted No Later Than June 15, 2009)

(Page 13-14, ENFA Application)

A vita is required for each coach who plans to work with a numeracy school.

If a coach has not been selected upon submission, a Vita must be submitted no later than June 15, 2009, and approved by the Literacy & Numeracy staff.

Failure to have an approved numeracy coach application by June 15, 2009, may result in loss of funding.

A One-Year Application 2009 – 2010 Required Documents Checklist

Signed Application ……. Statement of

Commitment …………… Signed Faculty

Commitment Form…….. Signed Numeracy

Leadership Team Commitment Form …….

Capacity to Participate Form…………………….

Numeracy Coach Vita….

Page 1

Pages 2-5

Page 6 Page 7

Pages 8-12 Pages 13-14

Mail Signed Original and Two Copies

Lynne Tullos Louisiana Department of Education 1201 North 3rd Street, #4-185AF Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 NOTE: To ensure the signed original

application and documents and the accompanying two copies are received by

4 p.m. April 9, 2009, it is recommended you mail via Certified Receipt Mail

ENFA Application Scoring Rubric

(available on the website)

2009-2010

ASSURANCES Ensuring Numeracy for All Initiative

1. Implement Louisiana’s Ensuring Numeracy for All Plan which includes implementation of systematic, explicit mathematics instruction following the Grade-Level Expectations as outlined in the Louisiana Mathematics Comprehensive Curriculum

2. Protect core mathematics instruction time for all students (a minimum 60-90 minutes daily)

3. Differentiate numeracy instruction to meet the needs of students


4. Implement supplemental software program for student assessment and differentiation

5. Implement supplemental software program to develop computational fluency

6. Hire a Numeracy Coach (at least a ten-month, but preferably an eleven-month employee) for up to 500 students and an additional coach for enrollments over 500 and provide work space, including an Internet-connected computer.


7. Hire at least one full-time, certified or non-certified numeracy interventionist(s)/ paraprofessional(s) for enrollments less than or equal to 300 students, a minimum of two interventionists for enrollments between 300 and 600 and a minimum of three interventionists for enrollments greater than 600 for faithful implementation of a systematic intervention and progress monitoring process with the following guidelines


8. Provide substitute teachers as needed for staff release time for professional development opportunities

9. Ensure faculty will participate in ongoing professional development sessions before or after school, during faculty meetings, and/or during planning periods


10. Establish a Numeracy Leadership Team, whose members will serve as key leaders within the school for the implementation of NCTM’s Six Principles of a High-Quality Mathematics Program as described in the Ensuring Numeracy for All Plan

11. Ensure the Numeracy Leadership Team will attend and support participation in all state-sponsored numeracy activities (e.g., state-approved professional development, numeracy conferences and related meetings)


12. Ensure collaboration of the numeracy coach(es), instructional staff, and administrative staff with the LDOE staff

13. Agree to support the numeracy initiative through collaborative funding, utilizing Title I, Title II, and stimulus funds

14. Begin to work toward sustainability in subsequent years

Additional duties and responsibilities of the principal:15. Commit to serve as the leader of the Numeracy Leadership

Team16. Participate fully in the initial and ongoing leadership training17. Commit to instructional planning with the Numeracy

Leadership Team and LDOE staff18. Commit to conduct Walk-Through Observations of core

mathematics and intervention classes at least twice a semester, using forms provided by LDOE

19. Commit to designing a schedule for the school day to provide time for Faculty Study Groups to meet for one hour every other week as job-embedded professional development and schedule Instructional Council meetings every six weeks

20. Arrange for all faculty members hired after the initial training to be trained by a selected teacher and/or the numeracy coach

Ensuring Numeracy for All Need Help?

Lynne [email protected]

Phone (225) 342-9619Or

Jennifer [email protected]

Phone (225) 342-7945

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