!   Partnerships to Promote Student Learning !   “Student Success” Defined !   Context of the work within STEM

Education Literature !   Claims examined !   Research Design !   Key Insights

Prepared by Orange County Department of Education - Dr. Dianne DeMille!

Prepared by Orange County Department of Education - Dr. Dianne DeMille!

University of California, Irvine Programmatic Support – Co-PI &

Research

Orange County Department of Education: Programmatic Support – Co-PI, Cognitive Coaching, &

Adaptive Schools

Santa Ana Community College Programmatic Support – Co-PI, &

STEM Faculty

California State University, Fullerton Programmatic Support – PI, Co-PI, & STEM Faculty

Garden Grove Unified School District Programmatic Support – Co-PI, TOSAs, Intermediate

Schools and High Schools, Administrators, Mathematics Teachers, & Students

!   Narrow the achievement gap in algebra for targeted sub-groups

!   Increase the numbers of students enrolled in advanced mathematics courses

!   Increase student achievement incrementally !   Address equity for ALL student enrollment in

advanced mathematics courses !   Increase number of students meeting College

entrance requirements !   Increase number of students entering STEM fields

after graduation

!   71 STEM Faculty

!   150 Mathematics Teachers

!   5,100 University & Community College Students

!   9,742 High School Students

!   6,642 Intermediate School Students

!   53% Hispanic Students

!   31% Asian

!   14% White (not Hispanic)

!   33% English Learners

!   68% Free and Reduced Lunch Prepared by Orange County Department of Education - Dr. Dianne DeMille!

!  How do you involve STEM Faculty in supporting teachers with content and strategies for increased student achievement?

!  How do you scale up the use of mathematics coaches to all mathematics departments in a school district?

!  How do you scale up implementation of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) to all secondary school mathematics departments in a school district?

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Schl A All

Schl A Hsp

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–14 8 –3

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Note the trend lines

1.   “How often do you talk to staff to look at results from state, district, or classroom assessments?”

2.   “How often do you talk to staff about grading students’ work?”

3.   “How often do you talk to staff about ideas for supporting challenging students (behavior problems or academic difficulties)?”

4.   “How often do you talk to staff about instructional strategies or designing lessons?”

Ratings for the frequency of interactions with all teachers at their school on a 5-point scale (1=Rarely or never, 2=Every few months, 3=Every few weeks, 4=Weekly, 5=Daily)

Sociogram of 2 different Intermediate mathematics departments

64% “tie density” of all potential connections within the department, almost 2/3 on a weekly or daily basis

27% “tie density” of all potential connections on a weekly basis

Sociogram of all teachers (math teachers in red) in the 2 separate Intermediate schools.

PLC

Student Centered Focus

Office of 7-12 Instructional Services 8JUN10

Focus on Results/Goals Data Director/Aeries

Collaborative Culture of Shared knowledge

Coaching Cycle

Cognitive Coaching

Peer Coaching

Lesson Study

Common Agreements Grading Consult

Common Assessments District Benchmarks

CST

•   Implementation of the Gradual Release of Responsibility Framework (GRR)

•   Collaboration among teachers •   High levels of student engagement •   Use of the Peer Coaching/Lesson Study

Model

!  Faculty Partners work with TOSAs to define Strategies Workshop content in both Pre-Algebra & Algebra

!   Benchmarks

!  California Standards

!  Comparison of Rigor: Assessment with Instruction

!  Course Textbook

Sample Problem: Steve traveled the first 2 hours of his journey at 40 mph and the remaining 3 hours of his journey at 80 mph. What is his average speed for the entire journey?

Typical Response: Average Speed = Total Distance/Total Time

= [(2 hrs x 40 mph)+(3 hrs x 80 mph)]/5 hrs = 320 miles/ 5 hrs = 64 mph

The question is equivalent to asking “what constant speed would yield the same area as Area A and Area B combined over a five-hour period?”

Area under the “Average Speed” graph = Area A + Area B

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Part 1

Part 2

Average Speed

!   STEM Faculty Partners connection with TOSAs

!   STEM Faculty Strategic Workshop Presentations

!   District-wide Focus – Greater Implementation with support from

!   District Office

!   Principals

!   Peer coaches

!   Department chairs

!   PLCs at many levels guide the work

Prepared by Orange County Department of Education - Dr. Dianne DeMille!

!  How do you involve STEM Faculty in supporting teachers with content and strategies for increased student achievement?

!  How do you scale up the use of mathematics coaches to all mathematics departments in a school district?

!  How do you scale up implementation of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) to all secondary school mathematics departments in a school district?

Dr. David Pagni dpagni@fullerton.edu

Dr. Dianne DeMille drdianne@roadrunner.com

Dr. Patrick Kimani pkimani@fullerton.edu

Sahra Tanikawa stanikawa@ggusd.us

Hon Shiu Costello hcostello@ggusd.us

AnneMarie Conley ampm@uci.edu

http://taselm.fullerton.edu