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Elementary Mathematics Specialists:Elementary Mathematics Specialists:What do they do?What do they do?

Francis (Skip) Fennell, McDaniel College

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Existing District Existing District ModelsModels

• District contact info.• Position title• How many?• Level(s)• # of schools &

students impacted• %-age of time spent

on duties• Program summary• Program impact

(student and teacher data)

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Caroline County (MD) Public SchoolsCaroline County (MD) Public Schools Specialist/Leader Responsibilities % of timeStudent Intervention 87Professional Development 10Assessments 3

Factoid: - 6 specialists; 5 schools; 2,500 students

served- 74-82% proficiency rate on state assessment

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Frederick County (MD) Public Schools Frederick County (MD) Public Schools Specialist/Leader Responsibilities % of

timeMentoring Teachers 50Co-Planning/Co-Teaching 15Data Discussions/Student Achievement

10Professional Development 20Working with Families 5

Factoid: - 10 specialists; 36 schools; 18,200 students

served- 94% schools making AYP

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Riverside (OH) Local Schools Riverside (OH) Local Schools

Specialist/Leader Responsibilities % of time

Co-Planning/Co-Teaching 5Data Discussions/Student Achievement 15Professional Development 45Student Intervention 20Working with Families 15

Factoid: - 3 specialists; 6 schools; 1,100 students served- 93% of Kindergarteners on grade level

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Spotsylvania County (VA) Public Schools Spotsylvania County (VA) Public Schools

Specialist/Leader Responsibilities % of time

Mentoring Teachers 40Co-Planning/Co-Teaching 40Professional Development 15Working with Families 5

Factoid: - 10 specialists; 23 schools; 14,000 students

served- 88% schools making AMO

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Howard County (MD) Public Schools Howard County (MD) Public Schools Specialist/Leader Responsibilities % of

timeMentoring Teachers 50Co-Planning/Co-Teaching 15Data Discussions/Student Achievement 10Professional Development 20Working with Families 5

Factoid: - 32 specialists; 31 schools; 19,550 students served- 94% schools making AYP

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Howard County (MD) Public SchoolsHoward County (MD) Public SchoolsAnother Look – Grades 3-5

*MSA test for grades 3-5; baseline – where the school started re: % of students proficient + advanced

Year (n of Math Specialists)

% over baseline*

1 (19) 102 (23) 93 (11) 12. 74 (9) 20.35 (6) 26.56 (2) 52.6

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Summary (9 School Districts) Summary (9 School Districts)

Specialist/Leader Responsibilities Freq; % of time – R, M

Mentoring Teachers 7 of 9; 25-75%; 47%

Co-Planning/Co-Teaching 7 of 9; 15-40%; 21%

Professional Development 6 of 9; 10-45%; 23%

Data Discussions/Student Achievement 5 of 9; 10-30%; 15%

Working with Families 5 of 9; 5-15%; 7%

Student Intervention 4 of 9; 20-87%; 38%

Alexandria City (VA) Public Schools* Alexandria City (VA) Public Schools*

Specialist/Leader Responsibilities % of time

Planning 80Co-Planning/Co-Teaching Planning and facilitating PDBuilding Leadership CapacityMath coach PD, and instructional rounds 20Factoid: - 11 specialists; 15 schools; 8,000 students served- 12 of 13 schools now fully accredited by the

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Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools*Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools*

Specialist/Leader Responsibilities % of time

Mentoring, supporting teachers 50Co-planning and co-teaching 15Data discussions 10Direct work with students 20Work with community/families 5

Factoid: - 51 specialists; 49 schools; 35,000 students

served- Title I schools with a MCC performed at least as

well as, and often surpassed their peers in non Title I schools.

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Howard County Public SchoolsSpecialists and Professional Development

A Deeper Look

Wednesday Meetings• Provide Professional Development• Develop resources for the district• Solve problems• Provide a Community of Learners for each

other.

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Professional Development

• Outside Consultants • PD from Internal Leadership • PD from the Math Support Teachers• Professional Conferences and Symposiums

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Consultants

Outside consultants to discuss current issues and topics– National Math Panel– Common Core– Process Standards Resources– State Supervisor– Number Sense– Technology

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Internal PD

• Technology - Wikis, ibooks, Web 2.0 tools, Google docs

• Coaching Strategies• Brain Research• Article Sharing• Hispanic Achievement• ELL Strategies

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PD for the District

Develop PD presentations for– Title I teachers– New Teachers– Schools without MSTs– Teachers at their

schools

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PD From/For Each Other

• Van de Walle Chapters• Sharing from

Conferences, seminars and symposiums

• Book Studies

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Professional Conferences• Submit presentation proposals to local, state,

regional and national conferences.• Attend commercial PD conferences• University sponsored symposiums

– JHU - Why Children Struggle in Mathematics– UMCP - Helping Teachers Become Culturally Relevant

Educators– McDaniel College - Participate in the EMS&TL

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