Exploring Foundational Principle:

“Support collaborative professional learning in mathematics.”

“We conceptualize teacher professional learning as embedded in the classroom context and constructed through experience and practice in sustained iterative cycles of goal setting/planning, practicing, and reflecting.”

-Bruce C.D., Esmonde,I., Ross J., Dookie, L. & Beatty. R. (2010)

Goals of this session

Deepen knowledge and understanding of the Foundational Principle –

“Support collaborative professional learning in mathematics.”

Connect this knowledge and understanding to a selected resource

Share this learning with your team deciding how it may impact your work

Reading/ Reflecting upon Foundational Principle -

“Support collaborative professional learning in mathematics.”

As you read page 7, reflect upon and record the strengths and challenges in relation to this principle in your work.

A Researcher’s View

Cathy Bruce,Trent University

- Professional Learning “Key Features”

http://www.curriculum.org/k-12/en/videos/professional-learning-key-features

How do Cathy Bruce’s comments enhance your understanding of the Foundational Principle - “Support

collaborative professional learning in mathematics”?

Table Talk

What resonates with you in relation to this Foundational Principle -

“Support collaborative professional learning in mathematics”?

Selected Resources

Summary of Results and Strategies for Teachers, 2012–2013

“Support collaborative professional learning in mathematics.”

So What? Now What?

What are the implications for your work?

Learning From and With Each Other

• How might this principle, “Support collaborative professional learning in mathematics”, support you in being more intentional and precise in your work?

• Record ideas to share with your Board Team.

Additional Resources

http://edugains.ca/newsite/math2/index.html

http://www.edugains.ca/resourcesLNS/MathResources/MathematicsResourceInventory.pdf

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/capacityBuilding.html