What’s Math Got to Do With It?Academic Coach Meeting

MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Lee Ann Pruske Mary MooneyNovember 2, 2012

Milwaukee Public SchoolsTITLE OF PRESENTATION

MPS Board of School Directors

Dr. Michael Bonds, PresidentLarry Miller, Vice PresidentMark Sain, District 1Jeff Spence, District 2Annie Woodward, District 4Dr. Peter Blewett, District 6David Voeltner, District 7Meagan Holman, District 8Terrence Falk, At-Large

Senior Team

Dr. Gregory Thornton, Superintendent

Naomi Gubernick, Chief of StaffDarienne Driver, Chief Innovation OfficerTina Flood, Executive Director, Curriculum and InstructionDr. Karen Jackson, Chief Human Resources OfficerMichelle Nate, Chief Operations OfficerGerald Pace, Esq., Chief Financial OfficerAnita Pietrykowski, Director, School AdministrationDenise Callaway, Communications & PartnershipsPatricia Gill, Executive Director, Family Services Sue Saller, Coordinator to the Superintendent

Constructed Response is a waste of time that teachers dislike doing a waste of paper because kids don’t know

what to write a means to find out what students know

about a concept what we are going to work on today all of the above

Aligned to the MAP windows All grades participate in Winter and

Spring (except 12th)

 Is the problem open ended? Does the problem have multiple entry

points? Can you surface the multiple entry

points? What do you expect students to do? Are there multiple pathways to find a

correct answer?

Examine the Instructional Guide for the important math to develop and assess in the MAP window. (See December CR grid)

Come to consensus of understanding the math

Explore resources for an open response item that could be adapted to assess the math that was identified.

Create the Constructed Response item

Create a Word document Catchy title/grade level Problem in 14 font (use Times New Roman) Line for answer ________________ Box for explaining student thinking Share with another team for feedback! Explain how the math is connected to the

prompt. Revise as needed

Gather work from 2 – 3 classrooms for each CR

No teaching of the math before the assessment is given. No “Think Alouds”.

Consider getting work from current grade and the grade ahead for more diversity in work samples. (ex: 4th grade CR have 5th graders complete)

Bring ALL the work samples to Nov 16 ACM meeting.

We need work samples from multiple schools! Teams will send blanks CRs to pruskelx@milw...

Each ACM needs to gather samples of work for 2 different CRs grade levels (home school)

Phone a friend. Share CRs with classroom teachers across the district. Send them a CR to try with their students and send completed CRs to us via interoffice mail by Nov 15.

Thanks for all your hard work today

and in the future!