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eBook details
- Title: Activating the Vision
- Author : Bill Barnes & Mona Toncheff
- Release Date : January 14, 2016
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 9173 KB
Description
In order to build and sustain a successful mathematics program, mathematics leaders need to collaboratively establish a cohesive vision for teaching and learning and put that vision into action. This book details the necessary steps mathematics leaders must take to change traditional practices; meet new curricular, instructional, and assessment challenges; and engage students, families, and community members in mathematics education.
Benefits
Discover the big ideas and essential understandings of the four keys of effective mathematics leadership and how the four keys connect to each other.
Answer questions to assess mathematics leadership.
Consider scenarios that illustrate how mathematics leaders can take the visionary leadership actions described in this book.
Explore the relationships among district-, site-, and team-level engagement.
Appraise the necessary steps to move mathematics leadership from vision to action.
Use appendices that present planning templates and menus of professional development opportunities.
Contents
Foreword by Timothy D. Kanold
Introduction
Part I: Establish a Clear Vision for Mathematics Teaching and Learning
Take Stock of Your Mathematics Program’s Health
Develop a Collaborative Vision for an Exemplary Mathematics Program
Establish Measures of Success
Part II: Support Visionary Professional Learning for Teachers and Teacher Leaders
Engage Teachers in Worthwhile and Differentiated Professional Learning
Develop Highly Skilled and Highly Effective Mathematics Leaders
Build Capacity of Site-Based Administrators and District Leaders
Part III: Develop Systems for Activating the Vision
Leverage Team Actions
Create and Implement Well-Designed Curriculum and Assessments
Monitor Consistent Expectations for Exemplary Instruction
Part IV: Empower the Vision of Family and Community Engagement
Activate the Student Voice to Check Alignment Between Vision and Reality
Empower Families as Informed Advocates
Build and Engage a Strong Network of Partnerships
Epilogue
Appendix A: Vision for Teaching and Learning Mathematics
Appendix B: Cognitive Demand
Appendix C: Planning Template for Change
Appendix D: Mathematics Professional Development Plan for a School Year
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