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Cultivating a Math Coaching Practice
A Guide for K-8 Math Educators

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Foreword by Deborah Schifter


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Coaching | Mathematics

April 2009 | 216 pages | Corwin
Given the current demands of a math teaching practice, this case-based resource helps math coaches, prospective coaches, and administrators develop their knowledge of math content, hone their coaching skills, and enhance their ability to provide professional development for teachers in Grades K–8.

Field-tested in a number of school districts nationwide, this concise guide presents authentic accounts of coaching practice, dilemmas, and insights. The cases, written by practicing math coaches, emphasize developing a deep understanding of mathematics, analyzing students' ideas and teachers' beliefs about learning, and cultivating teacher learning and growth. Amy Morse provides:

Math activities that strengthen a coach's math content knowledge

Planning activities to support thoughtful coach-teacher interactions

A detailed facilitator's guide for staff developers leading professional development opportunities for math coaches, providing a detailed agenda, specific examples of participants' questions, and facilitator responses

Cultivating a Math Coaching Practice gives math leaders the tools to help teachers create quality math programs and bolster student achievement.

 
Foreword by Deborah Schifter
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Author
 
Introduction
 
1. Observing, Studying, Analyzing, Planning: Preparing to Coach
Case: Moving Between Models

 
Math Activity: Models, Fractions, and Percents

 
Focus Questions Activity

 
 
2. Discerning and Responding: Coaching in Real Time
Case: Analyzing Multiplication

 
Math Activity: How Do You Know?

 
Focus Questions Activity

 
 
3. Strategic Coaching: Goal-Centered Modeling in the Classroom
Case: "It's 30 Less and 90 More": A Case About Listening to Children's Ideas

 
Math Activity: Angles and Angle Measurement

 
Focus Questions Activity

 
 
4. Reaching a New Teacher: Math as the Conduit
Case: A Case of Coaching: Multiplication and Division Journal Entries

 
Math Activity: Looking Beneath the Surface

 
Focus Questions Activity

 
 
5. Preparing for Thoughtful Dialogue
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Transcript 2

 
Transcript 3

 
 
6. Purposeful Planning and Facilitation
Case: Coaching in a Group: Moving From 1:1 to 1:?

 
Focus Questions Activity

 
Planning Activity: Facilitating Group Learning

 
 
7. Refining and Reimagining One's Coaching Practice
Case: Learning About Counting, Learning About Coaching

 
Focus Questions Activity

 
Planning Activity: Cultivating Collaborative Study

 
 
8. Cultivating Relationships With Administrators and Other Leadership Colleagues
Case: Crafting an Invitation: Shifting From Isolation to Inclusion

 
Focus Questions Activity

 
Planning Activity: Considering Collaboration and Communication

 
 
9. Taking the Lead as a Teacher of Teachers
Case: Encountering Venus

 
Math Activity: Exploring Story Problems

 
Focus Questions Activity

 
 
10. Maintaining a Focus on Mathematics
Case: Struggling to Keep Math at the Center

 
Focus Questions Activity

 
 
11. Framing the Connection Between Coach and Teacher Goals
Case: Unsatisfied in the Seminar

 
Focus Questions Activity

 
Planning Activity: Meeting the Challenge

 
 
12. Examining the Role of Authority in Coaching
Case: Claiming Authority

 
Focus Questions Activity

 
Planning Activity: Two Posters Activity

 
 
Facilitation Guide
Chapter 1 Facilitation Notes

 
Chapter 2 Facilitation Notes

 
Chapter 3 Facilitation Notes

 
Chapter 4 Facilitation Notes

 
Chapter 5 Facilitation Notes

 
Chapter 6 Facilitation Notes

 
Chapter 7 Facilitation Notes

 
Chapter 8 Facilitation Notes

 
Chapter 9 Facilitation Notes

 
Chapter 10 Facilitation Notes

 
Chapter 11 Facilitation Notes

 
Chapter 12 Facilitation Notes

 

“Written case studies of math coaching are essential tools to facilitate the professional development of our mathematics coaches who work hand-in-hand with over 200 schools in our district. We are pleased to have this book developed by Amy Morse and a cadre of math coaches to support our math leadership efforts.”

Lance Menster, Manager of Elementary Mathematics
Houston Independent School District, TX

"This new resource draws on cases of coaching practice to provide grounded opportunities for communities of math coaches to strengthen their practice. It is an exciting and important resource for anyone responsible for the professional development of math coaches."

Linda Ruiz Davenport, Senior Program Director of Elementary Mathematics
Boston Public Schools, MA

Amy Morse

Amy Morse is a national leader in designing and providing professional development for math coaches and district leaders responsible for coaching programs. In 1997, Amy joined Education Development Center where, as a project director, she works on teacher and coach development programs. In this capacity she worked for many years with the Boston Public Schools (BPS) Elementary Math Department to design and facilitate the professional development for the district’s elementary math coaches. At present, she directs Professional Development for Math Coaching institutes for EDC’s Math Leadership program http://www.edc.org/MLP. Amy travels... More About Author

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