Information for Participants
Throughout the five-year project, this page will be a resource for participating coaches, teachers, and administrators who need information about expectations and timelines.
Here’s a quick summary of what's happening for the remainder of the 2012-13 school year.
Coaching sessions continue: Project coaches are well on their way to completing a total of eight three-part coaching sessions with each project teacher during the 2012-13 school year, or about one per month. At least four of these sessions should cover mathematics content focused on number and operations. Remember, a single coaching session is made up of a pre-observation conference, an observation or model lesson, and a post-observation conference. Coaches: be sure to keep notes on your sessions, which will help you fill out the EMC Coach Reflection and Impact Survey at the end of the year. Questions? Contact James Burroughs.
Teacher observations start in March: This spring, project staff will again contact all teachers to arrange a classroom observation at each teacher’s convenience. Please note that teachers who joined the project last fall will be observed twice: once at the time they joined and again this spring.
Assessments for teachers return in April and May: Like last spring, project teachers will take all four of their online assessments near the end of the school year. The usual stipend will apply.
Professional development for "Group 2" coaches: Coaches in Group 2 (PD 2011/2013) have already received and confirmed their assigned dates for their second and final EMC professional development workshop, this time in Mathematics Content. The workshop will be held in Denver on July 15-19, 2013. Information about travel and other workshop details will be available later this spring.
Online Forum for EMC Coaches
Our coaches can access their EMC online community by clicking HERE.
EMC Newsletters
Winter 2012-13 Newsletter. VIEW.
Fall 2012 Newsletter. VIEW.
Spring 2012 Newsletter. VIEW.
Winter 2011-12 Newsletter. VIEW.
Fall 2011 Newsletter. VIEW.
Spring 2011 Newsletter. VIEW.
Winter 2010-11 Newsletter. VIEW.
Fall 2010 Newsletter. VIEW.
Spring 2010 Newsletter. VIEW.
Other Coaching Resources on the Web
The Elementary Mathematics Specialists & Teacher Leaders Project. Among other goals, this project based at McDaniel College in Maryland seeks to determine the impact of mathematics specialists and mathematics teacher specialists on student achievement and school district improvement.
The Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Teacher Development. Based at the University of Louisville, the Center and its many projects conduct research on the development of mathematics and science teachers and build models of teacher recruitment, teacher education programs and professional development experiences based on this research.