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2006-07 Mathematics Leadership
Academy
Middle School District Partners: Regional District 5 (ACES), Ansonia, Cheshire, Cromwell, East Haven, Hamden, Seymour, Shelton, Stratford, Waterbury, Manchester, Newington University Partners: Wesleyan University, Southern Connecticut State University
Other Partners: Connecticut Academy for Education
Phase I: Mathematics content knowledge and instructional strategies 1. understanding of high school content as outlined in the Connecticut Mathematics Curriculum Framework with a focus on geometry and measurement, numerical and proportional reasoning and algebraic patterns and functions 2. use of technology to enhances mathematics instruction 3. ability to model real world situations and make generalizations about mathematical relationships 4. understanding and use of methods of deductive and inductive reasoning.
Phase II: Coaching and leadership skills 1. use of student data to guide instructional improvement and their ability to share their understanding with school- and district-based teachers and administrators 2. awareness and use of standards-based instructional strategies in their classrooms and the ability to coach fellow teachers in the delivery of more effective mathematics instruction, including the use of appropriate instructional technology 3. awareness and use of performance-based assessment practices to evaluate student learning and to better prepare students for the CAPT, and assist teacher-leaders in the use of a variety of classroom-based assessment tools and strategies to monitor student learning 4. use of modeling and coaching behaviors including: small group instruction, multiple representations of a concept, scaffold questioning, alternative instructional strategies, and differentiated instruction.
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