Math coach

Are you a new math coach? Check out these tips on how to approach your job!

If more schools took the time for collaborative planning rather than top-down PD, we'd be in a better place.

I met someone at a conference who recently reached out to me because she got hired as a Math Coach for her district. She asked for some advice on how to get started in her first year. I thought others might be interested as well ... 1. Develop a Shared Vision with your Administrator Get administrators on board with the understanding that research does not support deficit-model coaching and that working with you should be mostly voluntary for teachers. Principals should not expect that you…

Must Have Supplies for An Instructional Coach - Always A Lesson

We often inadvertently teach misconceptions in math when we offer our students shortcuts to concepts. Here are 8 tips to avoid this happening.

A big part of being an effective instructional coach is using data driven information to help your help teachers do more for their students. While data can be your best friend in the classroom, it can be hard to know exactly what kind of data you need to be tracking. Between teachers and students, there is so much to observe. In addition to knowing what to track, it can be difficult to find a way to track your data effectively. So how can we ensure we are tracking the right data?

Understanding the patterns on the hundred chart, like ten more and ten less, supports early place value understandings. Grab a FREE game!

Now that we’ve prepared ourselves with research and gathered materials, it’s time for that 1ST MEETING! But let’s be real, whether this is your first year, or your tenth year as a coach, getting the “teacher buy in” can be tricky. So, after trying to decide HOW I could get the trust of my teachers, and begin to build that relationship, I came up with this ~ Cupcakes with the Coach!

Higher level math centers

"So what exactly do you do?" I get this question a lot from people both in and outside of education. "Instructional Coach" just sounds broad and foreign and nearly always needs further explanation. I struggled for awhile with how to explain what I do. Some of my early responses included: "I support teachers" (again, too broad), or "I help teachers with things like integrating technology into their lessons" (too narrow) "I am a teacher of teachers" (not quite accurate), or I would just absorb…

You kick up your feet and take a sip of your iced peach green tea, as you look out at the sunny summer afternoon and smile. Oh how you love summer. Oh how you wish the summer days and land of no schedules would never go away. Ahhh… You take another sip and decide you should […]

We asked a panel of experienced teachers what they know about teaching math that they wish they had known at the beginning of their career.

Stanford math professor Jo Boaler explains the problem with how we teach math, and how to fix it.

Student self-reflection and growth mindset go hand-in-hand. Model and teach reflection strategies, and reinforce with visual reminders.

Think about how you learn a new skill? Any skill. It could be a foreign language, a musical instrument, a technique in a sporting event, an art, craft, or even [...]

Implementing choice boards in the math classroom is an effective method to engage students in the learning process. Read more to find out how to implement choice boards and download a free template. High School Math | Personalized learning | Student Choice

Are we killing students love of math? Are we teaching like it is 2017 or 1900? Doing repetetive problems is not helpful, it's just repetetive.

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ABC's of Coaching

Which common teaching methods might be hindering productive struggle in math? Check out this free poster to help students embrace productive struggle!