Students will be confident mathematical thinkers with the ability to navigate, communicate and persevere as they encounter problems in their lives.
All students can enjoy learning math.
There are many paths to learning and understanding.
Continued and diverse practice helps to further growth and understanding.
Students will be encouraged to think and to connect current learning to prior knowledge.
All students will utilize productive struggle to progress their mathematical skills.
Students will be actively involved in the learning process through collaboration.
Students’ experiences, voices, and thinking are valued in the classroom as they communicate their understanding.
Classroom communities need to feel safe and equitable in order for students to learn.
Kris Bell – University Park Elementary School
Chris Benshoof – Lathrop High School
Aubree Diaz – Badger Road Elementary School
Jill Faudree – University of Alaska Fairbanks
Hannibal Grubis – West Valley High School
Teresa Hall – North Pole High School
Bridget Lewis – North Pole High School
Julie Maier – University of Alaska Fairbanks
Brian Powell – Nordale Elementary School
Kimberly Smith – North Pole Middle School
Rich Smith – North Pole Middle School
Mackenzie Staiger – Woodriver Elementary School
Peggy Carlson – Executive Director of Curriculum & Instruction
Michelle Daml – Elementary Curriculum Coordinator
Tara DeVaughn – Content Coach
Kimberly Gatto – Materials Development Specialist
Amy Summers – Content Coach
Robyn Atkins – North Pole High School
Lisa Beattie – Watershed Charter School
Tara DeVaughn – Ben Eielson Jr/Sr. High (currently with Teaching & Learning)
Joanne Gilman – Tanana Middle School
Hannibal Grubis – West Valley High School
Toni Hawkins – West Valley High School
Ted Riggs – Lathrop High School
Sandy Ryan – President of Fairbanks Education Association
Andrew Slagle- North Pole High School
Mackenzie Staiger – Teaching & Learning
Samantha Wuttig – Special Education Dept. (currently at West Valley)
Sharon Ashlock – West Valley High School
Lisa Beattie – Watershed Charter School
Tara DeVaughn – Teaching and Learning
Charles Dorrel – North Pole Middle School
Joanne Gilman – Tanana Middle School
Toni Hawkins – West Valley High School
Andrew Slagle – North Pole High School
Samantha Wuttig – West Valley High School
Chane Beam – Executive Director of Teaching & Learning
Rachel Reilly – Curriculum Coordinator (Secondary)
Tara DeVaughn – Instructional Coach
Jennifer Morgan – Materials Development Specialist
We would also like to recognize the Board Curriculum Committee, the Fairbanks North Star Borough Board of Education, and the many teachers, administrators, parents, and community members who have provided input during the curriculum revision process.
Alaska Content Standards
High academic standards adopted by the Alaska State Board of Education. These standards are
general statements of what Alaskans want their students to know and be able to do as a result of
their public school experience. The standards reflect the collaborative work of Alaskan educators
and national experts from the nonprofit National Center for the Improvement of Educational
Assessment, and are informed by the input of Alaskan teachers and public comment.
Alaska Performance Standards
Standards adopted by the Alaska State Board of Education as specific statements of what
students should know and be able to do. They were adopted in reading, writing, mathematics,
and science at four benchmark levels.
Competency
A student’s ability to apply clusters of standards to execute a particular performance task.
Competency-Based Learning
Competency-based learning has the following components:
Learners are empowered to make important decisions about their learning experiences, how they will create and apply knowledge, and how they will demonstrate their learning.
Assessment is a meaningful, positive, and empowering learning experience for learners that yields timely, relevant, and actionable evidence.
Learners receive timely, differentiated support based on their individual learning needs.
Learners progress based on evidence of mastery.
Students learn actively using different pathways and varied pacing.
Strategies to ensure equity for all learners are embedded in the culture, structure, and pedagogy of schools and education systems.
Rigorous, common expectations for learning (knowledge, skills, and dispositions) are explicit, transparent, measurable, and transferable.
Content Objectives
Statements that document specific, essential tasks that learners are expected to accomplish in a
given grade level or course.
Course/ Grade Competency
Competency statements customized to the content of a particular grade level, grade span, or
course. These competencies represent the major concept areas within a discipline.
Graduate-Level Competency
A set of competencies that may include academic and personal success skills in which all
graduates of the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District should know and/or be able to do.
The Mathematics Curriculum is aligned with the Alaska Mathematics Standards adopted in 2012. The complete standards may be found in the appendix. The following coding is used throughout this document to correlate to these standards.