The Developing Leaders, Transforming Practice (DLTP) is a partnership between Portland Public Schools (PPS), Portland State University (PSU), and RMC Research Corporation (RMC). DLTP is a K-5 mathematics intervention focused on supporting teachers' implementation of ambitious and equitable mathematics teaching practices and students' opportunities to learn and ultimately, their achievement.
PSU News, November 20, 2019, COE professor lands $2.8M grant to improve elementary students' math proficiency
PPS Pulse, January 13, 2020, $2.8 million grant will help PPS shape math instruction for K-5 students
The DLTP Project built upon a proven mathematics professional development model that included book studies, lesson studies, project wide common professional learning for administrators, coaches, and teachers; and PSU's Mathematics Instructional Leadership: PreK–8 program courses.
Work with DLTP Cohort 1 also tested three models for leveraging elementary mathematics specialists (EMSs) (i.e., EMSs as generalist teachers teaching all subjects, EMSs as specialist teachers teaching math to more than one group of students, EMSs as coaches).
Find information about the DLTP project on CADRE webpage and NSF webpage.
Beginning in Fall 2024, K-12 Instructional Coaches with their Building Administrator will participate in common professional learning focused on developing a support a shared vision of ambitious and equitable mathematics teaching. They will consider strategies for using the Unit Planning Cycle and the adopted instructional materials as vehicles to support teachers' planning and enacting this vision of high-quality mathematics instruction.
A second component of DLTP2 will engage 16 of the district's K–5 Instructional Coaches in professional learning focused on using a modified lesson study process to support teachers as they implement curriculum-connected mathematics routines and task-based learning. In particular, these lesson study cycles focus on eliciting high-level mathematical thinking and discourse. They will be supported with implementing five cycles of lesson study with one of their grade level teams over the two years.
Finally, approximately twenty K-12 instructional coaches and teachers will also have the opportunity to complete either the Mathematics Learning and Teaching Certificate of Completion or the Mathematics Instructional Leadership Specialization program for their grade band (i.e., PreK-8, or Grades 6-12).
For additional information on the benefits and responsibilities, see the recruitment slides.
National Science Foundation • Discovery Research K-12