Instructional Mentor Collaboration
Instructional Mentor Collaboration
By convening a monthly meeting of our district's school-based middle school math leaders, we are able to collaborate on initiatives and share best practices between school teams. Each month, I plan an agenda, team building activity and collect feedback from our time together.
By convening a monthly meeting of our district's school-based middle school math leaders, we are able to collaborate on initiatives and share best practices between school teams. Each month, I plan an agenda, team building activity and collect feedback from our time together.
I'm sharing the slide deck from one of our meetings and link to a folder of other slide decks and feedback forms. I plan for each meeting to have a similar agenda. Each meeting starts with an optimistic opening and chance to connect as a community (III.v.d). Every meeting closes with structured collaboration time. In between, we learn together about current research in math instruction and coaching (III.ii.a).
Mathematics Specialist Standards
Mathematics Specialist Standards
III. Leadership Knowledge and Skills. MS professionals must be able to:
III. Leadership Knowledge and Skills. MS professionals must be able to:
ii.a. Engage in and facilitate continuous and collaborative learning that draws upon research in mathematics education to inform practice.
III. Leadership Knowledge and Skills. MS professionals must be able to:
III. Leadership Knowledge and Skills. MS professionals must be able to:
v.d. Establish and maintain learning communities.
link to full list of Standards for Mathematics Specialists (MS) (AMTE, 2013) and descriptions.