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Instructional Quality Workshops

On-Site Support

Strengthen practices and processes with justin-time, in-class support. Participants will observe model teaching, engage in collaborative planning, and receive guidance during teacher observations and evaluations to move mathematics instruction forward.

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Discover a clear path for improving the quality of mathematics instruction at any grade level. This on-site professional development service guides educators through activities to explore task potential, examine successful implementation of tasks, facilitate mathematical discussions, and use evidence of student learning.

• Use tasks, questions, and evidence (the TQE process) and the rubrics associated with the Instructional Quality Assessment (IQA) as a support to increase the effectiveness of instruction.

• Gain understanding of the connection between teacher questioning and increased student success.

• Learn how to interpret student responses and determine appropriate teacher actions within a model of formative assessment.

• Enhance your understanding of math strategies through hands-on activities.

TQE Learning Lab and Lesson Study

Practice and refine the mathematical tasks you teach with a DNA Mathematics expert facilitating team discussions and providing feedback. Our associates will coach your administrators and instructional coaches on look-fors as they observe your teachers in action. With Learning Lab, you’ll dive deep into tasks with grade or course-alike pairs who develop a shared task for small groups and then teach, observe each other, revise, deliver again, and reflect. And with Lesson Study, available upon request, we’ll coach one participant through planning a lesson and reflecting on it with your team; then a second teacher will deliver a revised lesson based on team reflection.

School Walkthroughs

By observing instruction in select classrooms in your school, a DNA Mathematics associate will determine areas of strength and areas of growth for each lesson observed based on the TQE process. Action items will be developed and shared with the teacher that will be based on desired outcomes in instructional shifts.

Customized Services

Tell us your goals and challenges, and we'll develop a customized learning plan specially designed to support teachers of mathematics. Our experts— who are available for both on-site professional development and virtual training—will first help teachers deepen their understanding of K−12 mathematics content and then support them to effectively teach with focus and rigor.

Global PD Teams

Provide your collaborative teams with on-demand access to instructional videos from the creators of DNA Mathematics—Juli K. Dixon, Edward C. Nolan, and Thomasenia Lott Adams. These videos help create a shared vision of classrooms where teachers and students are engaged in meaningful mathematics learning experiences. Choose Global PD Teams when you need:

• Daily, convenient access to real-time school improvement models and strategies

• Job-embedded professional development

• Resources to build collective teacher efficacy

• Clear learning paths toward student achievement and school improvement

• Quality content from authors you know and trust

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