Putting It All Together

• Begin to create a vision for excellent mathematics instruction for your classroom

• Draft an action plan to help you move closer to your vision

Schedule:

5 minutes –     Settle in, take attendance, Intro question: What feelings do you have now that you have completed all the modules?  Relief?  Excitement?  Fear?  Sadness?

10-15 minutes –     Participants’ implementation share-out

3-5 minutes –     Transition into current module, connection between concepts: What types of similarities did you notice between our implementation share-outs throughout these discussions?  What differences were there?  Are there any lessons we can apply to future efforts to incorporate new strategies into our classrooms?

10-20 minutes –     Workbook reflection: 

1. What is one aspect of your vision for an ideal classroom that you feel that you have always incorporated into your own classroom?  How were you able to establish that aspect and maintain it? 

2. What is one aspect of your vision for an ideal classroom that you would not have included before working through these modules?  Why did you incorporate this aspect into your vision?  What does it add to the classroom?

3. What is one idea or strategy that we discussed in these modules that you would not include in your vision for an ideal classroom?  Why did you choose it?

20-30 minutes –     Application discussion prompts: 

1. Which strategies or ideas from these discussions worked best in your classroom?  What conditions contributed to their success?

2. Which strategies or ideas from these discussions did not work well?  What conditions contributed to these results?  What would you do differently if you were to try it again?

3. What is your lasting take-away from these modules and discussions?    

3-5 minutes –    Wrap up of totality of discussions and, if appropriate, establish channels of communication that can endure