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Hello Math Community!
We hope your year has gotten off to a fantastic start! Here in the Math Department, we were energized by seeing many of you at August professional development days! Since then, we’ve been getting the revised Core Curriculum out to classrooms and planning for school year PD and communications. Read on for more information about:
- Featured Resources
- Upcoming Professional Development
- Upcoming Opportunities
- Core Curriculum News
- Recent Activities
This information (and more!) is also provided on the SFUSD Math website at http://www.sfusdmath.org, and you can follow us on Twitter: @SFUSDMath. Feel free to share this newsletter.
Thank you for all that you do!
The Math Team
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Collaboration with colleagues to plan and reflect on instruction is an essential part of successful implementation of a high quality math program.
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Featured Resource
Multilingual Glossary
We are excited to announce that the Multilingual Math Glossary is now online! The glossary, which will be continually updated, includes math-specific terms as well as general terms that are found within the SFUSD Math Core Curriculum. You can access it through the link above, or on the sfusdmath.org website within the Curriculum Resources tab: www.sfusdmath.org/multilingual-glossary.html.
Please spread the word! We look forward to building on this work with your help, and supporting teachers with target language instruction in mathematics for all SFUSD students. All feedback on the document (such as terminology, translation choices, and usability) should be sent to Glenn Kenyon.
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Upcoming Math Professional Development
Course Collaboration Days
All middle school math teachers in the Teacher Leader PD structure will gather for Course Collaboration Days in September. (These schools are: Alice Fong Yu, A.P. Giannini, BVHM, Claire Lilienthal, Francisco, James Lick, Lawton, Marina, Presidio, Rooftop, Revere, Roosevelt, and Vis Valley.)
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Grade 6 Collaboration Day: Wednesday, September 7, 8:30-3:30, Cabrillo Multipurpose Room, 750 25th Ave.
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Grade 7 Collaboration Day: Thursday, September 8, 8:30-3:30, Cabrillo Multipurpose Room, 750 25th Ave.
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Grade 8 Collaboration Day: Tuesday, September 13, 8:30-3:30, Santiago Multipurpose Room, 3045 Santiago Ave.
Each teacher should have received an email confirming their registration. If you have any questions, contact Alison Ellsworth.
K-8 Teacher Leader Schools
Teacher Leaders from K-8 schools will be gathering by learning strand in October and November. The first of these dates are for the Heterogeneous Instruction strand on October 5 and October 12. See the PD Calendar for upcoming learning strand meeting dates and which schools are participating in each strand. For more information, contact your Math Department liaison.
Problem-Solving Cycle Teacher Leader Schools
The first Problem-Solving Cycle Leader Support Meeting is on September 15 from 8:30-3:30. The Teacher Leaders from A.P. Giannini, Francisco, James Lick, Marina, Presidio, Roosevelt, and Vis Valley will gather to learn more about the Problem-Solving Cycle and plan a workshop to lead at their sites. For more information, contact Alison Ellsworth.
Complex Instruction Program
Schools that have been involved in the Complex Instruction Program will continue to be supported this year through the same structures: T-facs meetings, Collaboration Days, Video Club, and follow-up days for teachers who took the summer course.
The first Complex Instruction Teacher Facilitator meeting is on September 6 from 4:15-6:15. These meetings happen monthly throughout the year. For more information, contact Angela Torres.
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Core Curriculum News
Our SFUSD Math Core Curriculum has undergone another round of revision based on feedback from teachers all across the district. Among other changes, the teacher binder for each course now contains a suggested timeline for the first semester units, including the dates for the IDA.
This year, we will be printing and delivering the curriculum in two batches: one that you have already received and a second in December. If you have any questions about Curriculum delivery, please contact Vriana Kempster.
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Upcoming Opportunities
NCTM Regional Conference:
Colorado Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference
September 22, Denver, Colorado
California Mathematics Council Conferences:
California Mathematics Council, Southern Section Conference
November 4, Palm Springs, California
California Mathematics Council, Northern Section Conference
December 2, Asilomar, California
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Recent Activities
We had the opportunity to work with many math teachers before the beginning of the school year.
More than 100 Teacher Leaders from Elementary and K-8 Schools met for a two-day Summer Institute to launch the school year. Teacher Leaders improved their content knowledge of Operations and Algebraic Thinking, launched their learning strand, and planned with grade-level colleagues.
The Teacher Leaders from the schools who are working with the Problem-Solving Cycle gathered with the Stanford PSC team to launch the year. They experienced a packed three days with a focus on the Standards for Math Practice, the 5 Practices for Orchestrating Mathematical Discussions, and the Problem-Solving Cycle.
In July, some math teachers attended the Complex Instruction Course to learn and experience the principles and practices of CI and gain tools and strategies that support all students to participate equally in heterogeneous groups doing rigorous math. The following week, all teachers from the CI schools were invited to attend two CI Collaboration Days where they experienced doing rigorous math in groups and planned using the SFUSD Core Curriculum with a CI lens.
Teacher Leaders at all schools and grade-levels brought their learning back to their school sites on August 11.
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Thank you for all that you do!
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