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The work of a content area coach or teacher leader addresses dilemmas of education reform, pedagogical change, relational and collaborative work, and reflective practice. If you work as a mentor, coach, department chair or district leader, you can find resources here to help teachers begin and sustain the work to improve math teaching and learning in their classrooms. The materials assembled here will help you lay out a year-long professional learning sequence, observe classroom practices and help educators reflect on their teaching, and work to support teachers in raising student learning outcomes. Inside Mathematics also gathered together several experienced mathematics coaches to discuss signature elements of their practice in working with teachers.
Coaches Reflect on InsideMathematics and Professional Development
Videos of Coaching Conversations By Grade
Lesson Planning
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Faculty Debriefing
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Student Debriefing
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Professional Development Calendar |
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This document provides a sample for how teacher learning around the MAC tasks might unfold over the academic year.  PDF >> |
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Improving Our Craft as Coaches |
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Presentation given by Noyce Professional Development Faculty to participating coaches (2009). PDF >>
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Supporting Teachers in their Classrooms to Increase Student Achievement |
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Presentation given by David Foster at the CMC-N Administrators Conference at Asilomar (2007). PDF >>
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Classroom Observation Guide |
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This Observation Guide is a two-pronged tool used by coaches. Drawing heavily on the vision of math teaching portrayed in the SVMI math teachers rubric, the guide can be used both to help focus classroom observations and as a discussion guide to help focus pre- and post- conferences between teacher and coach. PDF >> |
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Mathematics Teaching Rubric |
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This document includes leveled descriptions of teaching performance organized by worthwhile tasks, the learning environment, teacher's role in discourse, students' role in discourse, tools for enhancing discourse, and teaching and learning analysis. PDF >>
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Pedagogical Content Coaching |
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The key to improving student achievement in math relies on improving teaching and learning in the classroom. SVMI sees pedagogical content coaching as a promising method for actually getting into the classroom and providing interventions to help teachers improve their instruction. PDF >>
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Tools for Educators 
