OUR WORK | Math

Tools for Learning™ Math Intervention Project (2009 – 2011)

In early 2009, I was asked by the Special Education Director of the Windham School District to design a math intervention project to improve math outcomes at their middle school. In this two-year project that was launched in the summer of 2009, the middle school team consists of Grades 6, 7 and 8 math teachers and special education teachers who support students in these grade levels. Each math classroom was equipped with an interactive whiteboard along with 20 net books per grade level that would be shared between two math teachers. In addition, Explore Learning Gizmos was licensed for each math teacher and for the special education teachers.

In this project, math teachers are building math units in Moodle to provide access to the math curriculum for all students (a key principle of Universal Design for Learning – multiple means of representation) within a lesson design that includes consistent structure so that both instruction and student learning is being supported. The type of supports for students includes the use of math videos, online sites that support independent practice and understanding of math concepts using a visual math vocabulary website. Teachers are also including formative assessments using online assessment tools that can inform their instruction.

The local evaluation is being conducted by Joyce LaTulippe of The EdValuate Group

Tools for Learning™
21st Century Math Classroom Project (2010-11)
Maple Ave. Elementary School – Claremont
Unity Elementary School - Unity

The Tools for Learning™ 21st Century Math Classroom Project is a New Hampshire ARRA funded (Title IID) project designed to build 21st Century Classrooms. The professional development design was based upon the research of the Maine’s
Impact Study of Technology in Mathematics (MISTM) project and three recommendations from USDOE - IES (Institute of Educational Sciences) Report “Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools”.

The Tools for Learning™ 21st Century Math Classroom Project is a hybrid professional development model that includes face-to-face workshops, onsite consultation and training, online support, facilitation and training in Moodle to create a professional learning community and peer coaching and collaboration. The goals of the Tools for Learning™ professional development to create 21st Century Classrooms are fourfold:


1. Content: To deepen teachers’ mathematical content knowledge in the areas of Data, Statistics and Probability and Geometry and Measurement in the Grade Level Expectations of the New Hampshire’s Mathematics Curriculum Framework.

2. Pedagogy: To improve teachers’ pedagogical practice in technology within the 21st Century mathematics classrooms by applying principles of Universal Design of Learning.

3. Technology Integration: To develop and apply universally designed strategies that support the integration of technology for the teaching, learning, and assessment of mathematics.

4. Professional Learning Community: To engage teachers in meaningful interaction and dialogue about mathematics and technology integration through face-to-face and online environments.

The local evaluation is being conducted by Joyce LaTulippe of The EdValuate Group and the NH state evaluation is being performed by Hezel Associates.

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