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It’s TIME to LEAD A Call to Action for Mathematics Leaders August 28, 2014 Steve Leinwand Suzanne Mitchell

It’s TIME

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Le Leade adership ship For or the he Com ommon on Cor ore St Stat ate e St Standards andards It’s TIME is in intende ended d for le leader aders, s, in th the e br broad adest est sense, nse, working king toge gether ther as as Lead ader ership ship Teams, ams, respon ponsible sible for mo moving ng or influenc luencing ing individuals ividuals an and groups ups towar ards ds a co a common mmon goal al of improving ving ma math themat ematics ics ac achie ievement ement for ever ery y stu tude dent nt .. .. 4

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It’s TIME ….. • It’s TIME we do it right – CCSS SSM, , PARCC CC and SBAC C creat ate once in a career er oppor ortuniti tunities es • It’s TIME we use our unity – Math Wars s are hist stor ory • It’s TIME we stop settling for mediocrity and programs that fail to serve nearly rly enough gh students dents • It’s TIME we stop making excuses or let others make excuses uses for not doing ng what needs ds to be done • It’s TIME we demand and implement what we know works • It’s TIME we take the action needed to finally make math them emat atics ics work rk for every stud uden ent t in every y school ol 6

Ou Our r co collectiv lective e gi givens ens ar are cl clea ear Th Ther ere e is a ne new pla laying ying fiel eld: d: • Common mmon Core re St State e St Stand ndar ards ds • PARCC CC • SB SBAC Fina nally: lly: • Common mmon, , cl clea ear, , co coher erent ent gui uidance dance (a (at le least st for r K-8) 8) • Higher her, , but ut appr propriat opriate e expectation ectations 7

Ou Our r colle lectiv ctive e go goals als ar are e just ust as as clea ear • Ef Effectiv ective, , co consist sistent ent an and impactful actful implementa lementation tion of th the e let letter er an and th the spirit it of th the CCSSM CSSM • Signif ificantly icantly highe her le levels els of stu tudents dents ac achievement ement in ma math themati ematics cs at at th the cl clas assr sroom, oom, school, chool, distri trict, ct, sta tate an and nat ational onal le levels els 8

A CAL CALL L TO A O ACTION TION It’s TIME to link these givens to th these ese go goal als s wi with th ef effectiv ective e lea eader dersh ship ip around und a set set of th themes emes and nd im imper erativ tives. es. Bu But t Ho How? w? 9

Th The e PRIME RIME Le Lead ader ership ship Fra ramewor ork  Ide dentif ifie ies the e knowle ledg dge e and s d skil ills s nee eede ded t d to lea ead d adu dults  Bel elie ief in in su success cess for ever ery tea eacher her an and d stude dent  Dec ecis ision ions s are d e data-dr driv iven en in in a c coll llabo bora rati tive e sett ettin ing  Acti tions ons are r e res esea earched ched-inf informe ormed  This is the “what”, not the “how”

Lea eade ders s INFL FLUENC UENCE E oth other ers s usi sing ng PRIME P P – Professional essional Learning rning Comm mmunit nities ies – Use e PRIME ME as a book study udy R – Relati R lationships onships-Use Use PRIME IME to explore plore successfu essful l relation ationsh ships ips and nd leader ership ship skill lls I I – Influenc luence e – Use e PRIME ME leader dership ship strat rategi egies es to explore plore the CCSS SSM, , assessm sessmen ents, ts, and inst struct ructional nal materi erials ls M M – Motivation ation – Use PRIME IME leader ership hip strat trateg egies ies to moti tivat ate e mathematics hematics stud uden ents ts and speciali ialists sts E E – Engagemen agement t of leader ers in conver ersation sation with th other ers s – Use PRIME IME language guage for disc scussion ussion star arter ers

Com omplementing plementing PRI RIME, ME, NC NCSM SM pre resents: sents: It’s TIME: Themes emes and d Im Imperativ peratives es for r Mathematics hematics Educ ucat ation ion - A Math Leader’s To Do List, Field Guide, Game Pla lan - A Math Leader’s Call to Action - A Math Leader’s Guide to Making a Difference erence with th and th throu ough gh teach cher ers s for all ll st stude dents nts 12

It’s TIME • Read ad it. t. R Read ead it t ag agai ain. • An Anno notat tate e it. t. Cog Cogitat itate e on it. t. • Select some actions and try ‘ em em out. t. • Recruit cruit some me co colleagues. lleagues. • Revise vise an and tr try some me th things gs ag agai ain. • Bu Build ld a p a pla lan. n. Implement. plement. Mo Monit nitor or. . Revis vise. . Inst stitutionali itutionalize. ze. • Celeb lebrat ate e improvement ment an and succe ccess. ss. 13

That’s the tone we use: • Clea lear r an and Direct ect - th there re is no ti time me for waf affling ling or be beat ating ng ar around und th the e bu bush • Honest nest - bu but t wi without thout ca casti ting ng bl blam ame • And d it t le lead ads s directl ctly y to our Lead ader ership ship Fram amewor ork k or Theor heory y of Action ction or Tab able le of Cont ntents ents th that at ta take e us from m givens ens to goal als 14

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Over verar archi ching ng Themes mes Chapter r 1 • Social Justice • Systemic Thoughts and Actions • Leadership

A Workin orking g De Definition inition of of Equ quity ity Equity is the ongoing process (not a product) of increasing our own and society’s capacity and commitment to: • Completely respect individuals as complex thinking and feeling humans with different socio- cultural, gender, and class backgrounds and values • Provide the necessary resources to assist people in learning. This includes overcoming the effects of any mistreatment on their ability to learn. – Becerra et al, Take It Up – Leading for Educational Equity , 2004

It’s TIME p. . 16 6 S Social cial Just ustice ice … (develop an) awareness of the pressing political, health, environmental, economic, and social challenges… (to empower) students to become agents of change on these issues.

Call to Ac Action: ion: Ret ethink nk the Mathematics matics Curr rriculum iculum Wea eave so e socia ial l ju justice tice is issues es throug oughout hout the e curr rriculum iculum so stude dents ts wil ill: a) a) Deepen en their ir understa tand nding ing of society ty b) b) Become ome criti itical al think nkers ers c) c) Use mathemat thematics s as a tool l to change e society ty d) d) Deepen en understa standing nding of racism ism, , social ial class ss and gender er e) e) Become ome motivat tivated ed to learn rn impor ortant ant math them emat atics ics

Vi Visi sion on of of Co Commo mmon n Cor ore e & S & Soc ocial ial Ju Just stic ice • Ev Ever ery y stu tude dent nt wi will ll be be co college llege an and ca career eer read ady y an and, d, in ad addition, tion, use e ma math themat ematics ics to th think nk cr critica tically lly ab about t co comm mmunity unity, , socie ciety ty, , an and envir vironment onment. .

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Building on social justice…. Let’s conver ert t th thes ese e list sts s and nd bul ullets ts and nd sh shor orthan thand d ti titl tles es into o a coh oherent erent narrativ rrative e th that t des escribes cribes th the e exp xpectation ectations s for ever ery y Mathe thematics matics Ed Education ucation Lead eader er. 22

St Star art t wi with th the e Givens ens • We e sta tart t wi with th th the e givens ens of th the e guidance ance of th the Com ommon mon Core re an and th the exp xpectations ectations of a n a new w genera neration tion of bet better er al aligned, ned, higher her qual ality ity, , mo more e rigorous ous PAR ARCC CC an and SBA BAC C as assessme essments. nts. • We recogniz cognize e th that at be being g succ ccessful essful me mean ans s RAISING ISING ACHIEVEME HIEVEMENT NT IN N MA MATHEMA THEMATIC TICS FOR OR EV EVER ERY Y STUDENT TUDENT AND ND EF EFFECT FECTIVEL IVELY Y IMP MPLEMENTIN LEMENTING G THE E CCSSM CSSM IN N EV EVER ERY Y CLASSR ASSROOM. OOM. 23