Lincoln-Sudbury Math Department School Committee Presentation - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Lincoln-Sudbury Math Department School Committee Presentation January 8, 2019

Who We Are What We Have Been Working On What We Will be Working On

We are ..... 20 teachers

We Are ..... Four L-S Graduates

We Are ..... educators with diverse backgrounds Electrical Engineer Web Development and Systems Integration Consultant Research Assistant in Hematology Lab with an experiment that went up on the space shuttle Columbia Software Engineer Proposal/Marketing Writer for a Billion-Dollar Construction Firm Curriculum Development at EDC Finance for Bain Capital Forensic (civil) Engineer

We Are ..... Very Involved Members of the L-S Community Boys Volleyball Coach Hockey Coach FAC - Faculty Advisory Committee Girls Volleyball Coach Labervisor Lacrosse Coach Class Advisor TA treasurer Basketball Coach Transgender task force Metco hw club Visions team Work athletic gates 9th grade diversity workshop leader Variety show Mutual Respect Policy team Baseball Coach Head Coach of the Girls Soccer Program Student Senate Advisor Hiring committees Advise Debate Team Calendar Crew Teach SAT Prep Course 9th grade diversity workshop leader health and wellness committee. Math Team Advisor Green Team Game Club METCO Advisory Council LS GSA METCO Mentor Computer Club Wednesday Meeting Committee PEERS

Our Department is ..... a dynamic open office Cafe Mathematica a new mobile installation

Our Department is ..... a dynamic open office Cafe Mathematica a new mobile installation

Our Department is.....

Our Department is … willing and able to teach the depth and breadth of the curriculum sharing a bit of the teaching with administrators

Our Department is … e i π excited about math sum of exterior angles of a polygon

What We Have Been Working On ....

Level Designations The L-S Math Department changed the level designation names of our courses for the 2017 - 2018 school year. This change has: * increased clarity for both incoming and current students, as well as their families. * more accurately described the rigor of our courses on student transcripts sent to colleges and universities * improved uniformity with other department level designations 2017 - 2018 2019 - 2020 ______________________________________________ F o r e x a m p l e : Accelerated Advanced G e o m e t r y A c c e l e r a t e d A d v a n c e d Advanced G e o m e t r y A d v a n c e d (no additional level designation) Standard G e o m e t r y S t a n d a r d Foundations G e o m e t r y F o u n d a t i o n s

We are working on … depth vs breadth of content presentation of content shared pedagogy and materials distribution of different cohorts of students factors that contribute to student success

We are working on …. Depth vs Breadth of content standard level balance with Common Core

We are working on … presentation of content paper - less Throughout the year, the Math Department will discuss the educational, ecological and economical implications of reducing the use of paper. Teachers will share techniques for student practice and assessment with less paper. Teachers will share teaching strategies utilizing reduced paper use.

We are working on … Shared pedagogy and materials Visiting Classes - Teachers will visit each other’s classes throughout the school year. Also, middle school teachers will visit high school classes and vice versa. This might involve visiting classes in other departments in the high school. Observations and insights from these visits will be shared at department meetings. The yearly middle/ high school meeting will include a discussion of our visits.

We are working on … Distribution of Different Cohorts of Students differentiated instruction SEI strategies

We are working on … Factors that Contribute to Student Success Talk About Stress - The Math Department will have conversations about student stress levels. These discussions will include homework levels, grades, electronic access to grades, fostering resilience and other topics.

We are looking forward to ..... increasing the vibrancy and accessibility of the math computer lab more art around the department area new classes

Thank You! Questions?