A Guide to Mathematics Coaching
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"The authors provide a commonsense approach for those who work directly with classroom teachers to support and improve teaching and learning. Easily read, this book lays out a simple plan for success as a mathematics coach."
—Emily S. Rash, Mathematics Specialist
Monroe City School District, LA
Discover how effective coaching relationships add up to improved mathematics teaching and learning!
Math coaches play a vital role in strengthening math instruction and learning in schools. However, without a collegial relationship with the teachers they are trying to help, it is difficult to foster productive collaborations that lead to better teaching practice and increased student achievement. This resource helps coaches confidently clarify, define, and fulfill their role as influential mathematics leaders.
Based on principles established by NCTM and NCSM, this volume features a three-part process for engaging teachers in building high-quality, equitable mathematics programs. The chapters help coaches effectively:
- Collaborate with teachers to align and implement curriculum that positively impacts student learning and achievement
- Build trust and rapport with hesitant or resistant teachers
- Develop collegial partnerships for planning, analyzing, and reflecting on instruction
- Support and sustain individual and institutional change
Filled with numerous vignettes to illustrate coaching practices and strategies to move teachers toward more effective instructional models, A Guide to Mathematics Coaching is an essential companion for transforming mathematics classrooms.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Figures
Preface
Preface
About the Authors
About the Authors
Part I: Preparing the Foundation
- 1. Defining Mathematics Coaching
- What Is a Mathematics Coach?
- Stage 1: Defining Mathematics Coach
- Stage 2: Identify Responsibilities
- Stage 3: Identifying Characteristics
- Stage 4: Dispelling Negative Images
- Critical Points
- 2. Bridging From the Present to the Future
- Goals, Procedures, and Shared Vision
- The Present: Today's Mathematics Classrooms
- The Future: Tomorrow's Mathematics Classrooms
- Critical Points
- 3. Building Rapport With Teachers
- How to Build Rapport
- Coaching Scenarios
- Scenario 1: The Resistant Middle-Level Teacher
- Scenario 2: The Fearful First-Year Teacher
- Scenario 3: The High School Teacher Who Hid the Curriculum
- Critical Points
Part II: Mathematics Coaching Model
- 4. Focusing on the Curriculum
- Why Work Toward Curriculum Alignment?
- Challenging Lessons Implement the Curriculum
- Aligning the Curriculum
- Critical Points
- 5. Implementing the Curriculum as Designed
- Providing Prompt, Accurate Feedback
- Basics of Collecting Data
- Using Data to Inform Instruction
- Understanding and Producing Benchmark Assessments
- Critical Points
- 6. Planning and Co-Teaching Lessons
- Isolation and Its Effects
- Challenges Unique to Mathematics Coaches
- Start With Planning
- Entering the Classroom
- Co-Teaching
- Being a Valuable Resource
- Emphasis on Inclusiveness
- General Approaches
- Specific Strategies
- Critical Points
- 7. Making Student Thinking Visible
- Characteristics of Visible Thinking
- How the Traditional Model Falls Short
- Constructing an Alternative to the Traditional Model
- Effecting Change Over Time
- Group Planning
- Observation and Demonstration Teaching
- Critical Points
- 8. Analyzing and Reflecting on Lessons
- Reflection
- Process for Analysis and Reflection
- Structures for Reflection
- Critical Points
- 9. Charting Long-Term Progress
- Trend Data
- Why Emphasize Trend Data?
- Indicators of Success
- Using Trend Data to Inform Teaching
- Data Sources and Displays
- Using Trend Data for Professional Development
- Critical Points
Part III: Continuing the Work
- 10. Working Within the Education System
- The Great Divide
- Management Versus Leadership
- Influence as Power
- Understanding Everyone?s Role
- Synergy: The Power of Groups
- Critical Points
- 11. Sustaining Momentum
- Managing Long-Term Change
- Using C-BAM
- Tipping Points and Breakthroughs
- Staying Focused on What Matters
- The Power of One
Resources
Resources
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Description
"The authors provide a commonsense approach for those who work directly with classroom teachers to support and improve teaching and learning. Easily read, this book lays out a simple plan for success as a mathematics coach."
—Emily S. Rash, Mathematics Specialist
Monroe City School District, LA
Discover how effective coaching relationships add up to improved mathematics teaching and learning!
Math coaches play a vital role in strengthening math instruction and learning in schools. However, without a collegial relationship with the teachers they are trying to help, it is difficult to foster productive collaborations that lead to better teaching practice and increased student achievement. This resource helps coaches confidently clarify, define, and fulfill their role as influential mathematics leaders.
Based on principles established by NCTM and NCSM, this volume features a three-part process for engaging teachers in building high-quality, equitable mathematics programs. The chapters help coaches effectively:
- Collaborate with teachers to align and implement curriculum that positively impacts student learning and achievement
- Build trust and rapport with hesitant or resistant teachers
- Develop collegial partnerships for planning, analyzing, and reflecting on instruction
- Support and sustain individual and institutional change
Filled with numerous vignettes to illustrate coaching practices and strategies to move teachers toward more effective instructional models, A Guide to Mathematics Coaching is an essential companion for transforming mathematics classrooms.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Figures
Preface
Preface
About the Authors
About the Authors
Part I: Preparing the Foundation
- 1. Defining Mathematics Coaching
- What Is a Mathematics Coach?
- Stage 1: Defining Mathematics Coach
- Stage 2: Identify Responsibilities
- Stage 3: Identifying Characteristics
- Stage 4: Dispelling Negative Images
- Critical Points
- 2. Bridging From the Present to the Future
- Goals, Procedures, and Shared Vision
- The Present: Today's Mathematics Classrooms
- The Future: Tomorrow's Mathematics Classrooms
- Critical Points
- 3. Building Rapport With Teachers
- How to Build Rapport
- Coaching Scenarios
- Scenario 1: The Resistant Middle-Level Teacher
- Scenario 2: The Fearful First-Year Teacher
- Scenario 3: The High School Teacher Who Hid the Curriculum
- Critical Points
Part II: Mathematics Coaching Model
- 4. Focusing on the Curriculum
- Why Work Toward Curriculum Alignment?
- Challenging Lessons Implement the Curriculum
- Aligning the Curriculum
- Critical Points
- 5. Implementing the Curriculum as Designed
- Providing Prompt, Accurate Feedback
- Basics of Collecting Data
- Using Data to Inform Instruction
- Understanding and Producing Benchmark Assessments
- Critical Points
- 6. Planning and Co-Teaching Lessons
- Isolation and Its Effects
- Challenges Unique to Mathematics Coaches
- Start With Planning
- Entering the Classroom
- Co-Teaching
- Being a Valuable Resource
- Emphasis on Inclusiveness
- General Approaches
- Specific Strategies
- Critical Points
- 7. Making Student Thinking Visible
- Characteristics of Visible Thinking
- How the Traditional Model Falls Short
- Constructing an Alternative to the Traditional Model
- Effecting Change Over Time
- Group Planning
- Observation and Demonstration Teaching
- Critical Points
- 8. Analyzing and Reflecting on Lessons
- Reflection
- Process for Analysis and Reflection
- Structures for Reflection
- Critical Points
- 9. Charting Long-Term Progress
- Trend Data
- Why Emphasize Trend Data?
- Indicators of Success
- Using Trend Data to Inform Teaching
- Data Sources and Displays
- Using Trend Data for Professional Development
- Critical Points
Part III: Continuing the Work
- 10. Working Within the Education System
- The Great Divide
- Management Versus Leadership
- Influence as Power
- Understanding Everyone?s Role
- Synergy: The Power of Groups
- Critical Points
- 11. Sustaining Momentum
- Managing Long-Term Change
- Using C-BAM
- Tipping Points and Breakthroughs
- Staying Focused on What Matters
- The Power of One
Resources
Resources
References
References
Index
Index
Additional materials
Reviews
A Guide to Mathematics Coaching
Processes for Increasing Student Achievement
July 2009 | 176 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 01/02/2026 | 9781412972642 | $37.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781452273655 | $35.00 |
"The authors provide a commonsense approach for those who work directly with classroom teachers to support and improve teaching and learning. Easily read, this book lays out a simple plan for success as a mathematics coach."
—Emily S. Rash, Mathematics Specialist
Monroe City School District, LA
Discover how effective coaching relationships add up to improved mathematics teaching and learning!
Math coaches play a vital role in strengthening math instruction and learning in schools. However, without a collegial relationship with the teachers they are trying to help, it is difficult to foster productive collaborations that lead to better teaching practice and increased student achievement. This resource helps coaches confidently clarify, define, and fulfill their role as influential mathematics leaders.
Based on principles established by NCTM and NCSM, this volume features a three-part process for engaging teachers in building high-quality, equitable mathematics programs. The chapters help coaches effectively:
- Collaborate with teachers to align and implement curriculum that positively impacts student learning and achievement
- Build trust and rapport with hesitant or resistant teachers
- Develop collegial partnerships for planning, analyzing, and reflecting on instruction
- Support and sustain individual and institutional change
Filled with numerous vignettes to illustrate coaching practices and strategies to move teachers toward more effective instructional models, A Guide to Mathematics Coaching is an essential companion for transforming mathematics classrooms.
Table Of Contents:
- List of Figures
- Preface
- About the Authors
- Part I: Preparing the Foundation
- 1. Defining Mathematics Coaching
- What Is a Mathematics Coach?
- Stage 1: Defining Mathematics Coach
- Stage 2: Identify Responsibilities
- Stage 3: Identifying Characteristics
- Stage 4: Dispelling Negative Images
- Critical Points
- 2. Bridging From the Present to the Future
- Goals, Procedures, and Shared Vision
- The Present: Today's Mathematics Classrooms
- The Future: Tomorrow's Mathematics Classrooms
- Critical Points
- 3. Building Rapport With Teachers
- How to Build Rapport
- Coaching Scenarios
- Scenario 1: The Resistant Middle-Level Teacher
- Scenario 2: The Fearful First-Year Teacher
- Scenario 3: The High School Teacher Who Hid the Curriculum
- Critical Points
- Part II: Mathematics Coaching Model
- 4. Focusing on the Curriculum
- Why Work Toward Curriculum Alignment?
- Challenging Lessons Implement the Curriculum
- Aligning the Curriculum
- Critical Points
- 5. Implementing the Curriculum as Designed
- Providing Prompt, Accurate Feedback
- Basics of Collecting Data
- Using Data to Inform Instruction
- Understanding and Producing Benchmark Assessments
- Critical Points
- 6. Planning and Co-Teaching Lessons
- Isolation and Its Effects
- Challenges Unique to Mathematics Coaches
- Start With Planning
- Entering the Classroom
- Co-Teaching
- Being a Valuable Resource
- Emphasis on Inclusiveness
- General Approaches
- Specific Strategies
- Critical Points
- 7. Making Student Thinking Visible
- Characteristics of Visible Thinking
- How the Traditional Model Falls Short
- Constructing an Alternative to the Traditional Model
- Effecting Change Over Time
- Group Planning
- Observation and Demonstration Teaching
- Critical Points
- 8. Analyzing and Reflecting on Lessons
- Reflection
- Process for Analysis and Reflection
- Structures for Reflection
- Critical Points
- 9. Charting Long-Term Progress
- Trend Data
- Why Emphasize Trend Data?
- Indicators of Success
- Using Trend Data to Inform Teaching
- Data Sources and Displays
- Using Trend Data for Professional Development
- Critical Points
- Part III: Continuing the Work
- 10. Working Within the Education System
- The Great Divide
- Management Versus Leadership
- Influence as Power
- Understanding Everyone?s Role
- Synergy: The Power of Groups
- Critical Points
- 11. Sustaining Momentum
- Managing Long-Term Change
- Using C-BAM
- Tipping Points and Breakthroughs
- Staying Focused on What Matters
- The Power of One
- Resources
- References
- Index