Kimberly+B

// An Action Plan is a plan for making a teaching change that will enhance your students understanding of mathematics. //  Name: Kimberly Bunch School: Monument Elementary Teaching Assignment: 4th-6th grade Math Coach Describe your student population (approximate number, ethnicity, language, etc) There are about 600 students in my school. Families are about 70% free and reduced lunch. Our student population is approximately 80% Hispanic and 20% Caucasian.
 * Action Plan **
 * Describe your teaching situation **

** Describe your teaching change ** What teaching change (instruction, assessment, materials) would you like to improve? Explain how your teaching change will improve your students’ ability to learn mathematics. Also, describe possible ways that technology might assist you in making your teaching change.

I would like to help my teachers improve on their effective use of formative assessment and the effective use of technology within the math classroom. We are really focusing on aligning our instruction to our assessments and our assessments to the state standards. The teams are also working on how to put formative assessments into our program, or look at what is already there that could be used as a quick check. This is going to help us drive our focused intervention time. This will be the first year that our intervention time is very focused across the grade levels. By having the clear focus, with rubrics tied to the standards, students and teachers alike know where they are headed. Students do not need to try to read the teacher's mind.

Some of my teachers have more technology then others. I would like to work with the teachers who have the technology and help them design lessons that really draw in the attention of the students and help them to see a purpose behind the math that they are learning.

Identify at least two teaching goals (measurable accomplishment that if met would enable your students to learn mathematics more effectively).  My building has a focus on Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) this year. We are going to be meeting in grade level and content teams to discuss student work and data. So, my **first goal** is to help facilitate the collection and analyzing of student work. My **second goal** will be to assist teachers in their planning and implementation of the intervention math time based on their classroom data. This intervention could be for students who are lacking the skills, but also could be for those students who are ready to go above and beyond. My **final goal** will be helping one of our Special Education teachers tie in technology that her students will be able to use to help them solve problems they might not normally be able to solve.  Describe at least two things you are going to do as a teacher to accomplish your teaching goals. These actions may or may not use technology but if they do not use technology, explain why technology is or is not the best teaching tool for your teaching change.
 * Set Teaching Goals **
 * Describe Teaching Actions **

1. To assist with the gathering and analyzing of data, teachers will fill in Excel spreadsheets that have questions tied to a particular state standard. We use Excel so that we are able to sort scores and see which students will need to have some reengagement in a particular skill or topic.

2. Based on what we find from our spreadsheet, I will help teachers devise classroom instruction for the extension or reengagement of the skill or topic. Some of the ideas we have used in the past have been various computer sites that engage students in their math practice. I will also help those teachers who have SMART boards find/create lessons to help motivate their students.

3. I will find 2 calculators that have fraction keys that our special education students may use. These students will be working on grade level material but may have different tools to get to the answer than others in their grade.

Identify how you are going to assess each of your teaching goals (simple method of collecting information to see if your teaching goals were met). 
 * Assess Teaching Goals **
 * Goals 1 and 2**: I will collect the Excel spreadsheets used by the teams of teaches to track their students' progress. I will look for growth in our students. I will also have the teachers fill out a survey asking teachers how they felt about the focused PLC meeting times and how they felt this affected student learning.


 * Goal 3**: Along with the Special Education teacher, I will be tracking the students' progress on their formative and summative assessments. I will meet with the teacher to collaborate and determine what is working and what is not.

Outline a general timeline that identifies when you are going to use your actions, collect your assessment data. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: #000080;"> I am going to find the calculators right away for the students to use. I will be collecting the spreadsheet data after every pre- and post assessment. I will meet with the grade level teams weekly, hopefully. The survey for teachers to fill out will not be given until near the end of the school year.
 * Timeline **

Write a reflection on the results of your action plan. What was difficult? What worked well? How did your students react to the changes you made? What was the impact on student learning? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">
 * Reflection **