Exploring Foundational Principle :

“Support collaborative professional learning in mathematics”

“We conceptualize teacher professional learning as embedded in the classroom context and constructed through experience and practice in sustained iterative cycles of goal setting/planning, practicing, and reflecting.”

-Bruce C.D., Esmonde,I., Ross J., Dookie, L. & Beatty. R. (2010)

Goals of this session Deepen knowledge and understanding of the

Foundational Principle – “Support collaborative professional learning in

mathematics”

Connect this knowledge and understanding to a selected resource

Share this learning with your Team deciding how it may impact your Numeracy plan

Reading/ Reflecting upon Foundational Principle -

“Support collaborative professional learning in mathematics”

As you read page 7, note the strengths and challenges evident in your FOS/District work

Explain how you know. What is the evidence of impact?

A researcher’s view

Cathy Bruce,Trent University

Professional Learning “Key Features”

How do Cathy Bruce’s comments enhance understanding of the Foundational Principle - “Support

collaborative professional learning in mathematics”?

Selected Resources

Summary of Results and Strategies for Teachers, 2012–2013

Review/reacquaint yourself with the resource at your table.

• In your Math plan, how might you use this resource to implement the Foundational Principle - “Support collaborative professional learning in mathematics”?

• Record ideas to share with your Board Team

Additional Resources

http://edugains.ca/newsite/math2/index.html

http://www.edugains.ca/resourcesLNS/MathResources/MathematicsResourceInventory.pdf

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/capacityBuilding.html