Strategies for Mathematics Instruction and Intervention, 6-8 (Implement an RTI framework to improve your mathematics program) - Softcover

Chris Weber; Darlene Crane; Tom Hierck

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936763338 ISBN 13: 9781936763337

Publisher: Solution Tree, 2015

Synopsis

Benefits

• Understand how teaching prioritized standards helps students become college and career ready and able to retain mathematics knowledge.


• Gain strategies to build the RTI framework into your mathematics program.


• Learn to teach mathematics in a way that helps learners gain conceptual understanding, procedural competency, and the ability to apply mathematics knowledge.


• Discover how to create assessments for determining students difficulties and appropriate supplemental interventions for understanding mathematics.


• Access reproducible tools to create detailed and viable curriculum maps for your mathematics program.

Build a solid mathematics program by emphasizing prioritized learning goals and integrating response to intervention (RTI) into your curriculum. Prepare students to move forward in mathematics learning, and ensure their continued growth in critical thinking and problem solving. With this book, you ll discover an RTI model that provides the mathematics instruction, assessment, and intervention strategies necessary to meet the complex, diverse needs of students.

Contents
Introduction: The Rationale for RTI and Application-Based Mathematics
Chapter 1: Prioritized Content in Mathematics
Chapter 2: Designing Conceptual Units in Mathematics
Chapter 3: Instructional Practices for Application-Based Mathematical Learning
Chapter 4: Tiers 2 and 3 Approaches to Foundational Conceptual Understandings and Mathematical Practices
Chapter 5: Integrating Assessment and Intervention
Epilogue: The Promise and Possibility of Improved Mathematics Learning

About this title

About the Author

Chris Weber, EdD, is an expert in behavior, mathematics, and response to intervention (RTI) who consults and presents internationally. As a principal and assistant superintendent in California and Illinois, Chris and his colleagues developed RTI systems that have led to high levels of learning at schools across the United States.

In addition to writing and consulting, he continues to work with teachers and students within schools and school districts across Canada and the United States.

A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Chris flew C-141s during his military career. He holds a master's degree from California State University, San Marcos, and a doctorate of education from the University of California (Irvine and Los Angeles). He is a former high school, middle school, and elementary school teacher and administrator.

Darlene Crane is an author, speaker, and consultant with twenty-five years of experience in education. She is a vice principal for Nanaimo-Ladysmith Public Schools in British Columbia and an instructor at Vancouver Island University. Her professional experience also includes serving as an RTI specialist for the West Virginia Department of Education. Darlene has extensive general education and special education classroom teaching experience in addition to holding district leadership roles.

Darlene has trained teachers and administrators throughout North America on tiered instruction including examining the impact on culture, structure, and instruction within a school community. Her work has targeted both mathematics and reading in the elementary and middle grades. Darlene's expertise includes identifying targeted improvements for classroom instruction, designing effective intervention to accelerate student learning, and creating collaborative school cultures. Darlene holds a master's degree in special education from West Virginia University.

Tom Hierck has been an educator since 1983 in a career that has spanned all grade levels and many roles in public education. His experiences as a teacher, administrator, district leader, department of education project leader, and executive director have provided a unique context for his education philosophy that is built on a foundation of creating and sustaining a positive school culture.

Tom is an expert in assessment, behavior, curriculum design, and RTI. He understands that educators face unprecedented challenges and knows which strategies will best serve professional learning communities. Tom has presented to schools and districts across North America and internationally with a message of celebration for educators seeking to make a difference in the lives of students.

Review

Weber, Crane, and Hierck have laid out a plan for mathematics education that every school should follow if they desire their students to have a deep understanding of mathematics. They guide readers from analyzing standards to writing assessments and planning lessons, including examples, all through the view of collaborative teacher teams. --By: Chris Alegria, 7th and 8th Grade Mathematics Teacher, Richland Middle School

In a nutshell, this book is a clear, concise guide that offers practical advice for effective mathematics instruction that supports all learners. --By: Rachel Manjarres, Math Specialist, Woodridge School District 68

Edition details

• Publisher: Solution Tree
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1936763338
• ISBN 13: 9781936763337
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 176