NEW JERSEY

Replace Test Practice With Sound Instructional Strategies
in Math Problem Solving

Supplementary Mathematics Program

Making Sense of Problem Solving - for New Jersey Targets: New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Mathematics (2004, readopted in 2008) New Jersey Vision for Learning Environments, Equity and Excellence Requirements of the New Jersey State Assessments (ASK) Teacher’s Guide Available at each grade 1-8 and 11. Introductory Developing Skills Section Targets instructional strategies that get results Builds effective process skills   15 units, each with Open-Ended Tasks in New Jersey format, plus Warm Up and Extension problems Suggestions for instruction Solutions Individual rubrics Four scored samples for each Open-Ended Task Evaluative culmination activities for each unit Black Line Masters Presentation Slides – with virtual manipulatives for LCD projectors and interactive white boards All Black Line Masters Scored student samples "This is what I have been looking for. I always wanted to get my students to think, but I just was not sure how to do it. The lessons really engaged the students in critical thinking and taught them to dissect an open ended question and evaluate answers."  - Amy, Math Support Teacher New Jersey

Build Capacity: Support for Math Coaches and Other Instructional Leaders

In-person PD

• Educational consultants come to your school for customized, hands-on PD
• Tailored to meet the specific instructional and content needs of a school or district

Online PD

• Collaborate online with our expert PD coaches
• Engage in online course work
• Deepen mathematical understanding in key content areas
• Strengthen instructional strategies

PD Facilitator’s Guide with DVD for Instructional Leaders

• Energize your staff in a series of four 1-hour interactive PD sessions
• Follow through as teachers implement instructional strategies by teaching two or more lessons from the Making Sense of Problem Solving materials after each PD session
  • Collaborate with pre- and post-conferencing
  • Demonstrate lessons

Online graduate courses (1-5 credits) available for educators implementing Teacher to Teacher’s Making Sense of Problem Solving program.

Appropriate for Title I, Part A and Title II, Parts A and D

Fiscally sustainable

• Use PD program with new staff at no charge (one-time purchase)
• Continue to implement program in classrooms (no ongoing cost)

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It was very exciting to be in my office and have a teacher run to my door and say, “You have to come now! You have to see this!” What I saw were teachers getting excited about what they were learning, applying it in their classrooms and watching our children learn how to use those higher order skills and critical thinking skills. I think what was most exciting for me was to see the growth in the teachers. They certainly changed the way in which they taught problem solving in the classroom.

Georgia
Elementary School Principal
Sayreville School District New Jersey