K-5 Math Project FAQs
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The K-5 Math Project
How will the Achievement Essentials K-5 Math Project improve principal, teacher/team, and paraeducator expertise surrounding standards and math instruction?
Achievement Essentials Math transforms K-5 math learning through professional learning for principals, teachers, and paraeducators. Our program builds deep mathematical understanding by focusing on the connection and alignment of big ideas, conceptual understanding, real-world application, and procedural fluency.
Why should the Achievement Essentials K-5 Math Project be a focus for your school and district?
Unless your district is a National anomaly, your students are likely struggling in math. We are sharing information from teachers who consistently had 80-90% of their students meet or exceed standard in state tests every year. They didn’t have any secret formulas for this – just clear vertical alignment and dedication to consistently making decisions about what strategies and practices actually worked.
Are there user guides for the Achievement Essentials K-5 Math Project webinars?
Each of the Achievement Essentials K-5 Math Project webinars comes with a simple user guide to support your principals and teachers.
Could the math content videos be used for paraeducator training?
The math content instructional videos are 3-5 minutes long each. They would be perfect to use in a paraeducator training. We would suggest watching a video together and then providing a few minutes of table talk and applying the learning to similar problems.
Does the Achievement Essentials K-5 Math Project offer specific support for the school principal?
The Achievement Essentials K-5 Math Project offers webinars that are provided specifically around the work of the principal. We believe that principals should also be watching the teacher and paraeducator components so they can understand and support the work they are asking their staff to do.