There were, of course, challenges the district - Curriculum and Instruction, Ed Services, the Elementary TOSA Team - encountered. To name a few:
- Coordinating the order and delivery of all the materials to each school site
- Coordinating the process to collect the old curriculum materials
- Managing the reception of new curriculum for those who were hanging onto the older, obsolete curriculum
- Planning professional learning
- Partnering with principals for their professional learning
- Facilitating multiple PD sessions for teachers
- Facilitating professional learning for classroom instructional aides
- Partnering with the Special Education Department to provide professional learning for the aides serving students who receive special education services
- Hosting multiple parent education events
- Aligning the scope and sequence of the new math curriculum to the district's progress report
- Revamping the math website to include resources for the new curriculum
- Planning and facilitating Lab Day and Learning Walks centered around the new curriculum
Among the many things the things the Elementary TOSA Team have been working to help with the transition to our new math curriculum is creating screencasts to share resources, processes, and more. It's been great to work on the screencasts, partner with one of my colleagues, Leslie Faust, who does the voiceovers, and share the videos on our district's intranet and on YouTube. Adding visuals to any professional learning resource is always a good idea to help visual learners. Below are a few of the screencasts we've made.