dancing lemons

welcome to westlake

• Suburban, mid-size district: 17,000 kids
• High parent involvement
• Middle to upper-middle class, 95% white
• Average teacher: 16 years experience
• Teacher shortage

Meet Mr. jones

• tenured, 4 years experience
• elementary certified, teaching middle school
• new assignment- 8th grade pre-algebra
• history of success & positive attitude

issues

• observation of incorrect concept teaching
• unsatisfactory rating
• remediation plan in place
• 2nd observation: little/no improvement
• parent & student complaints

remediation plan

• Journal Articles & NCTM Materials
• Observe Exemplary Math Teachers
• Mentor Assigned
• 2-Day Algebra Workshop by District

Mr. Jones is not teaching the pre-algebra concepts correctly and has shown little improvement after 4 months of remediation.

YOUR TURN:
Bolman & Deal's
4 Frames

the options

• Continued remediation as is
• Improved remediation: growth plan
• Dismissal
• Reassign class to different teacher

growth plan

• Summer PD: 5-Day Math Institute
• Mentor: Review Concepts by Unit
• Mentor: Observation & Follow-Up Team Teach
• Math Specialist: Analyze Lesson Plans
• Team Plan: homework & test schedules

Looking back

• 1st observation: "new" teacher
• Recruitment of qualified teachers
• Preparatory training