Can We Build A Thinking Classroom & Still Maintain Rigor - A Math Mentoring Moment

Making Math Moments That Matter

Today we speak with Michael Finley, the academic dean for math and science at a K-12 independent school.

Michael's staff is questioning their work in building thinking classrooms and how it serves high achieving students.

Listen in as we brainstorm strategies to uncover micro moves and macro plans to build a classroom culture that allows a thinking classroom to emerge.

This is another Math Mentoring Moment episode where we chat with a teacher like you who is working through some problems of practice and together we brainstorm ways to overcome them.

You’ll Learn:

• How to move quickly on a new initiative while ensuring all educators are coming along for the ride;
• Why facilitating a Thinking Classroom in mathematics effectively involves a significant amount of nuance;
• Why intentionality is even more important when facilitating a Thinking Classroom than it was when leading a gradual release of responsibility lesson;
• What is the true definition of rigor?

Resources:

• Make Math Moments Problem Based Lessons & Units

District Math Leaders:

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