Leverging OER to Select High-Quality Secondary Math Curricular Resources: Grafton School District's Selection Process

Leverging OER to Select High-Quality Secondary Math Curricular Resources:  Grafton School District's Selection Process

Overview of Our Process

For the past three years, the Grafton School District has worked with the Math Institute of Wisconsin to improve secondary math achievement.  Through this work, our teachers and administrators identified gaps between best practices in math instruction-- particularly in problem-solving and discourse-- and our secondary curriculuar resources.  To address these gaps, we began a curriculum review process for grades 6-11 during the fall of the 2019-2020 school year.

We used EdReports to ground our selection and decision-making process on research-based priorities; however, knowing that the implementation process is as important as the actual resource selection, we also relied heavily on Instruction Partners' Curriculum Support Guide to ensure we considered factors such as vision/beliefs about mathematics instruction, buy-in, professional development needs, and stakeholder communication.

The following modules contain samples and templates of the documents we adapted from EdReports and The Curriculum Support GuideThe Curriculum Support Guide includes three phases:  Phase I. Select Great Materials, Phase II. Prepare to Launch, and Phase III. Teach and Learn.  At this point, we have completed Phase I  and are currently working through Phase II.  This module includes artifacts and templates from our experience with Phase I.  We will continue our work with Phase II during the rest of the school year and over the summer, and we will enter Phase III next year when we implement our new curriculum.

We hope our process and the artifacts included in these modules are helpful to you and your team as you launch your own curriculum review process.

The Grafton School District 6-11 Math Curriculum Selection Team

Lindsay Charles, Grafton High School Special Education Teacher
Kevin Deering, John Long Middle School Principal
Nicki Gruebling, Grafton High School Math Teacher
Jennifer Griffith, Digital Information and Media Specialist
Scott Mantei, Grafton High School Principal
Elizabeth Mintie, College and Career Instructional Specialist
Natalie Moeschburger, Grafton High School Math Teacher
Dianna Kresovic, Director of Teaching and Learning
Jennifer Reeves, John Long Middle School Math Teacher
Sarah Stanislawski, John Long Middle School Math Teacher
Graham Taylor, John Long Middle School Math Teacher

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