Bring powerful learning opportunities from NCSM to your own backyard.
Embodying the mission and vision of your NCSM Leadership organization, we are offering to bring professional learning opportunities to you. Unable to bring your whole team to our annual conference, missed out on a great fall seminar, wishing you had your entire mathematics leadership team at the summer 3-day Academy, no problem.
We will work with your organization to bring premier mathematics leadership learning from NCSM. The NCSM professional learning team will assist as you determine the theme that meets the needs of your team. With the release of the Essential Action Series, the professional learning will be supported with the latest research-affirmed leadership actions.
Choose from previous themes or define your own. The NCSM Directors of Professional Learning team will provide an event that will grow your mathematics leadership with an interactive, learning focused, research-based professional learning event to promote impactful and actionable essential leadership actions.
Fee Structure
- One Day (4-6 hours) $4500
- Multi Day Professional Learning
- Virtual Professional Learning or Coaching
NCSM Members/Affiliates 15% discount.
*Additional fees based on the number of participants. Include a number of participants in the request to determine the quote.
Possible Themes for One-Day/Multi-Day Site-based Professional Learning:
- Coaches as Agents of Change
- Mathematics Leadership through an Equity Lens
- Instructional Leadership: Utilizing high leverage teaching practices
- Developing a Framework for Leadership
Possible Themes for Virtual Professional Learning or Coaching Sessions:
- Focused topic for discussion and reflection (see themes above)
- Coaching for the planning of professional learning
- Leadership coaching for site-based/district leaders
- Coaching for school improvement planning
If you are interested in NCSM providing professional learning to your school, district, affiliate or province, please complete the request form and one of the Professional Learning Directors will contact you.
You can contact the NCSM President, your regional director or the Professional Learning Directors for more information
Sample 1 Day Agenda
| Time 8:00 – 3:30 | Activity |
|---|---|
| Learning Targets I can define what it means to be a bold math leader I can design and develop a high quality shared vision for math teaching and learning I can identify the components for building a culture for continual reflection and the critical instructional shifts to focus my mathematics leadership. I can enhance my coaching through impactful conversations, purposeful feedback and structured coaching. | |
| 8:00 – 8:15 | Circle |
| 8:15 – 9:00 | Framework/Bold Leadership ADVOCATE |
| 9:00 – 9:45 | Vision DESIGN |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Break |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | 8 Shifts ADVOCATE |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Vision Casting DESIGN |
| Lunch 11:30 – 12:15 | |
| 12:15 – 1:00 | Culture for Coaching EMPOWER |
| 1:00 – 1:45 | Coaching Conversations EMPOWER |
| 1:45 – 2:00 | Break |
| 2:00 – 3:00 | Stations Activity: Critical Components for Coaching DESIGN/MONITOR Feedback Protocol MONITOR |
| 3:00 – 3:25 | Working time to develop commitments Show strategic plan |
| 3:25 – 3:30 | Closing circle one word |
Sample 3 Day Agenda
Day 1: Coaching Leadership: Empower a Shared Vision for Mathematics Teaching and Learning
| Time 8:00 – 4:00 | Activity |
|---|---|
| Learning Targets I can define what it means to be a bold mathematics leader I can design and develop a shared vision for high quality math teaching and learning I can identify the essential actions to attain the vision I can identify the components for building a culture for coaching | |
| 8:00 – 8:20 | Opening Activity |
| 8:20 – 8:40 | Know your why |
| 8:40 – 9:45 | 9 Essential Actions |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Break |
| 10:00 – 11:30 | Vision casting activity |
| Lunch 11:30 – 12:30 | |
| 12:30 – 2:00 | Clarity and focus for bold leadership |
| 2:00 – 2:15 | Break |
| 2:00 – 3:30 | From Green Book 5 components Activity Jigsaw Activity Reading with Markings Talked through all 5 Rate and grow idea with action steps Practice three legged conversation |
| 3:30 – 4:00 | Strategic Planning Time (Flex Time) |
Day 2: Coaching Leadership: Using Coaching to Create Change
| Time 8:00 – 4:00 | Activity |
|---|---|
| Learning Targets I can identify the critical instructional shifts that to focus my coaching/leadership goals I can utilize a variety of coaching moves(strategies) to lead impactful conversations I understand how to utilize a coaching cycle with a teacher I understand how to utilize a coaching cycle with a team | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Know your why |
| 8:30 – 10:00 | Instructional Shifts |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Break |
| 10:15 – 11:30 | Difficult Conversations |
| Lunch 11:30 – 12:30 | |
| 12:30 – 2:00 | Coaching Cycles |
| 2:00 – 2:15 | Break |
| 2:15 – 3:30 | Coaching Essential Actions |
| 3:30 – 4:00 | Strategic Planning |
Day 3: Coaching Leadership: Know thy Impact!
| Time 8:00 – 2:00 | Activity |
|---|---|
| Learning Targets: I can identify the principles for learning for students and adult learners I can identify high leverage teaching practices to include in my school improvement plan | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Know your why |
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Applying the principles to all learners |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Break |
| 9:15 – 11:15 | Stations Activity: Discourse/Questioning Tasks Formative assessment |
| Lunch 11:15 – 12:15 | |
| 12:15 – 1:15 | Strategic Plan Work |
| 1:15 – 2:00 | Action Planning andClosure |