She said her district has made
more professional learning time available for teachers to prepare to teach math this way, and she said that has been beneficial to teachers and children.
Instead,
more professional learning time should be spent helping teachers plan, develop materials, and practice delivering the strategies with colleague support.
Additionally, the primary staff work together on the four components of KidsMatter Primary, in staff meeting time and
professional learning time on staff days.
Deeper learning requires that we rethink our school days and
professional learning time.
When these schools successfully create schedules and resources to support that
professional learning time, veteran and new teachers alike are raising the questions most in need of answers.