Consultation and Coaching

Interested in professional learning at your site or district?

Email me at mscastillosmath@gmail.com for customized professional learning workshops and availability.

Topics Include (but are not limited to):

  • Curriculum Adoption
  • Coaching Teachers or Coaches with Ongoing Implementation of Problem Based Learning
  • Missouri Priority Standards
  • Policy Analysis and Systems Alignment
  • Rethinking Intervention with the 5 Practices
  • Supporting Special Education Teachers in Transforming Math Instruction

Curriculum Adoption

  • Developing a district vision for mathematics instruction
  • Providing a review of the research in regards to effective mathematics instruction
  • Developing a pre-adoption professional learning plan to support research-based instructional strategies with a focus on shifting teacher beliefs
  • Identify district leaders to facilitate learning
  • Develop and facilitate professional learning sessions for teachers, leaders, and/or coaches

Missouri Priority Standards 

I was on the DESE workgroup that identified the Missouri Priority Standards for Mathematics.

Priority Standards were chosen by:

  • Establishing the major work of the grade
  • Selecting skills that were foundations for future work and culmination of grade-level work
  • Focus on reasoning about quantity as opposed to calculation
  • Focus on analyzing and justifying understanding of concepts

I can help support your district by:

  • Discussing the role of MO priority standards in your local mathematics instruction.
  • Aligning curriculum and instruction with an emphasis on Missouri Priority Standards.
  • Providing research and guidance on local curriculum selection.

Policy Analysis and Systems Alignment

  • Developing a district vision for mathematics instruction
  • Analyze existing systems, structures, and policies including alignment of grade-level mathematics, special education, and intervention curriculum and instruction
  • Provide research-based recommendations for changes that will support access to grade level mathematics for all students
  • Lead or co-plan stakeholder committee meetings
  • Deliver a final report with recommendations for aligning systems and departments for a common goal including and next steps