Coaching the 5 Practices
Supporting Mathematics Teachers in Orchestrating Productive Discussions
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Ambitious teaching requires ambitious coaching
Over a decade ago, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and Corwin co-published the modern classic, 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions, aimed at guiding teachers to improve the quality of mathematics discussions in their classrooms and create an equitable learning environment for students. The bestselling series, The 5 Practices in Practice series, followed to further explore the five practices within grade bands, empowering teachers to overcome challenges in orchestrating mathematics discussions. And now, esteemed mathematics expert Peg Smith and her author team, take the 5 practices to the next level with Coaching the 5 Practices.
Written for coaches, instructional leaders, professional developers, and teacher educators, Coaching the 5 Practices: Supporting Mathematics Teachers in Orchestrating Productive Discussions will be the lynchpin to supporting teachers who are committed to engaging students in productive discussions in mathematics classrooms. The book introduces a coaching model that creates opportunities for teacher learning through one-on-one interactions with a coach. This model focuses on the specific challenges teachers face and opportunities they can lean into as they are learning to support productive mathematics discussions around the 5 practices of anticipating, monitoring, selecting, sequencing, and connecting (as well as Practice 0 of setting goals and selecting tasks).
Through three phases of a coaching cycle--before a lesson, during a lesson, and after a lesson, this coaching model
- Focuses on ambitious teaching in mathematics, aiming to ensure that every student succeeds in high-quality academic work
- Follows iterative cycles of various touchpoints between the coach and a teacher
- Emphasizes what a coach needs to do to support teacher learning throughout the cycle
With narrative examples and vignettes, lesson plans, pre-lesson and post-lesson conference plans, and other artifacts collected from real coaching sessions and classrooms, Coaching the 5 Practices is a valuable resource for education professionals who work with teachers to improve the quality of mathematics instruction. Through the efforts of Coaching the 5 Practices, teachers will continue to refine their craft and become increasingly more skilled at implementing the 5 practices in ways that support the learning of each and every student.
Bilge Yurekli
Bilge Yurekli is a research associate at the University of Pittsburgh's Learning Research and Development Center. She holds a PhD in mathematics education. Her research focuses on mathematics teacher education, at both pre-service and in-service levels, with a specific interest in teacher development of beliefs and practices that is required for high-quality instruction. She has worked with Mary Kay Stein and her multidisciplinary team of researchers on various projects supported by NSF, IES, Spencer and McDonnell Foundations. Her research has been published in NCTM's Journal for Research in Mathematics Education and presented at both national and international research conferences, including NCTM and AERA. Currently, she is working on a project that aims to promote productive struggle in mathematics classrooms.
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