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Oswego schools selected for nationally recognized math leadership program · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Oswego schools selected for nationally recognized math leadership program. Written
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  Speaker 1: by Marcus Jackson, this article is being read by an
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  Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Oswego Community Unit.
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  Speaker 1: School District three hundred and eight has been selected as
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  Speaker 1: a partner in Learning to Lead in Mathematics, a nationally
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  Speaker 1: recognized professional learning program funded by a four point three
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  Speaker 1: million dollars US Department of Education grant. The initiative, led
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  Speaker 1: by researchers from the University of Illinois, Chicago and the
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  Speaker 1: University of Georgia, aims to improve student math achievement by
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  Speaker 1: building the leadership capacity of principles, assistant principles, and teachers.
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  Speaker 1: Nine schools will launch the program during the twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: six to twenty seven school year, Boulder Hill, Foxchase, Grand Park,
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  Speaker 1: Murphy Junior High, Prairie Point, Southbury, Trauber Junior High, the
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  Speaker 1: Wheatland's and Wolfe's Crossing Elementary Schools. The districts remaining nine
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  Speaker 1: K eight schools will join in twenty twenty seven to
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight. The program centers on three components, professional learning
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  Speaker 1: for administrators focused on instructional leadership, professional development for math teachers,
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  Speaker 1: to strengthen content, knowledge and leadership skills and ongoing group
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  Speaker 1: coaching for school leadership teams. Strong mathematics instruction begins with
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  Speaker 1: strong instructional leadership Debut Pity Superintendent Heatherkincaid said in a
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  Speaker 1: news release, this program gives our Principles, assistant principles, and
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  Speaker 1: teachers the opportunity to strengthen their own leadership while creating
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  Speaker 1: systems that support continuous teacher learning. The initiative emphasizes that
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  Speaker 1: all students are capable mathematicians and focuses on building teachers
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  Speaker 1: mathematical knowledge while fostering classroom practices that encourage student reasoning
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  Speaker 1: and mathematical discussion. The long term goal is to create
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  Speaker 1: sustainable systems that improve teacher collaboration, strengthen math instruction, and
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  Speaker 1: increase student achievement across the district. This partnership represents another
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  Speaker 1: investment in developing the expertise of our educator's Superintendent, Doctor
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  Speaker 1: andelib Kelgatti said in the news release. By strengthening instructional
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  Speaker 1: leadership and building collaborative systems within our schools, we are
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  Speaker 1: creating lasting conditions for high quality mathematics teaching and improved
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  Speaker 1: outcomes for every student, he said,