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Strengthening and Sustaining Your Implementation
Part 6 in the Driving High-Quality Math Materials: A District Leader’s Guide series — In this article, district leaders explore the essential strategies for sustaining and strengthening high-quality math materials implementation over time. It highlights the importance of building instructional coherence, using data to drive multi-year progress, and continuously refining support systems to ensure lasting improvements in student outcomes and teacher practice across your district.
The Center for Education Market Dynamics • September 04, 2024
Launching high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) marks a significant milestone in your district’s journey toward improved math teaching and learning outcomes.
However, true success requires more than just adoption—it demands an ongoing commitment to strengthening and sustaining your math HQIM implementation over time. Achieving this involves continuous collaboration, data-driven decision-making, and adaptive support strategies that evolve with your district’s needs.
This article focuses on key strategies to maintain momentum and drive lasting instructional improvements. By aligning instructional tools, refining data systems, and setting multi-year goals, district leaders can ensure that their HQIM implementation efforts translate into meaningful and ongoing progress for both educators and students.
The reason HQIM is so good is because of what it enables you to do. It’s good in its own right, too, but what it really does from a systems perspective is allow you to align and go deeper in all these powerful ways. It’s an enabling condition for coherent instructional improvement.
– Elizabeth Cutrona Chief of Staff, Detroit Public Schools Community District (MI)
In this article, district leaders can expect to learn about:
- Building Instructional Coherence: Align assessments, instructional tools, and other district priorities with math HQIM to support consistent and effective teaching practices.
- Using Data and Insights to Drive Multi-Year Implementation: Continuously gather and analyze data from early and ongoing implementation to refine strategies and professional learning initiatives, informed by ongoing insights and feedback from educators.
- Monitoring and Adjusting for Ongoing Success: Regularly assess progress across schools, providing differentiated support based on each site’s stage of implementation and specific needs, and ensure that communication channels are effective and that all stakeholders are aligned with the district’s instructional goals.
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