Countywide Algebra Initiative
Building Algebraic Thinking K-7
Components of Initiative
Professional Development and
Ongoing Support for Skill Building
Support for High Functioning Math
PLCs
Assessments Emphasizing Algebraic
Thinking K-7
Algebra Intervention Structures and
Curriculums
Focusing on Systems for 90%
Implementation
Professional Development
K-7 Content Knowledge
Arithmetic as Relational Thinking
K-7 Benchmark Algebra Skills
K-7 Best Instructional Practices for
Relational thinking instruction
Student Engagement
Math skill specific best practices
Professional Development
Planning for differentiation
Changing student beliefs about
personal math capacity
Math PLC instructional planning
processes
Ongoing Support for Skill
Building
Coaching capacity: demo lessons,
cognitive coaching for math, facilitation
of PLCs, ongoing mini-trainings
Support for High Functioning
PLCs
Instructional planning processes
Facilitation skills
Use of benchmark data/classroom
evidence for instructional planning
Assesments
Identifying and using benchmark items
for Algebra readiness standards
Benchmark items for relational thinking
in arithmetic K-7
Algebra Interventions:
Structures and Curriculums
4th-7th intervention models
8th-10th intervention models
Algebra readiness curriculums 8th-9th
Support for 90%
Implementation Overtime
Planning processes
Implementation and continuous
improvement processes