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Math for America San Diego
A Consortium of Public Schools &
Universities in San Diego County
PRIME Conference - Monterey
March 6, 2009
Barbara Edwards, MfA San Diego
Chris Reising, San Diego COE
TEACHER QUALITY MATTERS
“Without fully qualified teachers--and adequate
numbers of them-- there is no way for student
achievement, statewide, to improve.”
A Possible Dream: Retaining California Teachers So All Students Can Learn
Futernick, K. (2007) Center for Teacher Quality. Sacramento: California State University
“Education is the most powerful weapon you can
use to change the world.”
Nelson Mandela
INTRODUCTIONS
• Name
• Agency
• Role
PRESENTATION
I. What’s the Problem?
II. One Community’s Response: Math for
America San Diego
III. Predictable Challenges
IV. Opportunities, Resources & Predictable
Challenges in Your Community
V. Whole Group Discussion
SCIENCE AND MATH RANKING
• United States is 21st and 25th
respectively
• Right below Iceland and just
ahead of the Slovak Republic
MIDDLE SCHOOL IMPACT
Just half of the math
teachers in the poorest
performing middle
schools in California
are fully credentialed to
teach math.
Under-qualified teachers
NAEP DATA – CALIFORNIA
48th – 4th Grade Reading
47th – 4th Grade Math
43rd – 4th Grade Science (of 44 states)
48th – 8th Grade Reading
45th – 8th Grade Math
42nd – 8th Grade Science (of 44 states)
CALIFORNIA’S AGING TEACHERS
• 1 in 3 teachers will be eligible
for retirement in the next 10
years
• 1 in 5 teachers will be eligible
for retirement in the next 5 years
• Between 11,000 – 13,000
teachers retire each year in
California
• 100,000 teachers are expected
to retire in the next 10 years
CALIFORNIA’S CHALLENGE
From 02/03 to 06/07:
 11% decline in credentials issued
 26% decline in Out of State credentials issue
 25% decline in Out of State Single Subject
credentials issued
 32% decline in number of CBEST test takers
CA MATH/SCIENCE CREDENTIALS
WHO?
04/05 – 05/06
Portion of All CA
Credentials
CSUs
Decrease 21.7%
54%
Privates
Decrease 11.8%
41%
UC
Decrease 16.4%
5%
MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHER NEEDS
• In the next 5 years,
California will need…
• In the next 10 years,
California will need…
16,000 new math and
science teachers.
30,000 new math and
science teachers.
At the current rate of production,
California will fall 30% short.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY
By 2011, San Diego
County will need:
 480 Math Teachers
 620 Science Teachers
By 2015, San Diego County will need:
 5,500 teachers in general!
THE PARTNERS
Schools
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Escondido Union High
Oceanside Unified
Grossmont Union High
San Diego Unified
San Diego County
Office of Education
Universities
• CSU San Marcos
• San Diego State Univ.
• UC San Diego
Community Orgs.
• Jewish Community
Foundation of San Diego
• San Diego Foundation
MISSION of MfA SD
MfA SD will improve student understanding
of mathematics in high-need schools by
providing selected teachers (MfA Fellows)
with extensive professional support in their
credential year(s) and in their first years of
teaching.
Program Goals
• Improve retention rate of
mathematics teachers in lowincome & high-need
secondary schools
• Improve the quality of
mathematics teaching by
increasing teachers’ content
knowledge and pedagogical
skills
• Improve student learning and
in mathematics in identified
schools or school clusters
Program Based on Research and…
Research Findings
• Inadequate compensation
• New teachers feel isolated
Program Elements
• Provide $15,000 stipend
• Create professional
community, mentor
• “Bureaucratic impediments” • Mentor, work with principal,
and math department lead
Modeled on Pilot Program in NYC
• Founded in 2004, ~200
Fellows in NYC schools
• Founded by Jim Simons
• Success: good retention
rates of Fellows
• Establishing national
network of MfA sites
• www.MathforAmerica.org
The Fellowship and Mentorship
MfA SD Fellows
MfA SD Mentors
• Undergrads AND careerchangers
• Entering credential program
• 12 Fellows per year
• $15,000 per year
• Tuition and fees paid
• Extensive professional
support
• Experienced & exemplary
math teachers
• Teach in partnership districts
• 3 per year (1 for 4 Fellows)
• $10,000 per year
• Leadership development
program
Support System for Fellows
Professional
Development
Mentors
MfA Fellow
Tuition &
Annual Stipend
Professional
Community
CHALLENGES: HR PERSPECTIVE
• Recruitment
• Hiring Timelines and Process
• Placement
• Multiple MfA Fellows at same site
• Site Based Mentors
• COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
CHALLENGES: ALIGNMENT
Alignment with District Initiatives
• BTSA Requirements
• Support Provider Selection/Training
• PLC
• District and Site Prof. Develop.
CHALLENGES & STRATEGIES
• District Leadership Buy-In
• District by District Approach
• Relationship & Trust Building
• Inclusive MfA Leadership Team
LOOKING AT YOUR COMMUNITY
RESOURCES and
OPPORTUNITIES
PREDICTABLE
CHALLENGES
THANK YOU
“The essence of education is not
to stuff our new teachers with the facts,
but to help them discover their
uniqueness, to teach them how
to develop it, and then to show
them how to give it away.”
- Leo Buscaglia
Chris Reising
[email protected]
(858) 292-3556
Barbara Edwards
[email protected]
(858) 534-3674