1. Tahlequah Public School
MISSION
TPS is committed to providing all
students with a quality education within
a safe and caring learning environment.

2. Removing
Obstacles
Achieving
Results

4. Fall 2011, College Math Remediation Rate 34.6%”
3rd grade
28%
4th grade
29%
5th grade 31%
6th grade 23%
7th grade 45%
8th grade 46%
Failure Rate
District
Test
Scores

5. Fall 2011
College Math
Remediation Rate

7. 1) Do you feel well prepared to teach
math?
Yes 73 % No 16 %
Unsure 3 %

8. 2) Do you feel well equipped to plan
instruction that meets the needs of
students at various levels of math
understanding?
Yes 77 % No 22 %
Unsure 1 %

9. 3) Do you need additional training in
using math manipulatives?
Yes 46 % No
54 %

10. 4) Do you need additional math content
training?
Yes 60 % No 40 %

11. 5) Do you need additional technology
training to effectively integrate
interactive whiteboard, SMART
Notebook software, student response
systems or the document camera in
your math instruction?
Yes 63 % No 37 %

12. 4 Stages of Competence
Unconscious
Incompetence
Conscious Incompetence
Conscious Competence

13. KESAM training assists teachers with
rigorous concrete activities as they model
the Oklahoma Academic Standards and
challenges math teachers to connect each
lesson with everyday relevance of the
Standards.

14. Jan Sands
KESAM
Laura Rogers
Math Coach
Linda Bailey
Math Consultant

16. 1. Improve teacher content
knowledge.

17. 2. Peer Mentoring

18. 3. Exposure to STEM professionals
and encouraging under-represented
individuals into STEM.

19. 4. Developing curricula and
aligning to Oklahoma Standards/
CC, and schools needs

20. 5. Promoting Teaching Skills