This is a plan for a 3 day Professional Learning that focuses on closing the gaps in high school math classrooms.

1. School-Level
3-Day
Professional Learning Plan
Professional Learning Initial Information
Focus of Topic: Closing Gaps
Objective: To improve student achievement in our High SchoolMath classes so that
the students will be successfulin future math courses by focusing on closing the gaps
by the use of real-time data.
Rational to supportObjective: Data shows that students are successfulwith the
presence of data-driven instruction. The ALEKS program will be purchased and will
help differentiate instruction and provide real-time feedback for teachers to create
data-driven lessons.
School Name: Vidor High School
Instructional
Leader
Ericka Richard
Professional
Development
Committee
Members:
Assistant Principals, Instructional Coaches, Curriculum Specialist, Department
Head, Leadership Team, and Teachers from the math department
Date plan was
created:
July 2021
Dates plan will be
conducted:
August 5, 6, and 7
Dates plan will be
in effect:
August 12 through May 28
Date by which
time plan will be
updated and
revised for
upcoming school
year:
July 9, 2022
Resources to
purchase:
Books
Laptops (if a teacher does not already have one)
Manipulatives
Software- ALEKS
Small group tools
Lunch for staff x 3 days
Cost $105,000 (due to software being $35 per student)

2. Student Achievement:
Exploring the Data to Improve the
Student Learning Process
Professional Learning Day 1: Data to Drive Instruction
Goal: Teachers will learn the importance of data driven instruction and be
able to use the data to produce meaningful benchmarks and produce
engaging lessons.
Resources: Data Sets (Collected Data Points):
o Student Benchmarks (Campus)
o TAPR
o Survey Professional Development Needs Assessment (sent to campus
faculty)
o STARR Scores
o S.M.A.R.T. Goals
o
Schedule & Activities: Schedule & Activities to be conducted: (Describe in depth the activities)
Day 1, Session 1- 9:00 am to 10:00 am
Objective- To show the importance of data-driven instruction and where to
start.
o Welcome: Why is data-driven instruction important?
o Review Survey Professional Development Needs Assessment.
o Review Data Points
Day 1 Session 2- 10:05 am to 12:00 pm
Objective- Assessments: Preparing for the Common Assessment. This
session will help the educator understand how to create an effective
Common Assessment.
o Are they common?
o Are they transparent?
o Are they aligned?
o Are they cumulative?
Lunch- 12:00 to 1:00
Day 1 Session 3- 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Objective- Analysis: What and why didn’t they learn? To help identify
patterns and trends in the data provided.
o Looking for patterns.
o Seeing the gaps.
o Multiple choice versus open-ended
o Special Needs Students

3. Day 1 Session 4- 2:05 pm to 3:00 pm
Objective- Action: Teaching and Reteaching to Mastery. To help show the
importance of reteaching and the different strategies to reteaching.
o Choosing how to reteach.
o Guided Discourse.
o Monitoring student work continually.
Student Achievement: Professional Development Goal:
Data to Drive Instruction = Setting S.M.A.R.T Goal
S- What specific goal is needed for students to close gaps to be successful
in future math courses?
M- How will this goal be measured?
A- How will it be attainable?
R- Is this goal relevant?
T- This goal will be completed during what time frame?
Evaluation/Follow-up
Methods: Choose a
“best practices” or
evidence-based
strategies to be used to
measure progress:
o Implementation Tools
o Student Portfolios
o T-TESS Evaluations
o Walk-throughs
o 6- or 9-Week Check-ups-for progress monitor
o Year-long calendar to document improvement from previous
year.
Content:
Providing Academically Challenging Content
Professional Learning Day 2: Curriculum Alignment
Objective: To be able to look at state, district, and school data and align the
lesson to the standards with a focus on how we can close the gaps of the
students by creating engaging lesson plans that are aligned with state,
district, and school curriculum.
Resources: State, District, and Campus Standards:
 TEKS
 TEKS Recourse System
 Previous years Algebra 1 EOC Scores
 Previous years Released Algebra 1 EOC Assessment

4.  ALEKS Technology
Schedule &
Activities:
Schedule & Activities to be conducted: (Describe in depth the activities)
“Map it Out”, “See it, Name it” “Do it” (Leverage Leadership 2.0)
Day 2, Session 1- 9:00 am to 10:00 am - Map it Out
oTeachers will be given the previous year’s Algebra 1 EOC scores and
the previous years Released Algebra 1 EOC Assessment and will
break up into teams to start reviewing the data to find any patterns
and trends.
oOnce the teachers have time to find any patterns and trends, they will
have the opportunity to create a poster to post on the walls so they
will be able to perform a Round Robin Activity.
oOnce the posters are on display, the teacher groups will have time to
walk around the room and look at what each group displayed. We
will then come back together to discuss what findings they found and
how we can plan to move forward.
Day 2, Session 2-10:00am-12:00pm- See it
oNow that the teachers have discussed the patterns and trends they
have seen in the data, they will now be introduced to the program
ALEKS and watch success videos from other teachers explaining
how it worked well in their classrooms on closing the gaps.
oTeacher teams will get together to brainstorm ideas on how they can
implement ALEKS into their classroom with a focus on the five top
gaps that they discovered.
12:00pm-1:00pm- Lunch
Day 2, Session 3-1:00pm-2:00pm-Name it
oTeachers will work together on how they can use the TEKS and their
curriculum to align the gaps to their instruction.
oTeacher teams will be looking at data in the ALEKS program to
analyze the data trends.

5. Day 2, Session 4-2:00pm-3:00pm-Do it
oEach group will develop their own engaging lesson plan that shows
alignment with the gaps in their lessons and share with the attendees.
oTeacher teams will work together on creating their classes in ALEKS
and begin familiarizing themselves with the program.
Content: Professional Learning Objective:
To improve student achievement in high school math classes so that the
students will be successful in future math courses by focusing on closing gaps
by the use of real-time data and using state, district, and school aligned
curriculum.
Evaluation/Follow-
up Methods:
Choose a “best
practices” or
evidence-based
strategies to be
used to measure
progress:
o ALEKS real-time data reports
o Student portfolios
o Weekly team meetings
o STARR Assessment growth scores
o T-TESS Evaluations
o Walk-throughs
o 6 Week Check-ups-for progress monitors
o Year-long calendar to document improvement from previous year
Teacher:
Improving Teachers’ Instructional Practices
Professional Learning Day 3: Instructional Practices
Task: To allow teachers time to familiarize themselves with ALEKS and
give them time to create lessons by creating the benchmark and utilize
backwards planning.
Resources: Instructional Support:
o Team Collaboration and Vertical Collaboration
o Peer to Peer Instructional Observations
o Best Practices:
https://stemeducationjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40594-
019-0197-9

6. o Strategies: The Five Dimensions of Powerful Mathematics Classroom
https://stemeducationjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40594-
019-0197-9/figures/1
Schedule &
Activities:
Schedule & Activities to be conducted: (Describe in depth the activities)
“Prepare”, “See it”, “Name it”, “Do it”, Reteaching: Guided and Modeling.
(Leverage Leadership 2.0)
Day 3, Session 1- 9:00am-10:00am- Prepare Lesson Plans
o Teachers will break out into their teams to begin preparing the
benchmark.
o Teachers will use the data from their Day 1 Sessions to help close any
gaps for the six weeks.
o Teachers will begin preparing engaging lesson plans for the six weeks.
Day 3, Session 2-10:00am-12:00pm-See it & Name It
o Teacher teams will have identified the gaps that need to be closed in
order to be successful for the benchmark.
o Teams will be utilizing and identifying the methods needed to
implement The Five Dimensions to Powerful Mathematics Classroom.
Lunch-12:00pm-1:00pm
Day 3, Session 3-1:00pm-2:00pm-Do it
o Teams will develop engaging lessons by using all information learned
over the previous days.
o Teams will focus on using ALEKS to close gaps.
Day 3, Session 3-2:00pm-3:00pm-Reteaching: Guided and Modeling
o Teachers will have real-time data to identify gaps and adjust instruction,
What?
o Instructional teams, including instructional coaches and assistant
principals will discuss reteaching practices gathered from the data and
how to implement in classroom, Now What?

7. Teacher: Professional Learning Focus or Task:
Be able to utilize ALEKS to retrieve real-time data to help close gaps by having
differentiated instruction and engaging lessons.
Evaluation/Follow-
up Methods:
Choose a “best
practices” or
evidence-based
strategies to be
used to measure
progress:
o Student portfolios
o ALEKS real-time data analysis
o Weekly team meetings
o T-TESS Evaluations
o Walk-throughs
o 6-Week Check-ups-for progress monitor
o Year-long calendar to document improvement from previous year
o Benchmark results