Mathematics Unit Planning in a Plc at Work, High School: A Guide for Collectively Planning Mathematics Units of Study in a Professional Learning Community

Champion student mastery of essential mathematics content in grades 9-12. Part of the Every Student Can Learn Mathematics series, this guidebook provides high school teachers with a framework for collectively planning units of study in a professional learning community (PLC). The authors share tools and protocols for unwrapping standards, generating unit calendars, developing rigorous lessons, and many other essential team actions.

Use this resource to discover practical insight into collaborative planning and inspiring detailed models of unit planning in action:

• Understand how to collaboratively plan units for high school mathematics.
• Study the seven unit-planning elements, and learn how to incorporate each in unit designs.
• Review the role of the PLC at Work® process in enhancing student learning and teacher collaboration.
• Observe model units for Algebra 1, geometry, and Algebra 2.
• Receive tools and templates for effective unit planning.

Contents:
Introduction by Timothy D. Kanold
Part 1: Mathematics Unit Planning and Design Elements
Chapter 1: Planning for Student Learning of Mathematics in High School
Chapter 2: Unit Planning as a Collaborative Mathematics Team
Part 2: Transformations on the Coordinate Plane Unit Examples for Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2
Chapter 3: Algebra 1 Unit--Graphs of Quadratic Functions
Chapter 4: Geometry Unit--Transformations and Congruence
Chapter 5: Algebra 2 Unit--Graphs of Trigonometric Functions
Epilogue: Mathematics Team Operations
Appendix A: Create a Proficiency Map
Appendix B: Checklist and Questions for Mathematics Unit Planning

Sarah Schuhl is a consultant specializing in professional learning communities, mathematics, assessment, school improvement, and RTI. She has been a secondary mathematics teacher, high school instructional coach, and K-12 mathematics specialist.

Timothy D. Kanold, PhD, an award-winning educator, author, and consultant, is former superintendent of Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125, a model professional learning community district in Lincolnshire, Illinois.

Bill Barnes is chief academic officer for the Howard County Public School System in Maryland. He is also director of Eastern Region 2 for the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics and an adjunct professor.

Darshan M. Jain is the director of mathematics and computer science at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Illinois. Previously, he served as an award-winning mathematics teacher as well as as a curriculum team leader.

Matthew R. Larson, PhD, is an award-winning educator and author who served as the K-12 mathematics curriculum specialist for Lincoln Public Schools in Nebraska for more than twenty years. He served as president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) from 2016 to 2018.

Brittany Mozingo has more than a decade of experience as an educator in at-risk schools. She is currently the instructional coach at Fern Creek High School, a DuFour Award-winning school in Louisville, Kentucky.