The School Leader?s Guide to Building and Sustaining Math Success

The pressure is on. Principals, expected to improve math performance at their schools, often don't know where to beginas they may be uncomfortable with math themselves—or believe that their schools are already doing all that they can. How can K–12 school leaders recognize and ensure that their school or district is supporting good math instruction?

Marian Small and Doug Duff provide the answer to that and other questions in The School Leader's Guide to Building and Sustaining Math Success. Drawing on their vast experience working with administrators, Small and Duff provide practical advice and helpful tools for improving math instruction.

They guide you through the initial steps of establishing a strong math culture, developing common tasks, and getting buy-in, and then offer specific suggestions for monitoring, supporting, and sustaining improvement. You'll learn what sort of data to collect, what to look for in the classroom, what to listen for in conversations with teachers and students, and how to deal with reluctant staff or parents.

With its real-world examples and insights, this book is essential reading for any principal who wants to bring about positive change and real growth in the teaching and learning of math in their school.

Marian Small, the former dean of education at the University of New Brunswick in Canada, writes and speaks about K–12 math around the world. Her focus is on teacher questioning to get at the important math, include and extend all students, and focus on critical thinking and creativity.

Doug Duff is currently a principal instructional leadership coach with the Thames Valley District School Board in London, Ontario, Canada. He has been particularly interested in math education and school improvement for 20 years in various capacities, both nationally and internationally. He has worked with a major Canadian publisher as a senior consultant, multi-grade textbook author, and national presenter for mathematics leadership and professional learning.