IMPACT
Texas SEED seeks to amplify teacher impact on students and their schools by strengthening teachers’ ability to deliver high-quality mathematics instruction. We seek to do this through an integrative approach, strengthening teachers’ mathematics content knowledge and pedagogy , with a focus on equitable practices, developing a prosocial classroom, and integrating Texas Instruments TI-Nspire™ technology . Our professional development focuses on these topics and our teachers do the hard job of translating their learning to their classrooms to impact students.
The SEED Program was an awesome experience. This program has enhanced my “why.” There are so many tools you will gain; I advise choosing one or two to develop. The most impactful aspect of this program for me has been the equity portion. This program digs deep into current issues we face as a society today and challenges us as teachers, to find creative ways to bring those issues into our classroom to prepare our students to be successful leaders of reform in the future.
-Texas SEED Teacher
The SEED Grant is moving instruction in our math classrooms towards a meaningful balance of conceptual understanding and procedural knowledge. The opportunity to earn a master’s degree collaboratively with their colleagues has inspired our teachers to reflect, explore, and innovate, and that new energy is leading to improved outcomes for our math students.
– Texas SEED School District Leader
Working with the professional development staff has been a pleasure. The professional development is really timely and directly applies to what I’m teaching. I have found the program to be responsive and inclusive while helping me create that same environment for my students.
-Texas SEED Teacher
I have especially enjoyed working with the Texas Instruments staff and learning all the amazing ways that we can use the TI-Nspire™ calculators in class. My students have really enjoyed being able to use them while learning. Using them recently during our Multiple Representations unit has made a tremendous difference to their test scores. Students were able to see the connections between the equations and how changing the equations also changed the line. This is a game changer in my resource class!!!
-Texas SEED Teacher
OVERARCHING RESEARCH PROJECT QUESTIONS
The research questions guiding the SEED project assess the effectiveness and implementation of our integrated professional development.
- What aspects of the project were implemented as planned, and what challenges were encountered?
- How do the project components—mathematics content, prosocial classrooms, equity integration, professional development, and Texas Instruments technology—individually and in combination, predict teacher and student outcomes?
- Is fidelity of implementation related to teacher and student outcomes?
- What additional impacts, beyond the expected outcomes, were observed in teachers, students, and partner schools?
- What has been learned regarding the sustainable integration of mathematics, prosocial classrooms, equity, and technology in middle-grade classrooms, and how can these practices be implemented elsewhere?
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