Park Hill pilots Reveal math curriculum; instructional coach describes teacher collaboration
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Park Hill School District this year piloted the Reveal math curriculum. Sarah Mead, a first-year instructional coach with decades in the classroom, described collaborative coaching and co-teaching strategies to help teachers implement the new curriculum; the district plans a wider rollout next year after Math Lab teachers complete pilots.
Sarah Mead, an instructional coach with Park Hill School District, said the district piloted the Reveal math curriculum this school year and that coaches and teachers have been working together to implement it and boost student engagement and achievement.
"Reveal is the new math pilot this year for Park Hill. We are piloting it as teachers, and then after the Math Lab teachers have piloted it this year, everyone will pilot it next year," Mead said. She described coaching work that includes modeling lessons, co-teaching, and helping students practice strategies through "productive struggle."
Mead, who described herself as in her first year as an instructional coach after 25 years teaching in classrooms, said her role is to partner with teachers on goals to improve student outcomes. "My job is teachers, we partner together to try to work on a goal to help achievement," she said.
A Park Hill teacher who spoke during the same comment period said the coaching partnership has involved close collaboration on which Reveal components best fit individual classes. "Sarah and I have really got to dig into that this year of what is best for my kids and what those components look like," the teacher said, adding that Mead sometimes leads portions of lessons or works with small groups alongside classroom teachers.
Both speakers emphasized student talk and engagement as priorities under the new curriculum. Mead said coaching work includes helping teachers offer students opportunities to try strategies that may be difficult and to discuss mathematical thinking.
Park Hill has limited the pilot this year to select teachers (including a Math Lab group); district staff expect a broader pilot across classrooms next school year once initial classes complete the trial. There were no formal votes or motions recorded on the pilot in the provided transcript excerpt.
The comments were made during public remarks about curriculum and instructional support and did not include a district decision recorded in the excerpt.