The Mathematics Coaching Program offers:

• Up to three (3) years of cost-free professional development and support for a school-hired coach.
• Two days per month of professional development held in Columbus for coaches from all over the state – September through May.
• One day per month of access to facilitated small-group meetings in coaches’ local area.

Expectations of coaches:

• Coach full-time providing classroom-embedded professional development.
• Co-teach daily in 3-4 classrooms for six weeks; then repeat with 3-4 new teachers.
• Participate in monthly professional development sessions provided by MCP.
• Build trusting relationships with participating teachers through confidentiality.
• Conduct data work to document progress in coach, teacher, and student learning.

Since the only cost to a school is in the hiring of a coach, below are several strategies that other districts have used to fund a mathematics coach.

• Some schools use Title funds to hire a mathematics coach.
• Others hire a long-term substitute or first-year teacher to replace a coach if hired from within the building/district. This would be a lower cost option for consideration.
• Some districts have hired a retired teacher to serve as the replacement for the teacher who becomes the coach.
• Some hire a mathematics coach from outside the building/district.
• Some schools reallocate Title I funds previously used for pull-out programs that research has shown not to be successful.

If you would like to participate, please check out our Awareness Session document and the MCP Application Packet. For more information, contact Patti Brosnan at Brosnan.1@osu.edu.