The Kentucky Center for Mathematics - established March 1, 2006

Intervention

The goal of the state mathematics diagnostic intervention program is to expand the capacity of teachers to assess a child's current status and adjust instruction accordingly.

Kentucky Mathematics Intervention Teacher Kris Jarboe, 2008 PAEMST (President’s Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching) award winner, is pictured here (second row, sixth from the right) with President Obama and award winners from across the nation. In Washington D.C., January 4 to 7, 2010, all PAEMST recipients participated in activities highlighting their leadership abilities and celebrating their accomplishments.

The KCM provides intensive, sustained support for teacher growth in:

Understanding the complexities of mathematical concepts from the earliest grade levels;
Awareness of and ability to support the natural progression of students’ mathematical development and quantitative reasoning*;
Ability to pinpoint student need/readiness for learning mathematics using dynamic diagnostic/formative assessments** that show what a child can do (an asset model) and what instruction is needed for advancing his/her thinking;
Building students’ robust mathematical foundations and flexible advanced mental computation skills (automaticity) by facilitating opportunities for deep thinking, both silently and aloud, in order to make sense of mathematics.

Focus on Numeracy

.pdf – Kentucky’s model for creating systemic change to allow for sustained teacher growth to improve & deepen students’ numeracy learning. - Updated June 18, 2009

*.pdf – Literacy/Numeracy Development: an awareness document for teachers who may have a knowledge of early literacy progressions and want to build a similar knowledge for numeracy development.

**.pdf – Towards Dynamic Diagnostic Assessment: defining mathematics diagnostic assessment as an asset model that “creates a rich portrait of a child’s present understanding and strategies as well as avenues for future development.”

.doc – Considerations for Selecting a K-12 Supplemental Mathematics Diagnostic Intervention Program: provides suggestions and questions for K-12 schools to use when thinking about the best choice for a mathematics diagnostic intervention program.

web - MIT Message Archive
Updated October 10, 2008

web – Intervention News Archive
Updated October 10, 2008

web - Presentation Archive
Updated September 26, 2008

.jpg - 2008-2009 MAP of Math Achievement Funds Grant Schools

Updated December 2, 2008

Kentucky attendees at the National Math Recovery Conference, Denver, Colorado, April 19—21, 2007

Top row, left to right: Jonathan Thomas, Lynn Roberts, Pam Shafer, Alice Gabbard,
Tonda Thompson, Linda Jewell, Krista Althauser, Jean Bingham, Mary Greene, Cindy Gross
Bottom row, left to right: Libby Horn, Becky Reister, Heather Rader, Kelly Livers

Posted May 3, 2007

Kentucky State Senate passes resolution to honor Mathematics Intervention Teachers!

See Senate Bill #151 as .doc or .pdf

Updated April 27, 2007

Math Achievement Grant video clip available. Please contact Alice Gabbard for more information.

Posted April 5, 2007

.doc - Read what Kentucky Primary Intervention Teachers (MITs) are saying about Math Recovery and Number Worlds