Weeklong initial teacher training with biweekly follow-up meetings for delivering the fraction intervention¶

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Description¶

Fraction Face-Off! includes "up to a week of training for teachers before delivering content to students." In the training workshop, the trainer presents program goals and procedures, models and practices each activity, and teachers practice techniques in pairs and receive feedback. Once delivery begins, teachers attend 1-hour meetings every other week to provide feedback and help solve problems related to challenges present in the class. Both certified teachers and paraprofessionals can deliver the program.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• An experienced trainer offers the training; training costs range from $1,500 to $1,800 plus travel expenses for the trainer

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• fourth-grade students who have demonstrated difficulty in mathematics

Target Learning Goals¶

• understanding of fractions

Related Strategies¶

• Support intervention teachers with biweekly Teacher Learning Community meetings alongside scripted curriculum materials
• Support facilitator uptake of co-regulation through in-person training plus biweekly coaching calls and classroom site visits
• Design professional development that is intensive, on-site, peer-based, responsive, and grounded in teachers' real classroom experiences
• Provide 70 hours of professional development in three phases: intensive training, practice, and implementation

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• What Works Clearinghouse, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. (2020, March). Fraction Face-Off!. Retrieved from https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/702