IR 1D: Improving Math Instructional Practices Across a Large District with Metro Nashville Public Schools

Note: If you attend this session, your lunch will be after this session -- from 12:45-1:45 p.m. -- in the High Tech Elementary Gym ("Round 2 Lunch"). This session explores how Metro Nashville Public Schools is working to improve the quality of math instruction across a large, diverse district by strengthening how teachers learn together around high-quality curriculum. While many schools are seeing strong results, instructional practices and the depth of teacher collaboration vary widely, leading to uneven student experiences. The team is grappling with how to keep improvement work central amid competing priorities and how to better support coaches to reflect on and adapt their practice in ways that truly strengthen teaching and learning. SESSION FORMAT NOTE: Improvement Reviews are a powerful routine that supports team learning and organizational change. Presenters share an improvement effort in progress, reflect on data and learning, pose a dilemma, and receive expert feedback. Led by Summit facilitators in a fishbowl format, these sessions allow attendees to experience the routine, learn from the presenting team, and gain insights for their own improvement work. Improvement Reviews are a key way we “walk our talk” as a learning community that celebrates and pushes each other’s work. Facilitator: Daisy Sharrock Reviewers: Jarrod Bolte, Kiran Purohit Improvement Review Protocol