Math Coaching & Leadership with Paige Richards

Paige Richards, Build Capacity Consulting LLC, is an educational consultant and coach with over two decades of experience in education. Her work focuses on supporting schools and districts to strengthen skills and systems in order to benefit students. She believes students deserve to have a joyful and intellectually engaging school experience, one that builds on each and every student's strengths.

February 21, 2023

3:15 - 4:45 PM CST

Session One: Math Coaching & Leadership

Audience: K-12 Coaches

Looking for ways to strengthen your coaching and leadership practices? If that is the case, join this brief, interactive, focused session that will energize you to finish the school year strong! Learn and practice skills that will sharpen your craft so that you feel prepared to have courageous conversations.

Walk away with:

  • Sharpened listening skills in a coaching context

  • Specific questioning strategies to elicit new thinking

April 18, 2023

3:15 - 4:45 PM CST

Session Two: Build Capacity in Teams Around Mathematics

Audience: K-12 Teachers, Coaches, Administrators

Teamwork in mathematics is critical to student success! In this brief, interactive, focused session, we will learn to use effective math practices to ground and focus teams. By leveraging the Standards for Mathematical Practice, we can build common understandings and language which reflect our goals for student engagement.

Walk away with:

  • A tool to support teams in centering students engagement in mathematical thinking

  • Ideas on using this tool to build teacher and student efficacy in mathematics