NTC provides contextualized professional learning and instructional coaching for local curriculum. Since 2019, we have deepened our work on curriculum-based instructional coaching and professional learning through partnerships with Expeditionary Learning, Odell Education and Illustrative Mathematics 6-8.

Tennessee has undertaken a comprehensive math adoption process, which includes new math standards, a new instructional practice guide and curriculum implementation across all districts. Districts were awarded a grant for a two-year partnership to support this work.

• Year one focused on strategic planning and capacity building with school and district leaders.
• Year two focuses on supporting implementation and bringing to life each district’s vision for excellent math instruction under a statewide umbrella.

NTC supported seven districts — urban to rural — statewide with its proven relationship-driven personalized coaching approach to bring beginning, mid-career and veteran teachers through the change process. Teachers, instructional coaches, school and district leaders were able to unpack and roll out their districts’ adopted math curriculum, the TN Math Instructional Practice Guide and the TN Mathematics Instructional Focus Documents.