What type of training and support will teachers receive?
All K-5 teachers will receive three days of initial training with experienced Investigations teachers at their grade levels. Teachers will receive their manuals in July. A follow-up day in August will provide teachers with other materials to start the year, a pacing guide, and time to delve deeply into the first two units to be taught with the help of experienced teachers. During the school year, each teacher will spend a half day in a classroom at his/her grade level in another district, and one more half day will be spent in collaboration and follow-up training with grade level colleagues in Stow. Time for collaboration will also be provided in half-hour morning meetings at each building and six grade level meetings after school during the year. Each time a new unit is to be taught, teachers will have time to become familiar with the lessons in it and to understand the mathematical goals of the unit. Each teacher will also have an experienced Investigations partner in another distric
