Denver Fellows Partners with Relay Graduate School of Education Denver Fellows partners with Relay Graduate School of Education to provide a pathway into teaching. After a year of service with Denver Fellows and training with Relay GSE our alums are prepared to be effective rookie teachers. With only a few weeks left until students come … Continue reading Denver Fellows and Relay GSE
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Summer Training to Improve Student Outcomes
Summer Training to Improve Student Outcomes Tim Johnson “Make the complicated simple, and the simple powerful.” –Bill Graham We just completed our summer training for instructional leaders (Math and Literacy Fellow Coordinators) who coach and lead teams of fellows (Math Fellows, Literacy Fellows, Fellow Residents). We did a few things to revamp our content and … Continue reading Summer Training to Improve Student Outcomes
Student Lunches
By, Tim Johnson, Director of Denver Math and Literacy Fellows In February I had the chance to visit the White House for a briefing on the two year anniversary of the launch of My Brother’s Keeper (MBK). To learn more about MBK go here. One of the highlights of the trip was the involvement … Continue reading Student Lunches
Fellow Summer Institute 2015 – Opening Remarks
Welcome Good morning and welcome! My name is Tim Johnson, I am the director of Denver Math Fellows and proud to say that I play for Team DPS! Welcome to Year 3! We are really excited to be entering our third year of Denver wide expansion. I’d like to kick-off this morning and our … Continue reading Fellow Summer Institute 2015 – Opening Remarks
Coordinator Leadership Academy – Opening Remarks
Tim Johnson Director, Denver Math Fellows I. Welcome and Gratitude Welcome back for the 2015-2016 school year! I hope that everyone had an enjoyable and restful summer and a big thank you for the hiring each of you completed over the summer. A special shout out here to Nina and her nieces for participating … Continue reading Coordinator Leadership Academy – Opening Remarks
Student Voice and Feedback in Math Fellow Selection
By: Tim Johnson, Director of Denver Math Fellows Denver Math Fellows is still hiring for the 2015-2016 school year! Math fellows work full time for the entire school year with groups of no more that 4 students per period. Math fellows come from a wide range of majors and experiences and include recent college graduates, … Continue reading Student Voice and Feedback in Math Fellow Selection
Fellow Spotlight – Imad Ridha
The Denver Math Fellows program is a full time service year in Denver Public Schools for recent college graduates from any major, career changers interested in education and retirees from a range of professions. To become a math fellow for the 2015-2016 school year click “apply now” at the top of this page! Below is … Continue reading Fellow Spotlight – Imad Ridha
2014 Results and Areas to Expand Impact, Post 2 of 2
2014 Results and Areas to Expand Impact, Post 2 of 2 By Tim Johnson, Director of Denver Math Fellows In the previous post I outlined our student growth and achievement highlights for year one, high growth implementations at the school level and characteristics of those implementations. Now, for the areas to improve and … Continue reading 2014 Results and Areas to Expand Impact, Post 2 of 2
2014 Results and Characteristics of High Growth Implementations, Post 1 of 2
2014 Results and Characteristics of High Growth Implementations, Post 1 of 2 By Tim Johnson, Director of Denver Math Fellows Sharing our 2014 results for the first year of our district wide expansion in about 40 schools. Some bright spots and definitely areas to expand impact. I’ll start with the highlights and follow up with … Continue reading 2014 Results and Characteristics of High Growth Implementations, Post 1 of 2
Tight and Legit
Tight and Legit By Tim Johnson, Director of Denver Math Fellows Every day thousands of students participate in math lab sessions in Denver Public Schools. The aim is to approach each session with a sense of urgency and to ensure that math lab is tight and legit—systems and routines maximize instructional time (that’s the tight … Continue reading Tight and Legit