New Director for 2018-2019: Kathy Crawford By, Tim Johnson I am excited to share that Kathy Crawford will be the new Director of Denver Fellows with a to-be-determined early summer 2018 start date. Kathy has been a key leader within the Denver Fellows program for the last 5 years and came to Denver Fellows with experience as a … Continue reading New Director for 2018-2019: Kathy Crawford
Category Archives: Implementation Notes
Letter to All Denver Fellows
A version of this letter was shared with Denver Fellows team members in mid-February 2018. Dear Team, I am writing to share an important decision. I have decided that I will be leaving Denver Fellows and Denver Public Schools at the end of the school year. I am fully committed to ensuring a … Continue reading Letter to All Denver Fellows
Diversity = Excellence
By, Tim Johnson, Director of Denver Fellows Excited to share that 38% of our fellow corps members this year identify as people of color. This is a 5% increase from last year and a 21% increase from four years ago. Our operations team – Rosy Marquez, Maureen Malcolm and Meredith Trevino – deserve a big … Continue reading Diversity = Excellence
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
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
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