Ep412: Going Narrow in Math Improvement: A Practical Playbook from One District

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Math improvement plans don’t gain traction just by naming priorities—they gain traction when districts commit to going narrow. For one small district, that meant resisting the urge to spread resources across every grade and instead doubling down on a focused goal: supporting grades 3–5 teachers with the consistent use of problem strings to strengthen student fluency.
In this episode, we explore the critical leadership decisions that fueled momentum: choosing more and better over new, positioning principals as partners, and building long-term sustainability so the work doesn’t disappear if a coach or coordinator leaves.

Listeners will:

See how a single math priority becomes the filter for PD, PLCs, and walkthroughs.

Learn the more → better → new sequence to build momentum without piling on.

Hear how measured success came from cultivating “bright spots”—teacher leaders modeling and sharing success with peers.

Discover how sustainable supports were layered in by embedding problem strings into PLCs, coaching cycles, and administrator walkthroughs with a co-constructed look-for rubric.

Listen now to see exactly how going narrow creates a math flywheel—so your PD shows up in classrooms and your results compound across the year.