Guided Math with Laney Sammons
Sometimes the best connections are serendipitous.
In 2014, we invited Laney Sammons to come to Winston-Salem for a one-day Guided Math presentation. We were fortunate to spend some quality time with her during this visit. During our conversations we realized we had a common interest in best practices for teaching and learning. Laney later invited Hope and Alice to her home in Vermont to discuss ways to collaborate on this important work. The next year, Laney Sammons officially selected ERG to provide professional development based on the Guided Math framework. We’ll let Laney tell the rest of the story.
When I made the decision to retire from consulting, I could not have found a better group to provide continuing professional development based on the Guided Math framework than Education Resource Group.
Their highly-qualified coaches, all of whom I have trained, know the ins and outs of Guided Math implementation and, perhaps even more importantly, are highly skilled at providing the teacher support needed to make implementation a success. In addition, they are professional, personable, and truly a pleasure to work with.
Laney Sammons, Education Expert
Laney Sammons is a former classroom teacher, instructional coach, and educational consultant. She is the author of Guided Math: A Framework for Mathematics Instruction and Teaching Students to Communicate Mathematically, in addition to 11 others. Laney has worked with teachers of all grade levels throughout the United States and Canada to help them improve their mathematics instruction.
Guided Math is a flexible instructional format designed to meet the diverse needs of students that promotes conceptual understanding, problem solving ability, computational fluency, and mathematical communication. The heart of Guided Math is small group instruction, which allows teachers to differentiate instruction for all learners.
Services for Guided Math include:
- Trainings that build capacity with the seven Guided Math components
- Demonstration lessons of small group instruction
- Observations and feedback support sessions
- Collaboration structures, such as focus walks and debriefs
Hope and Alice
From sharing a card table desk to leading the ERG team today, we're the heart of ERG – committed to specialized attention and real-world solutions.
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