Advanced Placement Program: Mathematics Vertical Teams Toolkit [Paperback] Epperson, James; Holtzman, Deborah; May, Susan; Sandow, Dara and Stanley, Dick

The primary goal of the vertical team strategy is to enhance all students’ achievement by increasing communication and cooperation among the members of the team about the mathematics program at their schools. Through such communication and cooperation, teams can facilitate the implementation of academic changes and support structures necessary to make high achievement by all students a reality. Often, the positive efforts of individual teachers are not sustained after the students leave their classes. However, when teachers unite and strive for a common vision, they can greatly magnify their effects on students’ lives. Members of the vertical team can work together to open the door of mathematics to all students. The vertical team strategy also aims to strengthen school relationships with parents and with the community so that they, too, can provide students with the support necessary for high achievement. RKV-162.AdvancedPlacemntProgrmToolkt