California High-Quality Instructional Materials Learning Community: Resource Page
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About Our Learning Community
At the HQIM Learning Community, our primary focus is transforming math education in California. We are a passionate collective of educators, advocates, and practitioners representing organizations united by a shared commitment to advancing high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) and raising the bar for math education in California. Our mission is built on strategic initiatives encompassing advocacy, professional development, and collaboration with educational leaders. We firmly believe every student deserves access to excellent math education, and our goal is to make this a reality. Join us in our journey to empower educators, enhance learning experiences, and create equitable opportunities in math education.
Featured Resource
Defining High-Quality Instructional Materials for Mathematics: Centering the Assets and Needs of Multilingual Learner and English Learner Students
The “Defining High-Quality Instructional Materials for Mathematics: Centering the Assets and Needs of Multilingual Learner and English Learner Students” resource, developed by the High Quality Instructional Materials Learning Partners Coalition (HQIM-LPC), offers a comprehensive framework for developing and evaluating mathematics instructional materials.
Upcoming Events
By bringing together passionate individuals like you, we can drive meaningful change and create a more inclusive and equitable education system for all.
All Resources
Curriculum Matters Series
In this workshop series, we explore HQIM and professional development for educators, emphasizing mathematics given the schedule and focus of the California materials adoption process. With the expertise of our partners, we dive into the relationship between standards-aligned and user-friendly curriculum, excellent instruction for English Learners, and culturally relevant teaching.
- Why High-Quality Instructional Materials Matter – by the HQIM Coalition Curriculum Matters series, in collaboration with EdReports (August 2021)
- Why High-Quality Instructional Materials Matter – by the HQIM Coalition Curriculum Matters series, in collaboration with EdReports (November 2021)
- Cultural Relevance in High-Quality Instructional Materials – by the HQIM Coalition Curriculum Matters series, in collaboration with UnboundEd (February 2022)
- Centering English Learners in High-Quality Instructional Materials – by the HQIM Coalition Curriculum Matters series, featuring Californians Together (May 2022)
Successful CA Instructional Materials Adoption Stories Series
These resources are part of UnboundEd and The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools’ “Successful CA Instructional Materials Adoption Stories” free webinar series.
Creating Equitable Math Classrooms that Leverage Diversity through Universal Design for Learning by the Center for Equity for English Learners LMU
The California Math Framework identifies UDL as a proactive framework to help educators attend to equity and diversity by design, disrupting the myth of the average student to recognize that variability exists in every classroom. This presentation centers on increasing access, agency, and engagement in the mathematics classroom with Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Social Justice Mathematics: Critical Mathematics to Form Better Social Worlds. by the Center for Equity for English Learners LMU
This Professional Learning presentation unpacks the concept and application of social justice mathematics through the following lenses: about social justice, with social justice, and for social justice.
Center for Equity for English Learners: Ensuring Equity and Excellence for English Learners: An Annotated Bibliography for Research, Policy, and Practice by the Center for Equity for English Learners
This annotated bibliography provides resources for practitioners, scholars, and policymakers to advance equity and social justice for the state’s and nation’s students. It contains over 350 annotations categorized according to 23 topics relevant to English Learner education, policy, and research.
Equity Resources: Promoting Equity and Excellence in Mathematics Teaching and Learning for English Learners by the Center for Equity for English Learners
This document includes resources and website links that illustrate specific mathematics strategies for teachers in the way the new Mathematics Framework calls for. These, together with specific ELD standards connections and framed within the appropriate lens, scaffolds, and strategies, are a great tool to support mathematics instruction development in conjunction with language development and support.
A Case Study for Materials Adoption in San Leandro, CA by the English Learners Success Forum
This report focuses on the 2022 Materials Adoption by San Leandro Unified School District and highlights the district’s challenges and opportunities.
3 Design Shifts Content Developers Can Make to Meet California’s New Math Framework by the English Learners Success Forum
This report describes three design shifts that content developers can make to realize the potential of California’s new Math Framework for English Learners.
Unlocking Learning II: Math as a Lever for English Learner Equity by Education Trust-West (March 2018)
Second in a series exploring English learner equity in California schools, a new report from EdTrust-West highlights how students learning English are faring in math classrooms across the state. Unlocking Learning II: Math as a Lever for English Learner Equity provides real-world examples of schools and districts closing gaps for California’s English learners. The report outlines four research-supported promising practices: honoring students’ backgrounds, providing access to rigorous courses, integrating English language development, and professional learning for teachers.
Equitable Mathematics Instruction: Enacting Instruction that is Grade-level, Engaging, Affirming, and Meaningful by UnboundEd (Fall 2021)
This report lays out three foundational moves for school systems to take in service of math instruction that is grade-level, engaging, affirming and meaningful. This paper emphasizes that these strategies, which require the coordinated efforts of educators throughout our school systems, create conditions for mathematics instruction to be truly equitable.
Meeting the Moment: Lessons on Instructional Materials for Multilingual Learners in California Middle Grades – UnboundEd by UnBoundEd (February 2023)
Meeting the Moment explores how educators taught multilingual learners during distance and in-person learning. It also recommends several ways publishers of instructional materials and policymakers can better support educators across the state to accelerate their students’ learning.
Effective Curriculum for English Learner Success by Sobrato Philanthropies (January 2023)
Sobrato Philanthropies’ series of briefs grapple with several aspects of curriculum and materials that are key to philanthropic investment in educational equity reform for English Learners. Each brief focuses on different aspects of addressing the curriculum portion of creating English learner-responsive and effective schools.
- Introduction to English Language Curriculum Needs and Opportunities
- Brief 1. The Access and Equity Imperative of English Learner Responsive Curriculum: Definitions and Considerations
- Brief 2. English Learner Responsive Curriculum and Teaching: The Right Materials in the Right Hands
- Brief 3. Curriculum for the Diversity of English Learner Needs and Contexts
- Brief 4. Building a System of Effective English Learner Responsive Curriculum: Implications for Philanthropy
- Appendix: Bright Spots and Glossary of Terms
From Frameworks to Classrooms: Promising Practices for California English Learners/Emergent Bilinguals in STEM by SEAL (May 2023)
This report focuses on research-based guidance from a 2018 National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report and brings to life how California educators can align the proposed Math Framework policy with the realities of teaching and learning in the classroom.
Overview of the California Revised Mathematics Framework by California Curriculum Collaborative (August 2023)
In this blog, the California Curriculum Collaborative highlights the 2023 California Mathematics Framework and the connections to upcoming adoption processes.
What You Need to Know About Adopting Math Instructional Materials Early and Off-List by California Curriculum Collaborative.
This resource supports local education agencies in adopting Math instructional materials aligned to California Math standards and provides resources for districts ready to begin an early or off-list adoption process.
Math and Science and ELD Alignment Tool
This resource supports educators implementing the California English Language Development (ELD) Standards with the Common Core Standards for Mathematics and the Next Generation Science Standards for California Public Schools. The resource gives examples of how educators can differentiate their instruction for English Learners across Emerging, Expanding, and Bridging designations in these content areas.
Policy briefs and fact sheets by The California School Board Association
The California School Board Association’s resources for materials adoptions support school board members by clarifying stakeholders’ responsibilities at the local and state levels to support adoption processes.
Independent Reviews of Instructional Materials by CalCurriculum.
CalCurriculum tools support a sequential review process through three gateways. These gateways reflect the importance of alignment to the fundamental design elements of the standards alongside other high-quality attributes of curriculum, such as usability and design, as recommended by educators.
Guidelines for Improving Materials for Multilingual Learners by English Learners Success Forum.
These resources guide stakeholders in assessing the quality of current instructional materials for Science and Engineering, Math, and English Language Arts. The attached rubrics also allow stakeholders to evaluate where improvements could be made to instructional materials and can be leveraged to inform decision-making.
- Science and Engineering Materials
- Math Materials for English Learners and accompanying Rubric
- English Language Arts Materials and accompanying Rubic
Review Tools by EdReports
These reports, which cover the entire spectrum of K-12 education across numerous subjects, are developed to provide educators, stakeholders, and leaders with independent, evidence-rich information about the quality of instructional materials from those who will be using them in classrooms. The tools are built from the experience of educators, curriculum experts, and leading rubric developers and organizations that have conducted reviews of instructional materials, lessons, and tasks.
Criteria for Selecting High-Quality Instructional Materials with Considerations for Multilingual/English Learners by the Center for Equity for English Learners
This instructional materials review form outlines essential selection criteria to support teams in rating and recommending materials selection that centers on Multilingual/English Learners. The purposeful review of materials using these criteria documents that all reviewers follow a systematic and thoughtful selection process.
Criteria for Review of Instructional Materials’ Success in Addressing MLL Linguistic and Instructional Needs for Math by California Curriculum Collaborative, in partnership with EdReports, EdSolutions, the English Learners Success Forum (ELSF), and Pivot Learning (September 2022)
This resource supports the review of instructional materials and their success in addressing Multilingual Learners’ linguistic and instructional needs for Math instruction.
Defining High-Quality Instructional Materials for Mathematics November 2023 Centering the Assets and Needs of Multilingual Learner and English Learner Students
The “Defining High-Quality Instructional Materials for Mathematics: Centering the Assets and Needs of Multilingual Learner and English Learner Students” resource, offers a comprehensive framework for developing and evaluating mathematics instructional materials.
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