About the WRDSB Math Achievement Action Plan

Our Math Achievement Action Plan aligns with the Ministry of Education’s Math Strategy, introduced in 2023. This provincial strategy guides school boards across Ontario in strengthening mathematics teaching and learning. In response, our board developed a local plan focused on the three Ministry Priority Areas:

  • Curriculum Fidelity
  • Math Content Knowledge for Teaching
  • Knowing Students

Within each area, we have identified specific strategies and indicators to help us monitor progress and support continuous improvement in mathematics for all students.

The WRDSB Vision for Math Education – Good for All

Guidance from the Ministry of Education recommends school boards focus attention on schools with the most need. However, our enhanced mathematics strategy is for all WRDSB students. This approach will empower all students to:

  • Achieve their full potential
  • Provide pathways for students to meet their postsecondary goals

Supports for Students

The WRDSB Math Achievement Action Plan spans across all grade levels, from Kindergarten to graduation. It’s a plan for all students and educators. Students at all grade levels will learn mathematics with an approach centred on:

  • High impact instructional practices that build conceptual understanding, fluency, and the ability to reason and communicate mathematically.
  • Responsive and recursive, tiered support that meets learners where they are and provides timely, targeted interventions and extensions.
  • Culturally responsive practices that honour students’ identities, experiences, and strengths.

Supports for Educators

Ongoing staff learning is essential to creating the conditions for students to thrive in mathematics. As outlined in the WRDSB Math Achievement Action Plan, we are working closely with educators as they implement a tiered approach to mathematics, offering support through a variety of avenues, including:

  • Collaborative coaching
  • Professional development
  • Curriculum resources (e.g., WRDSB Long Range Plans)

Equitable Access

Our goal is to ensure that all students have access to high-level, equitable and inclusive math instruction. Equity does not mean every student receives identical instruction. Instead, educators will take an individualized approach based on student needs. This will help us to ensure that identity and social location no longer predict student outcomes.

Key Components of the Math Achievement Action Plan

The WRDSB Math Achievement Action Plan strategies are supported by a number of key initiatives. We understand that an effective approach to instruction and assessment must meet the varying needs of students.

Supporting Math Learning

As we implement our Math Achievement Action Plan, we have aligned our strategies to three priority actions, as outlined by the Ministry of Education:

  • Curriculum Fidelity
    • Ensuring fidelity of curriculum implementation including the intentional use of proven strategies that support academic math achievement
  • Math Content Knowledge for Teaching
    • Engaging in ongoing learning on mathematics content knowledge for teaching
  • Knowing Students
    • Knowing the mathematics learner, and ensuring mathematical tasks, interventions and supports are relevant and responsive

Ministry of Education funding has also allowed us to expand access to high-quality digital math tools. The following digital tools support learning in the WRDSB:

Key Initiative – Intervention Model

The intervention model includes:

  • Collaborating with classroom educators to build capacity through coaching
  • Using data to inform small group (classroom embedded) targeted instruction
  • Providing targeted support for students in key content areas

The intervention model is supported by:

  • Math Facilitators (Ministry funded)
  • Math Instructional Support Teachers

Key Initiative – Professional Learning Opportunities

  • A range of professional learning opportunities are provided for educators across various school contexts, with learning focused on:
    • Building content knowledge for teaching to ensure curriculum alignment
    • Implementing a data-driven tiered support model that provides timely, targeted interventions
    • Adopting high-impact instruction practices

Key Initiative – Curriculum Resources

Building on the resources and opportunities above, schools and educators also have access to: