Watch Doug Duff
Explain the Impact of MathUP Leadership

Doug Duff, creator of MathUP Leadership explores the transformative impact of instructional leadership on school-wide improvement. Fill out the form on this page to access the webinar recording.

Ready to Transform Your School With Math-Driven School Improvement?

The School Improvement Cycle is Doug Duff’s systematic approach to building a common school-wide language, understanding, and instructional focus, resulting in improved teaching and learning.

  • Focused Support
  • The School Improvement Cycle

Focused Support Where Help Is Most Needed

MathUP Leadership shows principals where to focus their time so that their efforts are most effective. It answers the most challenging questions elementary principals face when leading whole-school improvement in math. For example, how can I …

  • Lead a cultural shift in math?
  • Engage all my teachers from Kindergarten to Grade 8?
  • Measure and sustain improvement in mathematics?
  • Know what to focus on mathematically?
  • Get real data about student learning in my school?
  • Deepen teacher math expertise and pedagogy?


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The School Improvement Cycle: A Proven Process

Instructional leaders use the school improvement cycle to change their school.

  • Stage 1: Gather Evidence
    What can our students do?
  • Stage 2: Analyze Evidence
    What does the data tell us about our students’ number sense and flexibility?
  • Stage 3: Target Professional Learning
    What professional learning do we need based on the data?
  • Stage 4: Monitor Implementation
    Is new learning visible in classrooms and are there gaps?
  • Stage 5: Audit Progress
    What do our students’ number sense and flexibility look like after the professional learning?
  • Stage 6: Analyze Focus Evidence
    What does the new data tell us about growth and gaps?
  • Stage 7: Deepen Professional Learning
    What further professional learning do we need in order to close those gaps?
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The school improvement cycle in MathUP Leadership moves instructional leaders and teachers through an increasingly sophisticated understanding of connected number thinking, beginning with additive reasoning and moving through to multiplicative and proportional reasoning.