The Math Coaching Gap That's Quietly Derailing Your Adoption

After a new math curriculum lands, teachers fall into one of four profiles:

😰 Flounderer — overwhelmed, reverting, inconsistent 🤖 Mechanical — following the book, but missing the math ✅ Canonical — teaching it the way it was designed 🎲 Maverick — adapting beyond the design (not always a good thing)

Research shows that which profile a teacher ends up in isn't determined by the quality of the materials.

It's determined by the coaching and support they receive in the first two years.

State-level PD doesn't close that gap. District-level workshops don't close that gap.

What closes it is a coach — in the building — who can observe, debrief, and help a teacher move from mechanical to canonical before the workarounds become permanent habits.

If coaching isn't in your year-one budget, your adoption is already at risk.
📌 Save this for your next budget conversation.

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