4MAT offers an approach that makes more sense, placing the reform squarely where it belongs and tapping into the real power source in a school, the classroom teacher. The standards movement, at its worst, leads to an emphasis on test-taking skills and a lockstep delivery of curriculum, in an impossible attempt to address each standard individually. The act or process of duplicating or reproducing something. An echo or a reverberation. Professional development programs tend to come and go.
Most experienced teachers can reminisce on the programs they've been exposed to.
Many great programs have been forgotten for lack of a replication component. 4MAT training was designed at the outset to be replicable. No innovation will succeed without a mechanism for ongoing coaching. Our peer coaching program offers content and pedagogy experts an opportunity to act an in-house curriculum development resources. Increasingly, the quality of research design and logistics can make or break a reform effort.