Learn how the Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB) makes math more accessible and achievable for teachers to educate and students to learn.
Our math vision
Our math vision is:
“The GECDSB provides mathematics education that engages and empowers students through collaboration, communication, inquiry, critical thinking and problem solving, to support each student's learning and nurture a positive attitude towards mathematics.”
Purpose of vision |
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The purpose of the math vision is to support schools and educators by helping them:
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Our roles |
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To help students achieve success in math, our role is to create conditions for math learning where:
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Supporting documents |
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To learn more about how we will put the math vision into place, view these supporting documents: |
Who developed the math vision? |
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The GECDSB created the math vision with consultations from a wide variety of stakeholders, including:
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Math Task Force committee
To put our math vision into action, we formed a Math Task Force committee. The purpose of the Math Task Force is to:
- Examine the teaching and learning practices of mathematics from many perspectives
- Advise Senior Administration and the Board of Trustees on how to best support future planning for the math department
Math Task Force reports
The Math Task Force reports provide a summary of their collective research findings and recommendations for the best teaching approaches to math. If you are an educator or GECDSB school, use these reports as a guide to support your math curriculums and teaching methods.
Members of the Math Task Force |
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Members of the Math Task Force include:
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Learning Briefs
Learning Briefs help to summarize the findings and big ideas that have come out of the Math Task Force reports. If you're an educator or GECDSB school, check out these briefs to find new, engaging ways you can teach your students math.
2019 Learning Briefs |
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View the 2019 Learning Briefs from the Math Task Force 2019 Report: |
2016 Learning Briefs |
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View the 2016 Learning Briefs from the Math Task Force 2016 Report: |