MAPSS stands for Math and Problem-based/Project-based Learning for Student Success! This is a three year, $1.6 million dollar Math and Science Partnership (MSP) grant that allows Mount Airy City Schools to partner with 4 additional school districts, Alamance-Burlington Schools, Davidson County, Lexington City, and Randolph County. We are also partnered with Piedmont Triad Education Consortium (PTEC), Wake Forest University and University of Texas-Dallas.

Teachers are learning how to facilitate inquiry-based learning in their math classrooms. Through implementation of the 5 standards of authentic instruction students are able to participate in authentic learning experiences that will help them become college and career ready.

5 Standards of Authentic Instruction:

• H.O.T. ---- Higher Order Thinking
• Depth of Knowledge
• Connectedness to the World Beyond the Classroom
• Substantive Conversation
• Social Support for Student Achievement

The MAPSS grant work is growing students and teachers across the K-8 spectrum:

• 4,430 students are being impacted by MAPSS this year
• 430+ of those students are MACS students
• 71 teachers and instructional support personnel are being impacted this year
• Of those 71 participants MACS has 9 classroom teachers and 1 instructional coach
• Our MAPSS grant is currently working within 29 schools in 5 school districts.