Teaching Matters Inc.

“The ceo oversees the preparation of the form 990 and presents it to the board chair and treasurer for review and approval prior to filing with the internal revenue service.”

“Teaching matters, inc. Collects signed conflict of interest policy forms from each board member and highest compensated employee at the first meeting of the board of directors each year. Any changes from the previous year are researched by teaching matters, inc.”

“15a the board sets the salary of the executive director using guidelines provided by the nonprofit coordinating committee salary survey, which is a benchmark of comparable organizations. 15b the highest compensated employees meet annually with the executive director. At this meeting there is a performance review and then a decision is made regarding compensation for the coming year based on benchmarks of salary from comparable organizations. These salary recommendations are submitted for board approval.”

“Teaching matters, inc. Makes it governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public on its website.”

“Teaching matters has supported new york city (nyc) public schools serving primarily low-income black and latinx k-12 students for more than 25 years. Our mission is to close the opportunity gap of a radically unequal education system for underserved and historically marginalized children. We envision a nation where every student has equitable access to excellent teaching, regardless of zip code. We are nationally recognized, and since our founding, we have worked with over 1,700 schools, 40,000 teachers and reached over 750,000 students. This year, we were able to directly coach 2,500+ educators in 200+ schools, reaching 100,000+ students across all program areas which include: this year, we directly coached 4,500+ educators in 334 schools, reaching nearly 130,000 students. The organization focuses on providing math and reading support in several programs and services. Teaching matters has a codified approach for both tier i reading and math curriculum adoption, as well as tier ii targeted support, that holistically builds capacity for districts and addresses their most pressing needs, while meaningfully impacting students. Teaching matters foundational literacy matters (flm) program is a12-week intervention designed to "jumpstart" early reading. This innovative approach grew out of our evidence-based early literacy model, early reading matters (erm). Foundational literacy matters uses the cycles of support from erm, but targets them to the youngest and most struggling readers to move them from pre-reading to proficiency. Math matters develops teachers' capacity to accelerate student learning through rigorous grade-level mathematics instruction using high quality instructional materials and innovative technologies to build conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application skills, in a supportive, welcoming and affirming classroom environment. We focus on measuring outcomes related to students' mastery of standards, students' perceptions of the learning environment, and changes in teacher practice. The teaching matters network for school improvement: our network connects 16 middle schools across nyc districts, with the overall goal of increasing the percentage of black, latinx, and low-income students who are on-track by the end of middle school (8th grade) to graduate high school and be academically prepared for college. This gates foundation, five-year, grant allows us to focus on culturally responsive literacy practices in schools that center student voice and takes a continuous improvement approach to learning. Additionally, there is a comparative evaluation study managed by the gates foundation, testing the efficacy of continuous improvement practices in improving outcomes for black, latinx, and low-income students.”