Summer 2008
Professional Development Institutes
Each summer, the Massachusetts Department Of Elementary and Secondary Education sponsors free graduate-level institutes designed to enrich teachers' content knowledge and skills. Teachers21 has been a proud partner in developing these opportunities for teachers to learn and grow. During the summer of 2008, Teachers21 consultants, in partnership with local districts, will be leading three institutes:
Counting and Number Sense
(Grades PreK - 2)
Offered in partnership with the Boston Public Schools, this institute emphasizes foundational math content at the elementary school level in the context of standards-based instruction for teachers of regular education, inclusion, and special education students. It addresses both mathematics content and pedagogical strategies.
The course will focus on the scope and sequence of number sense, operations, and arithmetic ideas throughout the PreK–2 curriculum. Participants will explore number sense concepts; make connections with other mathematical strands; engage in problem solving; investigate international teaching and learning in math; learn to teach mathematical functions as inverse operations; and explore teaching algebra as generalized arithmetic.
The course will be held on July 7-11 and 21-23, October 18 & November 15.
To register, please contact Lily Kane at lkane@boston.k12.ma.us
or 617-592-8880.BPS employees: visit mylearningplan.org
Reasoning & Problem Solving: Number Sense, Algebra and Measurement
(Grades 5-8)
Offered in partnership with Fall River Public Schools, this institute is designed to expand teachers’ mathematics content knowledge in the areas of number sense, algebra and measurement. Multiple instructional strategies will be addressed in the context of a standards-based classroom.
The course will focus on the essential notion that students should experience mathematics as a coherent whole, rather than as discrete and unrelated topics. Participants will examine, explore and develop practical classroom strategies to teaching and making connections among these strands of the Frameworks. Problem solving and reasoning will be an integral part of the institute, as participants will solve real-life problems set in meaningful contexts. Concepts such as proportionality, linear relationships, area and the Pythagorean Theorem will be uncovered using various methods including hands-on explorations, graphing calculators and interactive web-based tools.
This institute will be held on July 8-11, 14, 15, 24, October 11 & November 1.
To register, please contact Martha Dorne at mdorney@fallriverschools.org or at 508-675-8420 ext 414.
Geometry & Measurement: Area, Perimeter and Transformations
(Grades 4 - 6)
Offered in partnership with the Lowell Public Schools, this institute emphasizes math content at the upper elementary school level in the context of standards-based instruction. It is suitable for teachers of regular education, inclusion, and special education students.
This geometry course will be a hands-on, inquiry-based study of 2D and 3D geometry including polygons, polyhedra, congruence, similarity, area, perimeter, surface area, volume, transformations, and proportional reasoning. The course will also address connections to other mathematical strands as appropriate Participants will learn and practice standards-based instructional strategies, engage in a review of current research, and incorporate findings into a curriculum project.
This course will be held on July 28-31, August 1, 4, 5, September 20 and October 4.
Click here to register online!Questions?
Please contact Joyce Tapper-Benham at Jtapper-benham@lowell.k12.ma.usClick here to download the flyer!