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Mathematics Education Institute: Algebraic Thinking and Effective Teaching Practices-Rethinking what is possible for ALL learners
All students should have the opportunity and the support necessary to learn significant mathematics with depth and understanding.
(Executive Summary, NCTM Standards)
As mathematics educators, we know (without the WASL scores to tell us) that all of our students are not experiencing success in the mathematics classroom. Recognition of this reality does not suggest that mathematics educators are not trying, but effort and efficacy are not synonymous. Setting high mathematics standards for all students is the right thing for us to do, but knowing how to accomplish this goal with a diverse student population requires a great deal of new learning on the part of educators, parents and the broader community.
About the Mathematics Education Institute
Mathematics educators who are ready to challenge their perceptions and develop more effective strategies when working within a classroom of diverse learners are invited to participate in this Mathematics Education Institute. The Institute provides participants with instructional strategies that are effective for English Language Learners, students who have historically struggled with mathematics as well as students who have been successful. Participants will have an opportunity to use research as a frame for reflecting on their own teaching practices with their own students. Participants will share insights and findings with team members and together identify strategies to test in their classrooms during the following year. The Mathematics Education Project will be available to work with teachers during the 2008-09 year to support them with implementation through lesson labs and/or classroom observations.
Summer Institute Activities:
- Examination of widely held and flawed beliefs about students learning mathematics
- Workshops doing mathematics (algebraic thinking) while modeling effective pedagogies that support of a full range of students
- Theoretical and practical analysis--research findings that analyze practice that is effective for all students, but particularly for special populations; reflection on the possibilities of this practice supporting the participants' three students in the portraits they created
- Creation of plans for the following year. Principals are expected to attend so that teachers can share plans and discuss implementation strategies and support needed
Expected Outcomes:
Participants will . . .
- Examine their views of mathematics and beliefs about appropriate instruction for low-achieving students
- Analyze pedagogical moves that advance the skills and understanding of a full range of students including special needs, ELL, and students of poverty
- Make connections between learning from research and their own practice
- Draw on the resources and support of the facilitators and other participants when trying out new practices in their own classrooms
- Make connections across the range of supports offered by regular and specialized educators in their learning community
Post Institute (follow up activities)
October: Saturday morning session to extend participants' ideas about effective practices discussed in the summer institute. Participants will reflect on the implementation of practices and share questions and challenges that arise when grounding new ideas in the reality of their day-to-day practice.
November: Saturday morning session to reflect on progress with particular students, share additional strategies, plan for lesson labs/classroom observations.
January and February: Lesson labs/classroom observations (optional)
Who Should Participate in the Mathematics Education Institute?
Teams of teachers (grades 5-9) who have assignments in general math education, special education, ELL and Title I, as well as instructional assistants. Principals are expected to be part of the team or at least participate in the first and last day of the Institute.
Pre-Institute Preparation
Each participant will identify three students who struggle in learning mathematics for apparently different reasons. Participants will respond to a set of prompts designed to capture a portrait of the student. These portraits will be studied throughout the Institute as participants consider research findings and experience strategies for differentiating instruction.
Schedule and Location
Puyallup - Ballou Junior High School at 9916 136th Street E
August 4 - 8, 2008
Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Friday 8:30 a.m.-noon
Seattle - 2100 Building at 2100 24th Ave. South
August 11 - 15, 2008
Monday-Thursday - 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Friday 8:30 a.m.-noon
Oct. - Saturday morning, times and location to be announced
Nov. - Saturday morning, times and location to be announced
Cost and Clock Hours/Credit
The cost of the institute is $699 per participant if paid on or before June 13, 2008, $749 after June 13, plus a $35 nonrefundable registration fee. A portion of the fee will go toward refreshments including lunch. Registration deadline is June 30, 2008. Refund deadline is July 21, 2008. Clock hours will be awarded at no additional charge.
Clock Hours vs. Credit
Participants will be awarded clock hours based on their attendance. There is no additional cost for clock hours. Participants interested in earning credit instead of clock hours will have an opportunity to register for three credits on the first day of the Institute. The fee for the credit option is $152, in addition to the Institute fee.
Instructors
Virginia Stimpson, research associate, mathematics education
Anita Lenges, assistant professor, mathematics teacher education, The Evergreen State College
Ruth Balf, professional educator with the Mathematics Education Project
Megan Kelley-Petersen, doctoral student, mathematics education
Sunshine Campbell, doctoral student, mathematics education
Allison Hintz, doctoral student, mathematics education
Mandy Hubbard, doctoral student, mathematics education
How to Register
For information on how to register your team for either of the institutes below, contact Sherry Marazita at smarazita@extn.washington.edu or 206-685-6413.
- August 4-8, Puyallup
- August 11-15, Seattle
Housing
Participants in UW-sponsored summer programs may stay in the campus residence halls through the Visiting Personnel Program. In 2008, housing is available from June 22 through August 30. Reservations will be taken starting April 1.
To make reservations, please phone Visiting Personnel at 206-616-1031 or send an email to confhous@u.washington.edu, or request by fax at 206-543-4094. Please identify yourself as Visiting Personnel, provide the title of your particular program—Math Education Institute—and specify the approving department—College of Education, Educational Outreach. Guests must have advance reservations and be participating in a UW-sponsored program to make use of Visiting Personnel housing.
Questions
If you have questions, please contact the Mathematics Education Project at rsvpeduc@u.washington.edu.
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