Teachers are now experts in teaching middle school Math. As I was watching and listening to our participants' group presentations last Saturday, I confirmed to myself that professional development of teachers is really an important key to students' achievement. I saw how our participants improved their instruction from our day one to day three workshop.During each day of our workshops, we include content knowledge, pedagogy of teaching, and the use of technology in our agenda. Our morning sessions focus on the content knowledge depending on the current Math standards. Then our afternoon sessions have pedagogy, brief constructed response and Accelerated Math activity.
On the third day, teachers did a very good job in their presentation. They showed expertise in the topics that they presented, including the Math content knowledge, pedagogy, and the use of calculator. They shared how they implemented their learning in their classroom instructions. These teachers have become experts in teaching middle school Math.
I encourage that more teachers take the great opportunities of professional development, especially in Math content knowledge and pedagogy.
Day 1: Agenda (January 24, 2009)
............I. Overview of Connected Math Program
............II. Lesson Modelling
............III. Group Collaboration/CMP Investigations
............IV. Group Presentation
.............V. Closing/Reflective Summary
Day 2: Agenda (February 7, 2009)
............I. Content Knowledge with Calculator Activities
................A. Using Intercepts
................B. Investigating Slope
................C. The Slope of a Line
................D. Writing Linear Equations
.............II. Math Stations (Group Collaboration)
.............III. Group Presentations
.............IV. CMP Games
.............V. BCR Activity/ Bell Work
.............VI. CMP Investigations/Math Stations
.............V. Group Presentations
.............VI. Accelerated Math/Exit Pass
.............VII. Closing/Reflective Summary
Day 3: Agenda (March 7, 2009)
.............I. Math Content Knowledge with Calculator Activities
.................A. Stem and Leaf Plot
.................B. Line Plot
.................C. Bar Graph
.................D. Scatter Plot
............II. CMP Investigations/Math Stations
............III. Group Presentations with Calculator Activities
............IV. BCR Workshop
.................A. Scoring Ground Rules
.................B. Bias in Scoring
.................C. Group Collaboration
.................D. Group Presentations/ DCBAS C BCR items
.............V. Closing/Reflective Summary
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