Charting a Course to Mathematics Leadership - NCSM

Have professional learning communities flourished,floundered, or flopped in your region or district? Come andlearn how we have used the PRIME framework to slowlyand methodically move districts toward working inprofessional learning communities. Activities will includework in the areas of assessment, teaching, and learning., Allegheny Intermediate Unit, Upper StClair, PA, Allegheny Intermediate Unit, Pittsburgh, PAHow do teachers deepen their understanding of mathematicsin ways that apply directly to their teaching? We willexamine how videocases and lesson warm-ups can be usedin professional development to unpack the concept ofsimilarity, including connections to geometrictransformations, proportional reasoning, slope, and the roleof definition., WestEd, Riverside, CA, Education Development Center, Newton, MA, Education Development Center,Sudbury, MAAssessment tools will be presented that mathematics leaderscan use with teachers to evaluate student progress based on adevelopmental framework and observable performancecriteria. Applying the tools to sample work and videotapedstudent interviews, participants will identify and addressindividual needs to improve content knowledge and problemsolving skills., University of Illinois at Chicago, OakPark, IL, University of Illinois at Chicago,North Riverside, ILModel Drawing is a powerful tool for helping studentstranslate words in problems to visual models. Theyunderstand problems better and apply computational skills toreal world applications and contexts. Participants will learnthe eight steps of Model Drawing, work sample problems,and see examples of students progress over a two yearperiod., Educational Resources Group, Inc., Easley, SCTechnology can have a big WOW factor but not impactlearning. Use NMAP-aligned guidelines to analyzeinstructional technology efficacy, especially for use withstudents of diverse backgrounds. Use research-based bestpractices to turbo-charge lesson design with new technologythat motivates, differentiates, and develops deepmathematical understandings, building competence andconfidence., MIND Research Institute, Walnut, CAThe presenter will share teachers successful experiences inefforts to reach all students with meaningful mathematics. Awell crafted professional learning process on the REACT(Relating, Experiencing, Applying, Cooperating, andTransferring) contextual teaching methodology, supported bystrong leadership, led teacher to successfully incorporatebusiness-industry input into their everyday practice. Come andget ideas for lessons plans., Center for Occupational Research andDevelopment, Waco, TX