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Teacher Recruitment DayJanuary 23, 2015
Eric Kuennen and John BeamUniversity of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Project Overview
•Partnership between UW Oshkosh, Medford, Abbotsford, Colby, Prentice, Rib Lake, Holy Rosary, and Immanuel Lutheran
•36 mathematics teachers in grades 4-8, and 5 Mathematics Education professors at UW Oshkosh
•Two-week summer institute on mathematics and academic year projects with a focus on math teaching
•Three-year program: Summer 2015 - Summer 2017
Project Goals:
•Build a deep understanding of the Common Core Content and Practice Standards•Effectively implement rich and engaging math problems in the classroom to facilitate student learning of math concepts and processes•Understand how students learn math content to diagnose and respond to students’ misconceptions•Collaborate between grade levels and explore a continuum of developing knowledge
Summer Workshop• Sessions taught using a collaborative learning model.
Small-group work will be followed by large-group discussion.
• Three types of sessions on each mathematics topic:
– Problem-Based Inquiry– Focus on Children’s Thinking– Connections to the Common Core.
Problem-Based Inquiry (PBI).• You will deepen your understanding of specific
content topics through problem solving.
• You will work in small groups on rich problems designed to spark and sustain conversation about, and exploration of, a specific piece of the school curriculum.
• You will be engaged in analyzing solutions and methods, exploring representations, communicating, and making mathematical arguments.
True or False: Zero is an even number.
Make a convincing argument for why the
sum of two odd numbers is even.
Focus on Children’s Thinking
• appraise children’s methods and discuss whether they are correct and generalizable
• analyze video clips of children thinking aloud as they solve
• discuss how to respond to common student questions and misconceptions
Connections to the Common Core• Discuss the Practice Standards and identify when
you were yourself engaged in each practice• Analyze lessons and activities and discuss underlying
concepts and approach• Collaborate in grade bands to present ideas for how
to teach specific content
Academic Year Follow-up• Classroom Projects: Collaborate in vertical
teams to develop and implement lessons and collect and share data on student reasoning and misconceptions
• Content-Focused Coaching: One of us will visit your classroom and act as a coach for math content and processes.
• January half-day in-service workshop
Content Themes• Year 1: Numbers and Algebraic Thinking
– Operations and Algebraic Thinking– Number and Operations in Base Ten– Number and Operations – Fractions– Number Systems– Expressions and Equations
• Year 2: Geometry and Measurement – Geometry, Measurement and Data– Ratios and Proportional Relationships.
• Year 3: Probability and Statistics– Probability and Statistics– Measurement and Data– Ratios and Proportional Relationships.
When is it?Time Activity
June 9 and 10 Two afternoon workshops for baseline assessments, launch activities and mathematical problem-solving
July 13-17 andJuly 20-24
Two week Summer Institute on Number and Algebraic Thinking
Fall 2015 Classroom ProjectsContent Focused Coaching
January 2016 Half-day in-service Workshop
What do I get?(…besides all the great new knowledge and
experiences)
•$1540 cash stipend or 4 graduate credits per year
•Math manipulatives, texts, and resources
Project Theme:
• We will be making connections in mathematics: not just connections among math concepts but also connections among math concepts, the Common Core, children’s thinking, and teaching strategies.
• Making Mathematical Connections is also about you connecting mathematically with your peers to learn, discuss and explore more about math and the teaching of mathematics.
Review of Applications will begin on Feb. 15.
Application Form is on our Project Website:
http://www.uwosh.edu/mathematics/connections
Eric Kuennen [email protected]
John Beam [email protected]
Laura Lundy [email protected].
