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Professional Development
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PD Design: Distributed Expertise
Focal unit is District, not individual teachers
Goal is to elevate aggregate level of knowledge for the District
Some teachers deeply knowledgeable about each core concept for a grade span
Each teacher’s PD focused on supporting a key core concept
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PD Design: Distributed Expertise
Key core concepts identified from student
achievement
At District level, all key topics studied by
several teachers/associates
Teachers/associates are District resources
for specific core concepts/topics
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PD Design: Distributed Expertise
PD topics (core concepts) are specific to grade spans:
Elementary
Middle school
High school
Needed: At least one teacher/associate resource per District for each grade span
Teacher/associate assignment to PD topics made by Districts
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The Summer Academy
PD involves three dimensions:
Mathematics content
Leadership
Data driven decision-making
Year 1 PD Focus: interpreting and using PROM/SE data
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The Summer Academy
Associates: PD focus shifts to mathematics content
Leadership a less prominent theme
Data a major focus of Associate effort in Year 3
Non-Associate Teachers have one PD Focus: mathematics content
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The Summer Academy: Elementary Topics
Factions, decimals, and percentsCommon denominatorsEquivalent fractionsOrdering fractionsOperations with fractions
MeasurementUnits; Area & perimeter of squares, rectangles, and
trianglesVolume & surface area
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GeometryPoints, lines, planes, and anglesPerpendicularity & parallelism of lines and
planesMeasures of angles
Whole number operationsEstimation PatternsNumber sentences
The Summer Academy: Elementary Topics
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Rational numbers and their propertiesEspecially fractions and decimals
Proportionality and ratiosGeometry
Perimeter, area, and volume Pythagorean theoremCongruence and similarity
Linear expressionsEquations – including slope and intercept Functions incorporating coordinate geometryManipulating expressions
The Summer Academy: Middle School Topics
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Representations and analytic geometry
Statistics and probability
FunctionsTrigonometric Series and Sequences
The Summer Academy: High School Topics
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The Summer Academy: Two Sites
Michigan site5 Days/40 hours Housing, meals, and transportation supported2 semester MSU credits available
Ohio site3 Days/24 hours Housing, meals, and transportation supported
for Cincinnati attendees1 semester MSU credit available
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The Summer Academy Curriculum
Lesson Lab modules Numbers and Numerations (grades K-3) Concepts of Measurement (grades K-3) Fractions Concepts (grades 3-5) Geometric Shapes and Solids (grades 3-5) Rational Numbers and Operations (grades 6-9) Solving Equations (grades 6-9) Ratio and Proportion (grades 6-9)
Lesson Lab computer modulesEither face-to-face with trained facilitator orCombination of face-to-face facilitator with online
experience
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The Summer Academy: 5-Day Structure
Core concepts with Lesson Lab modules:20 hours instruction over the week10 hours mathematics content focus10 hours focused on teaching the mathematics
Deeper into the mathematics of Core concepts 15 hours
Leadership Issues 5 hours
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The Summer Academy: 3-Day Structure
Deeper into the mathematics of Core concepts 15 hours
Leadership Issues 5 hours
Applications for the 5-day Academy accepted from those assigned to the 3-day Academy Limited number of applications can be
accommodated
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The Summer Academy: Facilitators
Need ~ 60 facilitators to keep class sessions small
Each District may choose one Associate to be trained as a Facilitator
PROM/SE pays for Facilitator training Expenses and honorarium
PROM/SE pays for Lesson Lab license fees for District
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The Summer Academy: Facilitators
District facilitator training:Online completion of assigned modules during the
springSelf-pacedAbout 20 hours; compensation provided
Lesson Lab provides 5-Days of training Expenses and compensation provided
Trained Facilitator becomes District resource
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Mathematics Course Offerings: All Study the Same
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