This program is funded by the National Science Foundation Math and Science Partnership Program for five years (2008-2014). Participating teachers engage in a three year program: meeting once a week (Weds 4-7pm) during fall and spring semesters, and meeting for three intensive weeks in July at Lehman College. They will engage in professional development and education research at their schools and attend annual one day conferences at Lehman College. Participants receive $33 for each hour of professional development (totally $12,000). Tuition and books are free of charge. Upon completion of the program they will have earned 23-24 graduate credits and a certificate. (download flyer) We have already enrolled our first cohort of 40 teacher participants and will be recruiting certified junior high school and high school math teachers for the second cohort in Spring 2010.
The program began with a launch conference on Saturday January 10, 2009 (photos). Courses in Geometry and Fundamentals began on January 28. Please contact our program director, Carl Curiale, or one of our other affiliates for more information about the program.
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In the first phase of the program,
mathematicians at Lehman College
work with participating teachers to develop their
content knowledge and confidence enabling them to mentor
their fellow teachers as mathematical experts and to guide their
students into a deep exploration of the mathematics they are
learning. All participants will take
MAT631 Geometry
and MAT670 Fundamentals
meeting once a week on Wednesdays (one in Spring 2008 and the other in Fall 2009).
These courses directly relate to the New York State Regents Exams (See also this link) .
During Summer 2009 teachers choose one three
week intensive course in applied math:
MAT655 Technology or
MAT789 Music.
During Summer 2010 teachers will choose a three week intensive
research seminar exploring modern areas of theoretical mathematics:
MAT739 Special Topics in Geometry
or MAT792 Number Theory.
In the second phase mathematics education faculty and New York City Mathematics Project staff will work with participating teachers conducting classroom inquiry into the efficacy of particular practices for improving student mathematics achievement with a particular aim at improving levels of high success and preparation for careers requiring mathematical expertise. The NYCMP staff will provide onsite teaching support throughout the program. In Spring 2010, the participant teachers will begin education coursework at Lehman College with ESC 742 Research in Math Ed, followed by ESC 706/707 Project Seminars I-II in Fall 2010 where they will meet individually or in small groups to learn processes of data collection and analysis. Finally in Summer 2011 participants may take ESC 742 or ESC 792. They will have the opportunity to publish their research both online and in our own MTTI volume of collected research and to present their results it at conferences. |
Throughout the program, the teacher participants will be working to build their leadership skills. In mathematics courses, they will alternately lead problem solving teams. At their schools they will start by supervising undergraduate tutors from Lehman College. They will engage in an online forum discussing their experiences and exchanging ideas with one another. Later they will move towards mentoring their fellow teachers, heading up department committees selecting textbooks and devising curricula, and starting new courses aimed at NYS Regents mathematics exams, based upon what they have learned through their classroom inquiry. They will learn to apply for external funding (both government based and corporate) for in class and extra curricular activities at their schools. A two course sequence ESC 789/790 Mathematics Teacher Leadership I/II taught by mathematics education faculty and NYCMP staff will be taken in Spring -Summer 2011.
Annual one day conferences will unite the three aspects of the program allowing the participant teachers to engage in conversations on a variety of topics and to hear from mathematical professionals mathematics educators and participants in the program . Our first conference was on Saturday January 10, 2009 (photos). There will also be speakers twice a week in the afternoons during the three week summer sessions.
Contacts:
- Carl Curiale, project director
- MTTI Partners and other contacts
Links: (coming soon)
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Mathematical extra curricular activities:
- Math Teams and Contests:NYSML, AHSME, AIME
- Math Clubs and Research Contests: Malkevitch's website, INTEL,
- Lehman College Math Circle(has many fun links for bright high school kids)
- Robotics Teams and Clubs: FIRST,
- Chess Teams and Clubs: USCF
- Go Teams and Clubs: USGO
- Bridge Teams and Clubs: ACBL
- Algebra Regents Information,
- a pacing guide for the algebra regents using the Holt textbook
- other pacing guides?
- Geometry Regents Information,
- a pacing guide for the geometry regents using the Holt textbook
- other pacing guides?
- The Mathematical Association of America
- The American Mathematical Society
- National Security Agency
- National Science Foundation
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- to appear
- a listing of careers and the mathematics needed for them
- a list of math topics and the careers that apply them
- accounting
- advertising
- banking
- business administration
- business analysis/finance
- computer programming
- contracting, construction
- doctors
- police detectives
- design
- educational testing
- electrical repair and installation
- encryption (decoding)
- engineering
- forensics
- graphic design
- safety inspection
- insurance
- law
- mail delivery
- marketing
- music
- nursing
- parenting
- pharmacy
- plumbing
- politics
- real estate
- sales
- science
- spying (CIA)
- small business ownership
- statistics
- stock broking
- system administration
- teaching