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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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