School District Superintendents:
As school district administrators, responsible for both the
implementation of the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics and the
success of your students, you are continually seeking how to best assist the
mathematics teachers in your district. While this is a daunting task, the
following professional development opportunity may meet some of the needs of
your district and mathematics teachers. Please consider forwarding
this information to principals, mathematics department chairs, and mathematics
teachers in your district and schools. Most years, these Institutes
fill up quickly. Reserving space early is essential.
With North
Carolina’s adoption of the Common
Core State Standards, teachers, schools, and districts are all in search of
effective and valuable professional development opportunities directly focusing
on these new standards. Since 1998, the Mathematics Education Training Program
(MELT) at Appalachian State University
in Boone, NC has provided cutting edge professional development opportunities
for K-12 mathematics teachers. This year, MELT will focus on the Common Core State Standards in
Mathematics and provide professional development for K-12 mathematics
teachers through week-long, residential, Summer Institutes focusing on the
mathematical and pedagogical content knowledge needed by mathematics teachers
to assist their students to succeed. Each Institute provides participants
with the opportunity of earning either continuing education units (CEUs) or graduate credits.
Included in this focus will be:
- The content and delivery of each Institute will mirror
the style and content proposed in the Common Core. This will help
ensure that MELT teacher participants gain both the content knowledge and
the confidence to replicate and extend the content covered in these courses
in their own classrooms.
- Integrated pedagogical and epistemological
considerations and experiences (e.g., instruction and learning
through: inquiry based methods, mathematical modeling, using technology,
assessment strategies, reasoning and problem solving, Standards on
Mathematical Practices and NCTM Process Standards, and investigating
teacher and student beliefs) will be paramount and will accompany the
mathematical content.
- Considerations on the nature and practice of leadership
will be infused into every course. Participants will consider means
and techniques of bringing what they have learned back to their
classrooms, schools, districts and the state.
All MELT Institutes are co-instructed by a university
faculty and a K-12 Master Teacher.
The MELT Institutes for Summer 2013 include:
- Week 1: June 17-21, 2013
- Geometry in the Common Core
- Navigating Course 1 in the Mathematics Common Core
- Week 2: June 24-28, 2013
- Algebra and Functions in the Common Core
- Navigating Course 2 in the Mathematics Common Core
- Week 3: July 8-12, 2013
- Navigating Course 3 in the Mathematics Common Core
- Mathematical Modeling through Data and Statistics
(6-12)
- Week 4: July 15-19, 2013
- Building Mathematical Thinkers through Assessment and
Inquiry (K-6)
- Building Mathematical Thinkers through Assessment and
Inquiry (7-12)
Descriptions
of these courses are available online.
Fuller descriptions of the MELT program, the Summer Institutes, and
the daily
schedule for the Summer Institutes are available online. A brief Promotional
Brochure and the Registration
Form are also provided to assist teachers, schools, and districts with the
registration process.
Mike
Michael J. Bossé
Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Education and MELT Program Director
Dept. of
Mathematical Sciences, 243 Walker Hall, 121 Bodenheimer Dr.,
Appalachian State
University, Boone NC 28608-2092
Office Phone: (828) 262-2862 Cell Phone:
(252) 902-7536 Skype address: Michael.J.Bossé
