Project Meeting - November, 12, 2010

Location:  McDaniel College, Academic Hall; 3^rd Floor

8:30AM            Continental Breakfast

9:00                  Introductions and Project Update

                          - Francis (Skip) Fennell

  - Jon Wray

9:30                  Janet Sankar, Livescribe® Presentation and discussion  NOTE: Bring your Livescribe® pens

• Summer - intro. session for new users,intermediate level sessions, advanced users; sharing best practices; etc.
  
• Challenges/Questions
• Legal Guidelines (Howard County)
  
• How do we share this information?
• How do we name the files in a way that identifies the content?
  

11:30                 "Exploring Our Math Identities" (MTMS, Nov. 2010 - free preview) by K. Leatham and D. Hill (Beth Kobett)

• Potential uses of Beth's mini-workshop include:
• with coaches/specialists
• with teachers to introduce the Standards for Mathematical Practices (followed by Tim Kanold verbs activity)
• with preservice/inservice teachers
• prior to articulation meetings
• with principals when introducing the practices

11:30                 EMIL – Updating and discussion (Francis (Skip) Fennell and Jon Wray)

• MSDE Mathematics Instructional Leader (PreK-6 and 4-9) Evaluation for Certification tool (October 2010)
  

12:00                Lunch

12:45 PM          Common Core State Standards – updating

• Nationally – Francis (Skip) Fennell (PPT slides)
  
• Maryland – Jon Wray, Beth Kobett, and YOU

1:15                    Break

1:30                   ems&tl mini-project updates

• Howard County (2)
• 1) Claudia/Kelly starting in January 2011
• 2) Sorsha/Joan - 3 sessions (3 schools, 13 classroom teachers of grade 1-Grade 5 [GT]), each two hours long (topics:  division, fractions, decimals); use of professional scenarios and Livescribe formative assessment student work samples; highlighted the use of Hands-on Standards.
  
• Baltimore County
• Professional development focused on fractions at Crystal McCubbin's school (using UMich module materials and IES Fractions Practice Guide).
• Collecting student data - fractions content knowledge
• Intermediate level mathematics teachers (3-5) will be pre-/post-tested on fractions content knowledge; a reflection survey will be administered (focus on content/pedagogy)
• Frederick County
• Meeting on Nov. 29; equipment has been distributed.
• Discussions about the timeline and expectations (re: the use of the Livescribe pen, FlipVideo and MovieMaker software) have taken place
• Three-layered approach: work with students teachers, proficient use of tools, and bank of resources to support the CCSS
  
• Staff have been writing in of reflective journals
  
• Carroll County
• Surveyed teachers involved in differentiated projects about their Common Core Standards awareness. Teachers will design rigorous mathematical tasks focusing on CCSS/SC topics.
• Received in-house and outside training on Livescribe pens; showing student examples that focus on misconceptions, student understanding, representation, communication, etc. Also collecting video clips.
• Sorting the samples and posting on the CCPSS Intranet.
• Supporting teacher capacity of understanding Standards for Mathematical Practice.

2:00                 Planning for June (or earlier) Professional Development days

• Focus
• Updates on technological tools; Kelly Hammond (and tech leaders in CCPSS) and Julie Wray (HCPSS)
• Promethean Board
• Issues surrounding feeling "overloaded" re: daily roles/responsibilities
• Opportunities to share ideas, frustrations, and issues impacting our work
• "Supporting" our work; teacher satisfaction surveys; ems&tl could make an instrument available to survey staff within/across districts
  
• Speakers
• YOUR involvement - bring indicators related to supporting the Standards for Mathematical Practice
  

2:30                 Sharing – by County

3:00                 Next Steps

•  ems&tl Projet – AMTE in January 2011 (Comparison of state certifications), NCTM Annual 9Indy) - Common Core focused
  
•  Our Next meeting – January 14, 2011
•  On your calendar
• Next, next meeting – March 18, 2011
• NCSM/NCTM – April 11-16, 2011
•  ems&tl Summer PD – large group (all specialist/leaders) - June 2-3 and 9-10
  

3:30                 Final questions, comments?