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November 12, 2010 Meeting

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Project Meeting - November, 12, 2010

 

Location:  McDaniel College, Academic Hall; 3rd 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)

        

12:00                Lunch

 

12:45 PM          Common Core State Standards – updating

 

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?

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