PRIME Professional Development Opportunities
2005 -2006

NOTE: Credit card payments for graduate credit (and anything else on campus) will no longer be accepted as of November 1, 2005.

Title: FOUNDATIONS OF INQUIRY-BASED MATHEMATICS WITH A FOCUS ON GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT
Instructor(s): Nancy Ward, Vicki Kapust

Target Group: elementary, middle school & high school math teachers, K–12 special education staff
Lane Change Status: all certified staff
Available Credit: 2 BHSU graduate/undergraduate credits/2 credits SD Recertification/30 C.E.credits/Audit
Date: Oct. 3, 17, 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14, 21, 28, Dec. 5, 12, 2005
Time: 4:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: Valley View, Numeracy Office

Participants will explore foundational content and processes that students should know and be able to use as they progress from kindergarten through high school. This particular iteration of "Foundations" will emphasize the content areas of Geometry and Measurement. Connections will be made throughout the grade levels to show the development of these ideas. Participants will explore and deepen their own knowledge of mathematical concepts as well as the NCTM process standards. They will also consider applications for that knowledge in the classroom.

Title: RELEARNING TO TEACH ARITHMETIC: ADDITION & SUBTRACTION
Instructor: Stacie Tschetter

Target Group: elementary & grade K-8 special education staff
Lane Change Status: all certified staff
Available Credit: 1 BHSU graduate/undergraduate credit/1credits SD Recertification/15 C.E. credits/Audit
Date: Sept. 22, 29, Oct. 20, 27, Nov. 17, 2005
Time: 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Location: Central High School, Room B200

This professional development course guides teachers to think critically about students' comprehension of arithmetic. Participants view and discuss video segments and then work on related math problems and discussion questions. The videos focus on students as they demonstrate and explain to their teachers and classmates how they have solved problems involving whole-number computation. The videos also include narration and a number of interviews with teachers who offer their perspectives on the kinds of learning environments that support students as they build their understanding of concepts related to arithmetic.

By learning about computation across the grades, we are better able to understand how these ideas develop, how they are connected, and how students within and across grade levels, develop an understanding of whole number computation.

Title: COGNITIVELY GUIDED INSTRUCTION IN MATHEMATICS: CGI I and CGI II COMBINED
Instructor(s): Deann Kertzman & Kim Clark

Target Group: elementary math teachers & special education staff
Lane Change Status: all certified staff
Available Credit: 2 BHSU graduate credits/2 credits SD Recertification/30 C.E. credits/Audit
Date: Sept. 13, 20, 27, Oct. 18, 25, Nov. 1, 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2005
Time: 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Location: TIE Office, 1925 Plaza Blvd, Spruce Room

If you have previously taken “Cognitively Guided Instruction I and are interested in CGI II contact the instructor.

This class is a combination of classes Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI I) and Cognitively Guided Instruction II (CGI II). It is designed to assist teachers in using research-based knowledge about children’s mathematical thinking to guide instruction. Participants will learn by watching, discussing, and reflecting on how students solve mathematical problems. Participants will learn about a structured framework of mathematics and how children’s thinking evolves through the four operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The text Children’s Mathematics will be provided by the PRIME Grant.

Title: INQUIRY-BASED APPROACHES TO PROBABILITY IN GAMES & SIMULATIONS: SECONDARY
Instructor: Sally Heberlein

Target Group: upper elementary, secondary math teachers & special education staff
Lane Change Status: all certified staff
Available Credit: 1 BHSU graduate credit/1 credit SD Recertification/15 C.E. credits/Audit
Date: Sept. 29, Oct. 20, 27, Nov. 17, Dec. 1, 8, 2005
Time: 5:00pm – 7:30pm
Location: Central High School, Room D210

We encounter chance every day. Will it rain? Will our favorite team win? Is the game fair? Our language is rich with words and phases for describing different levels of probability: usually, a sure thing, a long shot, once in a blue moon, and many other colorful expressions.

In this “MathScape” unit, Chance Encounters, students see probability through a mathematical lens by investigating games and simulations. The investigations are full of opportunities for students to explore the mathematical themes of theoretical and experimental probability, multiple representations of probability, and modeling situations with simulations. Whether conducting experiments for games or designing their own simulations, students learn how mathematical thinking can provide insights in the world around them.

FOUNDATIONS OF INQUIRY-BASED MATHEMATICS WITH A FOCUS ON GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT

Nancy Ward
Vicki Kapust
*** Class is Cancelled***
Target Group: elementary, middle school & high school math teachers, K-12 special education staff
Lane Change Status: all certified staff
Available Credit: 2 BHSU graduate/undergraduate credits/2 credits SD Recertification/30 C.E.credits/Audit
Date: Jan. 18, 25, Feb. 8, 15, Mar. 1, 15, 22, Apr. 5, 19, May 3, 2006
Time: 4:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Valley View Elementary, Numeracy Office

Participants will explore foundational content and processes that students should know and be able to use as they progress from kindergarten through high school. This particular iteration of "Foundations" will emphasize the content areas of Geometry and Measurement. Connections will be made throughout the grade levels to show the development of these ideas. Participants will explore and deepen their own knowledge of mathematical concepts as well as the NCTM process standards. They will also consider applications for that knowledge in the classroom. This course is designed for teachers of mathematics from all grade levels, special education teachers and paraprofessionals. There is no RCAS fee for RCAS district employees.

RELEARNING TO TEACH ARITHMETIC:
ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION, & DIVISION

Stacie Tschetter
Nancy Ward

Target Group: K-5 elementary teachers & K-8 special education staff
Lane Change Status: all certified staff
Available Credit: 2 BHSU graduate/undergraduate credit/2 credits SD Recertification/30 C.E. credits/Audit
Date: Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 27, Mar. 13, 20, 27, Apr. 3, 10, 2006
Time: 4:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Pinedale Elementary Library

This professional development course guides teachers to think critically about students' comprehension of arithmetic. Participants view and discuss video segments and then work on related math problems and discussion questions. The videos focus on students as they demonstrate and explain to their teachers and classmates how they have solved problems involving whole-number computation. The videos also include narration and a number of interviews with teachers who offer their perspectives on the kinds of learning environments that support students as they build their understanding of concepts related to addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Addition and subtraction are a focus of the primary grades, and multiplication and division receive more emphasis in grades 3-5. By learning about computation across the grades, we are better able to understand how these ideas develop, how they are connected, and how students within and across grade levels, develop an understanding of whole number computation.

THINKING MATHEMATICALLY: INTEGRATING ARITHMETIC & ALGEBRA IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Deann Kertzman
Kim Clark

Target Group: elementary math teachers & special education staff
Lane Change Status: all certified staff
Available Credit: 2 BHSU graduate credits/2 credits SD Recertification/30 C.E. credits/Audit
Date: Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31, Feb. 7, Mar. 7, 14, 21, 28, Apr. 4, 2006
Time: 4:15pm - 7:15pm
Location: Valley View Elementary Library

This course will help participants to build a foundation of algebra in elementary grades. Participants will examine algebraic thinking with an emphasis on how arithmetic and algebra are taught and learned. We will look at conceptions and misconceptions that elementary students bring to mathematics. Learning mathematics involves learning ways of thinking and exploring powerful mathematical ideas rather than collection of disconnected procedures. This course will use algebraic thinking to help students form mathematical ideas, express them in words and symbols and defend these ideas. They will also examine topics related to equality, conjectures, variables, ordering multiple operations and mathematical "If... then" statements.

INQUIRY-BASED APPROACHES TO PROBABILITY IN GAMES & SIMULATIONS: SECONDARY

Sally Heberlein
Target Group: upper elementary, secondary math teachers & special education staff
Lane Change Status: all certified staff
Available Credit: 1 BHSU graduate credit/1 credit SD Recertification/15 C.E. credits/Audit
Date: Jan. 19, 26, Feb. 9, 16, Mar. 2, 9, 2006
Time: 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Location: Central High School, Room D210

We encounter chance every day. Will it rain? Will our favorite team win? Is the game fair? Our language is rich with words and phrases for describing different levels of probability: usually, a sure thing, a long shot, once in a blue moon, and many other colorful expressions.

In this "MathScape" unit, Chance Encounters, students see probability through a mathematical lens by investigating games and simulations. The investigations are full of opportunities for students to explore the mathematical themes of theoretical and experimental probability, multiple representations of probability, and modeling situations with simulations. Whether conducting experiments for games or designing their own simulations, students learn how mathematical thinking can provide insights in the world around them.

Title: Foundations of Inquiry-based Mathematics with a Focus on Geometry & Measurement
Instructors: Nancy Ward, Vicki Kapust

Target Group: elementary, middle school math, high school math & K-12 special education staff
Lane Change Status: all certified staff
Available Credit: 2 BHSU graduate/undergraduate credits/2 credits SD Recertification/30 C.E. credits/Audit
Dates: Jan. 18, 25, Feb. 8, 15, Mar. 1, 15, 22, Apr. 5, 19, May 3, 2006
Time: 4:30pm-7:30pm
Location: Numeracy Office/Valley View

Participants will explore foundational content and processes that students should know and be able to use as they progress from Kindergarten through high school. This particular iteration of "Foundations" will emphasize the content areas of Geometry and Measurement. Connections will be made throughout the grade levels to show the development of these ideas. Participants will explore and deepen their own knowledge of mathematical concepts as well as the NCTM process standards. They will also consider applications for that knowledge in the classroom. This course is designed for teachers of mathematics from all grade levels, special education teachers and paraprofessionals.

Title: Using, Writing, and Solving Equations with Manipulatives
Instructor: Sally Heberlein

Target Group: upper elementary teachers, secondary math teachers, & special education teachers
Lane Change Status:
Available Credit: 1 BHSU undergraduate or graduate credit
1 SD Recertification credit
15 C.E. credits
Audit
Date: July 17 – 20, 2006
Time: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM daily
Location: WDTI, Room M210

Since writing and solving equations is an essential part of the algebra strand, this class will assist students with shifting their focus from the concrete to the more abstract. Students will be introduced to the basic vocabulary of algebra and this will be used to assist students to think algebraically to solve concrete problems. Such manipulatives as algebra tiles, algeblocks, and/or the MathScape lab gear may be used in this course. Topics to be discussed may include expressions, equations involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, division (factoring), and working with multi-variable equations.