PRIME Professional Development Opportunities
Fall 2008 - Summer 2009

Title: ED 492/ED592: Dynamic Classroom Assessment: Elementary
Instructors: Deann Kertzman and Linda Kramer
Target Group: elementary teachers who teach mathematics & special education staff
Available Credit: 2 BHSU undergraduate or graduate credits/2 SD Recertification credits/30 C.E. credits/Audit
Date: Sept. 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 17, 24, Dec. 1, 2008
Time: 4:15pm – 7:15pm
Location: Valley View Elementary, Mathematics Office
Materials Fee: $45.00.  The book: Dynamic Classroom Assessment Elementary Training, Core Participants’ Guide is the required text and is to be purchased the first day of class through the instructor.
Description: The focus of Dynamic Classroom Assessment is classroom assessment, which is the process by which teachers can identify what students know about critical mathematics concepts, skills, procedures, and facts and then use that information to inform their instructional decisions. In the context of mathematics, participants will explore the way in which different assessment methods can be aligned with specific learning targets, develop skills in creating specific clarifying and probing questions, learn to distinguish between what students know and the way students show what they know, and incorporate knowledge of students’ thinking into instructional planning.

Title: ED 641: Understanding Student Thinking in Numbers & Operations (formerly named: Cognitively Guided Instruction in Math: CHI I and CGI II combined)
Instructor: Kim Clark
Target Group: Elementary teachers who teach mathematics and special education staff
Available Credit: 2 HBSU undergraduate or graduate credits/2 SD Recertification credits/30 C.E. credits/Audit
Dates: September 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14, 28, Nov. 25, Dec. 2, 9, 16, 2008
Time: 4:15pm – 7:15 pm
Location: Valley View Elementary, Mathematics Office
Optional Materials Fee: The text Children’s Mathematics will be provided for use during this class. Participants are encouraged to purchase a personal copy. Cost is $25.00
Description: This course 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. Activities include study of a structured framework of mathematics and how children’s thinking evolves through the four operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Registration Information: To register for these classes, please contact Dixie Stephens at RCAS Staff Development Office, 394-4067

Title: EDU 692: DYNAMIC CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT: SECONDARY
Instructors:  Joel Albright and Sally Heberlein
Target Group: secondary mathematics teachers & special education staff
Available Credit: 2 BHSU graduate credits/2 SD Recertification credits/30 C.E. credits/Audit
Dates: Jan. 12, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 23, Mar. 2, 9, 23, 30, Apr. 6, 27, 2009
Time: 4:15pm – 7:15pm except Jan. 12: 5:00pm – 7:00pm, Jan 26 & Apr. 27: 4:30pm – 6:30pm
Location: Central High School, Room D200
Materials Fee: $64.00. The book: Dynamic Classroom Assessment Secondary Training, Core Participants’ Guide is the required text and is to be purchased the first day of class through the instructor.
Description: Dynamic Assessment in the Secondary Mathematics Classroom is designed to enrich teacher knowledge of how to link students’ mathematical understanding to instructional decisions. Teachers enrolled in this course will learn how to gather information about students’ mathematical thinking, make inferences about what students know and can do mathematically, and then make instructional decisions that are better aligned with students’ mathematical understanding.
Priority will be given to math teachers. This course cannot be substituted for a required class for a Math Specialist endorsement.

Title: ED 601: FOUNDATIONS AND ISSUES OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
Instructor: Jami Stone
Target Group: K-12 mathematics teachers & special education staff
Available Credit: Available Credit: 2 BHSU graduate credits/2 SD Recertification credits/30 C.E. credits/Audit
Dates: Jan. 14, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 23, Mar. 2, 16, 23, 30, Apr. 6, 2009
Time: 4:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: Valley View Elementary, Mathematics Office
Description: This course provides an introduction to K-12 mathematics content and process standards, makes the case for using an inquiry-oriented approach in classrooms, and looks at current research. Participants will gain an understanding of the components needed to create a learning environment that encourages and supports all children in building understandings, making connections, reasoning, and solving problems as described in Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Priority will be given to teachers in the K-12 Math Specialist program since ED 601 is a required course. All other applicants will be placed on a waiting list and will be admitted as space allows.

Title: ED 651: UNDERSTANDING STUDENT THINKING IN ALGEBRA
Instructor: Deann Kertzman
Target Group: K-12 math teachers & special education staff
Available Credit: 2 BHSU graduate credits/2 SD Recertification credits/30 C.E. credits/Audit
Dates: Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2009
Time: 4:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: Valley View Elementary, Mathematics Office
Optional Materials Fee: Thinking Mathematically by Carpenter, Franke, and Levi (approx. $23.00) Textbooks may be borrowed from the instructor or purchased independently.
Description: This course will help participants 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. Conceptions and misconceptions that elementary students bring to mathematics will be analyzed. Strategies for promoting algebraic thinking will be practiced. Participants will also examine topics related to equality, rational thinking, conjectures, variables, patterns and functions.

Registration Information: To register for these classes, please contact Dixie Stephens at RCAS Staff Development Office, 394-4067
Title: RELEARNING TO TEACH ARITHMETIC: ADDITION, SUBTRACTION, MULTIPLICATION, AND DIVISION
Instructors: Deb Gilliland & Stacie Tschetter
Target Group: Grades K-7 teachers and Special Education staff
Available Credit: 2 BHSU undergraduate or graduate credits; 2 SD Recertification credits; 30 C.E. credits/Audit
Dates: June 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 2009
Time: 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Location: Valley View Elementary, Mathematics Office
Description: This course guides teachers to think critically about students' comprehension of arithmetic. Participants view and discuss video segments of students solving arithmetic problems, analyze student work, and personally solve related math problems. Discussions focus on students as they demonstrate, record, and explain how they solve problems involving whole-number computation. Consideration is given to learning environments that support students as they build their understanding of concepts related to addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
By learning about computation across the elementary grades, participants will be better able to understand how these ideas develop over time, how they are connected, and how students acquire an understanding of whole-number computation.

Title: ED 631: DATA ANALYSIS AND PROBABILITY FOR K-12 EDUCATORS
Instructor: Jami Stone
Target Group: Grades K-12 teachers and Special Education staff
Available Credit: 2 BHSU undergraduate or graduate credits; 2 SD Recertification credits; 30 C.E. credits/Audit
Dates: July 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 2009
Time: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: TIE Office, Quartz Room, 1925 Plaza Blvd., Rapid City, SD 57702
Description: This course is designed for K-12 educators to deepen their understanding of data analysis and probability concepts that build from kindergarten through high school.  Consistent with the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, this course emphasizes methods of collecting, organizing, and displaying data; using appropriate statistical methods to analyze data; evaluating inferences and predictions that are based on data; and understanding and applying basic concepts of probability.  Instruction revolves around rich mathematical tasks and includes explicit attention to questioning, conjectures, and justification. Participants reflect on the benefits and challenges of this kind of learning environment and consider implications for their own teaching.