PRIME Professional Development Opportunities
Spring 2007

NOTE: Credit card payments for graduate credit (and anything else on campus) are no longer accepted.

To register for these opportunities contact Dixie at CSAC Staff Development.

Title: USING MATH RECOVERY TO SUPPORT SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND AT-RISK LEARNERS
Previously Titled: Designing Instructional Modifications for the K-2 Math Learner
Instructor: Jackie Swanson & Donna Goodell

Target Group: grades K-2 special education staff, general educators, & paraprofessionals
Lane Change Status: all certified staff
Available Credit: 1 BHSU graduate/undergraduate credit/1 credit SD Recertification/15 C.E. credits/Audit
Date: January 8, 29, February 5, 12, 26, 2007
Time: 4:15pm – 7:15pm
Location: Valley View Elementary, Numeracy Office
Material Fee: $15.00 to be paid to instructor

This professional development course focuses on current research on children’s developing number knowledge. Participants will be introduced to a Learning Framework of Early Numbers for application in teacher planning. Participants will view models or video segments, which include examples of young learners’ numerical understanding. They will discuss and analyze the segments to create appropriate interventions and instructional settings. Registration preference will be given to special and general education teachers working with K-2 students.

Title: THINKING MATHEMATICALLY: INTEGRATING ARITHMETIC & ALGEBRA IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Instructor: 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: January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27, March 6, 13, 20, 2007
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 a 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.

Title: Foundations and Issues of Mathematics Education (ED 601)
Instructors: Vicki Kapust and Micheline Hickenbotham

Target Group: ED601 is a required course for those teachers in the K-12 Math Specialist program so they will have priority. Others may register if space allows.
Available Credit: 2 BHSU graduate credits
Dates:
Jan. 29
Feb 5, 12, 26
March 5, 26
April 2, 16, 23, 30

Time: 4:00-7:15 p.m.
Location: North Middle School Room 172

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.