Teacher Recruitment Day
January 23, 2015
Eric Kuennen and John Beam
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Project Overview
• Partnership between UW Oshkosh, Medford,
Abbotsford, Colby, Prentice, Rib Lake, Holy Rosary,
and Immanuel Lutheran
• 36 mathematics teachers in grades 4-8, and
5 Mathematics Education professors at UW Oshkosh
• Two-week summer institute on mathematics and
academic year projects with a focus on math
teaching
• Three-year program: Summer 2015 - Summer 2017
Project Goals:
•Build a deep understanding of the Common Core
Content and Practice Standards
•Effectively implement rich and engaging math
problems in the classroom to facilitate student learning
of math concepts and processes
•Understand how students learn math content to
diagnose and respond to students’ misconceptions
•Collaborate between grade levels and explore a
continuum of developing knowledge
Summer Workshop
• Sessions taught using a collaborative learning model.
Small-group work will be followed by large-group
discussion.
• Three types of sessions on each mathematics topic:
– Problem-Based Inquiry
– Focus on Children’s Thinking
– Connections to the Common Core.
Problem-Based Inquiry (PBI).
• You will deepen your understanding of specific
content topics through problem solving.
• You will work in small groups on rich problems
designed to spark and sustain conversation about,
and exploration of, a specific piece of the school
curriculum.
• You will be engaged in analyzing solutions and
methods, exploring representations, communicating,
and making mathematical arguments.
True or False: Zero is an even number.
Make a convincing argument for why the
sum of two odd numbers is even.
Focus on Children’s Thinking
• appraise children’s methods and discuss whether
they are correct and generalizable
• analyze video clips of children thinking aloud as they
solve
• discuss how to respond to common student
questions and misconceptions
Connections to the Common Core
• Discuss the Practice Standards and identify when
you were yourself engaged in each practice
• Analyze lessons and activities and discuss underlying
concepts and approach
• Collaborate in grade bands to present ideas for how
to teach specific content
Academic Year Follow-up
• Classroom Projects: Collaborate in vertical
teams to develop and implement lessons and
collect and share data on student reasoning
and misconceptions
• Content-Focused Coaching: One of us will visit
your classroom and act as a coach for math
content and processes.
• January half-day in-service workshop
Content Themes
• Year 1: Numbers and Algebraic Thinking
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Number and Operations – Fractions
Number Systems
Expressions and Equations
• Year 2: Geometry and Measurement
– Geometry, Measurement and Data
– Ratios and Proportional Relationships.
• Year 3: Probability and Statistics
– Probability and Statistics
– Measurement and Data
– Ratios and Proportional Relationships.
When is it?
Time
Activity
June 9 and 10
Two afternoon workshops for baseline
assessments, launch activities and
mathematical problem-solving
Two week Summer Institute on Number and
Algebraic Thinking
July 13-17 and
July 20-24
Fall 2015
Classroom Projects
Content Focused Coaching
January 2016
Half-day in-service Workshop
What do I get?
(…besides all the great new knowledge and
experiences)
•$1540 cash stipend or 4 graduate credits per year
•Math manipulatives, texts, and resources
Project Theme:
• We will be making connections in mathematics:
not just connections among math concepts but also
connections among math concepts, the Common
Core, children’s thinking, and teaching strategies.
• Making Mathematical Connections is also about you
connecting mathematically with your peers to learn,
discuss and explore more about math and the
teaching of mathematics.
Review of Applications will begin on Feb. 15.
Application Form is on our Project Website:
http://www.uwosh.edu/mathematics/connections
Eric Kuennen
John Beam
kuennene@uwosh.edu
beam@uwosh.edu
Laura Lundy
lundyla@medford.k12.wi.us.