Number and Number Sense
Professional Development Plan
CHARLOTTESVILLE
CITY
SCHOOLS
Participants
 PreK – 8 Teachers and Special Education Teachers
 Number and Number Sense Course
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3 graduate credit hours
90 recertification points
2 concurrent sessions each semester over the next two years
 Principals, Assistant Principals, Special Education
Coordinators, & Math Specialists
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Lenses On Learning
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Observation tool
Common language
Common expectations
4 to 5 sessions over the next two years
Course Costs
Proposed Funding Sources
School Year 2012-2013 & Beyond
 Number and Number Sense Course
 Offer annually to all new teachers
 Administrative Training
 Offer as needed
Rationale for Implementation
PreK–8 teachers and special education
teachers who take this class will:
 Develop a deeper understanding of the base ten number system including exploring
learning to count, performing operations with multi-digit numbers, and working
with fractions and decimals.
 Investigate how to represent and interpret quantitative situations verbally,
pictorially, and symbolically.
 Investigate a variety of situations modeled by addition and subtraction and examine
various representations of multiplication and division.
 Study how children develop their understanding of number and develop number
sense.
 Develop additional strategies to help children build number sense and understand
how numbers are used in problem solving.
 Investigate how to implement the school division’s curriculum and instructional
resources to support students developing understanding of mathematics.
 Develop additional skills in teaching standards-based mathematics.
 Become more reflective teachers.