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Focus Areas
Higher Education and Teacher Preparation
Elementary Mathematics Specialists
Mathematical Associations
Professional Development
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Institutes of Higher Education
and
Teacher Preparation
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Wisconsin Higher
Education Conference
March 2012
33 Colleges and Universities Certify Teachers in
Wisconsin
All Mathematics Departments and Schools of
Education Invited
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Keynotes: Hung Hsi–Wu and Bill Schmidt – Teaching
Teachers in the Era of the CCSSM and International
Comparisons
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Louisiana State University
Worked with LSU, Scott Baldridge,
on a LaSIP Initiative
• Singapore Math Implementation Project
• Baker City Schools
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
Brookhill Foundation
Scholarship Award
• New minor for Elementary Education
Majors
• Dual Mathematics and Science
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NCTQ
• 2008 - No Common Denominator
The Preparation of Elementary Teachers in
Mathematics by America’s Education Schools
• website work linking Parker/Baldridge and
Beckmann text resources for pre-service
programs
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Mathematical Associations
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CBMS
• 2008 Forum on the Report of the National
Mathematics Panel (NMAP)
• 2009 Forum on the Content and Assessment of
School Mathematics
• 2010 Forum on Content-Based Professional
Development for Teachers of Mathematics
• 2011 Forum on Teaching Teachers in the Era of
the Common Core
• 2012 MET II
• 2014 Forum on The First Two Years of College
Math: Building Student Success
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MATHCOUNTS
• 25th Anniversary - Club Program
• Question Writing Committee – travel,
lodging, and meals
Check out Desmos.com created by a
MATHCOUNTS alumni
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Achieve, Inc.
• Wisconsin was an American Diploma Project
State (ADP)
• American Diploma Project Algebra II
End-Of-Course Exam 2008 Annual Report
• Various briefs comparing CCSSM to state,
national, and international benchmarks
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Fordham Institute
• Stars By Which to Navigate? Scanning
National and International Education
Standards in 2009 (PISA, NAEP, TIMMS)
• The State of State Standards - and the
Common Core - in 2010
• Common Core in the Schools: A First Look at
Mathematics Instruction - current
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NCSM
• 2010 - convened a task force representing
ASSM, AMTE, NCTM, and NCSM supporting
the implementation of the CCSSM
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AMS
• American Mathematical Society
Epsilon Fund for Young Scholars
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Curriculum Alignment Project
University of Louisville, 2010
Led by Bill Bush
Curriculum Materials Analysis Tools
1. Mathematics Content Alignment
2. Standards for Mathematical Practices
Alignment
3. Overarching Considerations
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CCSSM Progression Documents
• University of Arizona – Institute of
Mathematics & Education (IM&E)
• 2010
• http://ime.math.arizona.edu/progressions/
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Mathematics Specialists
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ems & tl
McDaniel College
• Since 2009
• National Clearinghouse
ems&tl
Elementary Mathematics Specialists and Teacher
Leaders Project
Francis (Skip) Fennell
www.mathspecialists.org
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AMTE
• 2010 - Standards for Elementary Mathematics Specialists: A
Reference for Teachers Credentialing and Degree Programs
• 2010 - AMTE led the development of the first joint position
statement between NCSM, NCTM, AMTE, and ASSM: The Role
of Elementary Mathematics Specialists in the Teaching and
Learning of Mathematics.
• 2010 & 2011 AMTE EMS States Conferences
Maggie McGatha (University of Louisville)
Nicole Rigelman (Portland State University)
Only 9 states had some type of certification
• 2013 STaR Fellows
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Specialist Certification States
2010 States
Added States
In Process States
Arizona
California
Georgia
Michigan
Ohio
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Arkansas
Idaho
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Missouri
Montana
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Alabama
Alaska
Colorado
Illinois
Indiana
New York
Washington
West Virginia
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Professional Development
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The Wisconsin Statewide
Mathematics Initiative (WSMI)
www.wsmi.net
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Wisconsin Statewide
Mathematics Initiative
• Goal of WSMI
– Establish a sustainable, statewide effort for high
quality mathematics education and learning in
Wisconsin.
• Main Objectives
– To deepen mathematical content knowledge.
– To develop leadership capacity.
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Framework of Institutes
Logistics
• Summer
• One week
• Hosted at a school
• Breakfast and lunch
provided
• Includes all course
materials
Design
• District team
• Team Leader
• Four grade bands
• 30 hours plus district
team planning time
• District Action Plan
• Administrator Day
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Framework of Modules
• Focus on one domain/conceptual category
• 10 three hour sessions
• All sessions: examine standards, engage in math
task(s), deepen understanding of standards, written
reflection time, and study Progression Documents.
• Tenth session: synthesize and reflect on the week’s
learning in order to incorporate the standards into
teachers’ own classrooms.
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Module Content
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K-2:
K-2:
3-5:
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6-8:
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8-12:
8-12:
Operations & Algebraic Thinking
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Operations & Algebraic Thinking
Number & Operations Fractions
Ratios and Proportional Relationships
Expressions and Equations
Statistics
Modeling with Statistics & Probability
Algebra and Functions with Modeling
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Graduate Credit
All courses have been approved for
two or three graduate credits through
the University of WisconsinMilwaukee.
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WSMI Reach
1,637 Teachers
689 Schools
225 Administrators
139 Districts
42 Facilitators
16 Institutes
10 Writers
9 Courses
5 Editors
5 Pilot Coach Reviewers
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Future WSMI Projects
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Online course with DPI and WMC
Team Leader Meeting
New and revised modules
Present at regional and national conferences
Summer 2015 institutes
– June 22-26
– July 13-17
– July 27-31
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Institute Advisors
Dr. Richard Askey
Dr. William McCallum
Dr. Francis (Skip) Fennell
Dr. Denise Spangler
Dr. Maggie McGatha
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Thank you. Your encouragement, advice,
expertise, assistance, constructive critique, and/or
help with the work of the Brookhill Institute of
Mathematics is welcomed and will be appreciated.
Kathy Stumpf, President
Kathy.stumpf@brookhillmath.org
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