Massachusetts Department of Education
Content Institutes
2004
Algebra
And other Professional Development
Opportunities for Massachusetts Educators
Program
Information
L E T T E R
Registration Priorities
April, 2004
Registration by teams from schools
and districts is encouraged for all
institutes. Massachusetts public
school educators (especially those
who are employed in school districts
that have been identified as high needs
Dear Educators:
become “highly qualified” in the
subject area they teach), along with
others from publicly-funded programs
covered by the Education Reform Act
(charter schools, adult basic education, preschools, and private day and
F R O M
T H E
C O M M I S S I O N E R
We are pleased to announce this statewide program of free graduatelevel institutes designed to increase the content knowledge of
Massachusetts educators. Sponsored by the Massachusetts
Department of Education in partnership with school districts, educational collaboratives, charter schools, colleges and universities, cultural institutions, and professional associations, these content institutes are designed to support local districts’ efforts to raise the
achievement of students and increase the number of highly qualified
teachers knowledgeable in the subject areas they teach.
publicly-funded special education),
have priority in registering for these
spring and summer content institutes
at no charge. Institutes are also
available for the equitable participation
This year all of our institutes use instructional technology as a tool to
enhance the learning of the content. All of the institutes also now
include follow-up sessions in the fall and winter to support improved
teaching and learning in the classroom.
private schools within the geographic
area served by the institute.
The Content Institutes are funded through federal Title II funds and
the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Renewable Energy
Trust. As you read this brochure, please note the new section this
year detailing other professional development opportunities. These
opportunities, along with the content institutes, are valuable, cost
effective and available for all Massachusetts educators. I hope you
will consider participating in these institutes.
Registration
Procedures
To register and obtain detailed information, please contact the person
listed for the institute of your choice.
Since spaces are limited, please
register early. Institutes are open to
educators from districts across the
state. Participants will be accepted
and must commit to attend the entire
program of the selected institute,
including follow-up days.
Sincerely,
David P. Driscoll
Commissioner of Education
Registration
Requirements
Each institute will provide at least
45 hours of instruction between May
and August 31 as well as 20 additional
follow-up hours from August 31 –
December 31, 2004. Participants are
required to attend all sessions, take
part in pre- and post-assessments
of content knowledge, and complete
activities outside of class time that
result in a project that demonstrates
their learning. Teachers’ instituterelated work should be included in
their personal professional development plans and should be strongly linked to
school and district priorities.
Professional Development Points
and Graduate Credit
Participants who choose the PDP option may earn 67.5 PDPs for attending all
sessions and completing the pre- and post-assessments and a project that documents their learning. No partial PDPs will be awarded. Most institutes also offer
optional graduate credit for which participants may register at their own expense.
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General Information
The Content Institute Program is
organized by the Offices for the
Humanities, Mathematics, Science,
and Technology/Engineering and
Instructional Technology.
For general information about the
Content Institute program, please
contact the following individuals at
the Massachusetts Department of
Education:
Table of Contents
Content Institutes by Grade Level
and Content Area
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Arts Institutes
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English Language Arts Institutes
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Arts:
History and Social Science Institutes
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Lurline Munoz-Bennett, 781-338-6285,
lmunoz-bennett@doe.mass.edu
Mathematics Institutes
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Science and Technology/Engineering Institutes
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Other Professional Development Opportunities
for Massachusetts Educators
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English Language Arts:
Joan McNeil, 781-338-6227,
jmcneil@doe.mass.edu
History and Social Science:
Special Education Institutes
John Chiang Keh, 781-338-6226,
jkeh@doe.mass.edu
Community Service Learning Institute
Mathematics:
Teaching American History Institutes
Career and Technical Education Institutes
Barbara Libby, 781-338-3460,
blibby@doe.mass.edu
Science and Technology/Engineering
(including renewable energy):
Kathe Kirkman, 781-338-3622,
kkirkman@doe.mass.edu
Instructional
Technology
For 2004, instructional technology
has been integrated into all content
institute programs.
For further information about
instructional technology and the
content institutes, please contact:
LeRoy Wong, 781-338-3723,
lwong@doe.mass.edu
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Content Institutes by Grade Level and Content Area
Institutes are summarized on the following pages by grade level (elementary, middle, and high school) and content
area (arts, English language arts, history and social science, mathematics, and science and technology/engineering). Please visit the Department of Education website at www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/cinstitute to download
this brochure and for more educational information. For information on the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks,
visit www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks
Elementary
Arts
Kodály Music Institute at New England Conservatory
English Language Arts
Teaching Fiction and Nonfiction in a Readers’ Workshop
History and
Social Science
Commonwealth and Nation: History Education for the Elementary Grades
Mathematics
Be Part of the Equation
Breaking Down Fractions: A Math Content Institute for Elementary Teachers
Bridges Classroom Mathematics
Growing in Mathematical Understanding: Investigating Number Sense, Algebra, Patterns
and Relations, Geometry, and Measurement (Middleborough Public Schools
and Plymouth Public Schools)
Singapore Mathematics
Science and
Technology/Engineering
Earth Science Content: A Lab-based Approach for Teachers in Grades 3–8
Middle
Arts
Kodály Music Institute at New England Conservatory
Public Art and Architecture in 19th Century America
English Language Arts
From Oz to Middle Earth: Digging Deeper into Middle School Literature
Teaching Writing in Middle and High Achool English Classrooms
Tragedy and Hope: Investigating the Human Condition through Drama, Fiction, and Poetry
History and
Social Science
The Drama of Liberty and Equality
The Physical Geography of South America
Mathematics
Connecting and Communicating: Algebra and Geometry in the Middle Grades
Data Analysis: Content, Process, and Assessment
Geometry and Measurement for Grades 6-8 Teachers
Growing in Mathematical Understanding: Investigating Number Sense, Algebra,
Patterns and Relations, Geometry, and Measurement (Cape Cod Collaborative and
Harwich Public Schools)
Growing in Mathematical Understanding: Investigating Number Sense, Algebra, Patterns
and Relations, Geometry, and Measurement: (Middleborough Public Schools and
Plymouth Public Schools)
M3 Magical Middle Math
Making Connections in Algebra, Geometry, and Measurement through Problem Solving
Singapore Mathematics
The Big Ideas: The Mathematics Concepts Behind the Computation
Science and Technology/
Engineering
Chemistry Content: A Lab-based Approach for Grades 5-9 Teachers
Earth Science Content: A Lab-based Approach for Teachers in Grades 3-8
Energy and the Environment
Engineering for Classroom Teachers
Engineering Energy
The Earth in the Solar System
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High
Arts
New Technologies in the Visual Arts
Public Art and Architecture in 19th Century America
English Language Arts
Teaching Writing in Middle and High School English Classrooms
Tragedy and Hope: Investigating the Human Condition through Drama, Fiction,
and Poetry
History and
Social Science
Teaching Citizenship Through Cold War History
The Drama of Liberty and Equality
The Historical Evolution of First Amendment Rights and Liberties in the American
Political System
Mathematics
Unlocking Linear and Quadratic Equations
Science and Technology/
Engineering
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for Buildings and Transportation
Renewable Energy: Science, Technology, and Issues
Other Professional Development Opportunities
offered by the Massachusetts Department of Education and, where noted,
the U.S. Department of Education
Elementary
Birthing the Modern: Industrialism, Immigration, Urbanization (offered as part of the
Teaching American History Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education)
Constitutional History Renewal Project (offered as part of the Teaching American
History Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education)
Special Education Institutes
Unusual Suspects: Bringing 19th Century Lives Alive in Your Classroom (offered as part of the
Teaching American History Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education)
Middle
Birthing the Modern: Industrialism, Immigration, Urbanization (offered as part of the
Teaching American History Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education)
Constitutional History Renewal Project (offered as part of the Teaching American History
Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education)
Living Democracy: History, Civics, and Community Service-Learning
Special Education Institutes
Unusual Suspects: Bringing 19th Century Lives Alive in Your Classroom (offered as part of the
Teaching American History Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education)
High
Birthing the Modern: Industrialism, Immigration, Urbanization (offered as part of the
Teaching American History Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education)
Career and Technical Education Content Institute: Business and Administrative Services
Career and Technical Education Content Institute: Education
Career and Technical Education Content Institute: Health Services
Career and Technical Education Content Institute: Hospitality and Tourism
Career and Technical Education Content Institute: Information Technology
Constitutional History Renewal Project (offered as part of the Teaching American History
Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education)
Living Democracy: History, Civics, and Community Service-Learning
Special Education Institutes
Unusual Suspects: Bringing 19th Century Lives Alive in Your Classroom (offered as part of the
Teaching American History Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education)
Westward Expansion: New Voices from the Frontier (offered as part of the Teaching
American History Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education)
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Arts
Elementary, Middle
1
Middle, High
High
2
3
Kodály Music Institute
at New England
Conservatory
Public Art and
Architecture in 19th
Century America
New Technologies in
the Visual Arts
Worcester Public Schools
Arlington Public Schools,
Lawrence Public Schools
Partner: Bridgewater State College
Partners: New England Conservatory,
University of Massachusetts/Amherst,
Anna Maria College
Dates: July 6-23, October 2,
November 13, and December 11
Location: New England Conservatory
in Boston
Partner: Massachusetts College of Art
Dates: August 2-6, 9-13, September
11, October 16, and November 20
Location: Massachusetts College of
Art in Boston
Watertown Public Schools
Dates: July 6-9,12,14,16,19, 21;
August 31, September 11, 25, and
December 11
Location: Bridgewater State College
Registration: 24 spaces available
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Denise Hayes,
508-531-6010
Registration: 15 spaces available
Contact: Liz Rudnick, 617-879-7174
email: dhayes@bridgew.edu
Contact: Margaret Ulmer,
617-585-1126
email: lizrudnick@massart.edu
email: Mulmer
@newenglandconservatory.edu
In the late 19th century, as industry
drove and influenced the shape of
America’s cities, architecture, public
art, and the art of landscape architecture expressed the American spirit.
Employing a strong cross-disciplinary
approach, the institute will focus on
late 19th century America. Participants
will explore the art forms of architecture, the design of the land, and public
art in the context of life in America and
as an expression of American culture.
These art forms reveal public and private issues facing Americans in the
newly industrialized society. The institute will use the remarkable resources
in the Boston environs to make explicit
the many connections between artistic, historic, and social contexts.
This institute will focus on improving
the content and pedagogical knowledge of elementary and middle school
music teachers through content-rich
areas of study based on the principles
and philosophy of Zoltán Kodály.
Participants improve their own musicianship by singing in moveable “doh”
solfége, conducting, and performing
choral repertoire. They expand pedagogical skills by learning multi-cultural
folksongs, dances, singing games,
jazz and classical art music. They
research, analyze, and codify musical
materials and write lesson plans and
curriculum projects. Children attend
onsite music classes/rehearsals that
participants observe as live application
of Kodály’s principles. Teacher participants who successfully complete this
institute will deepen their knowledge
of concepts and skills in the Massachusetts Arts Curriculum Framework
and the skills assessed on the music
test of the Massachusetts Tests for
Educator Licensure (MTEL).
13 days. Graduate credit available
from Massachusetts College of Art.
This institute focuses on the manipulation of photographic images in the
making of art. Participants will explore
the use of photographic images in the
making of digital art with Adobe
Photoshop or making prints using a
non-toxic lithographic process. Participants will also gain an understanding
of the unique aesthetic and expressive
issues of using photographs in art
through readings, class critiques, and
slide lectures and discussions. Slide
lecture topics will include 19th and
20th century artists who have worked
with photomontage and photo-collage
as well as historical overviews of
photography, lithography, and digital
art. Class discussions will include
issues of property rights and plagiarism
as they apply to published photographs
and the Internet, and the distinctions
between fine art and digital printmaking
and mechanical reproduction.
11.5 days. Graduate credit available
from Bridgewater State College.
Note: Local housing available for an
extra fee. Please inquire during
registration for further details.
17 days. Graduate credit available
from New England Conservatory
School of Continuing Education.
Note: Local housing available for an
extra fee. Please inquire during
registration for further details.
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English Language Arts
Elementary
4
Teaching Fiction and
Nonfiction in a
Readers’ Workshop
Boston Public Schools
Middle
Middle, High
5
6
From Oz to Middle
Earth: Digging Deeper
into Middle School
Literature
Partner: Lesley University
Cape Cod Collaborative
Dates: June 24, 27-30, September 30,
October 9, 13, and November 17
Partners: Dennis-Yarmouth Public
Schools, Falmouth Pubic Schools,
Teachers 21, and Simmons College
Location: Lesley University in
Cambridge and Ohrenberger School in
West Roxbury
Registration: 25 spaces available
Dates: June 23, 28-30, July 1, August
4-6, and follow-up session(s) to be
determined
Contact: Ann Deveney, 617-635-9659
Location: Sandwich High School
email: adeveney@boston.k12.ma.us
Registration: 25 spaces available
This workshop will focus on increasing
the content knowledge of upper elementary school teachers about teaching fiction and nonfiction in a readers’
workshop. Participants will engage in
author studies to explore genre and
build knowledge of various forms of literature. Participants will use this
knowledge to design curriculum that
will allow students to construct meaning. Participants will be instructed on
using the Metro Linc Discussion
Forum to engage in book discussions
and share units of study and strategies
for helping students build their understanding of both fiction and nonfiction.
Teachers who complete this institute
successfully will have a greater depth
of knowledge of the standards in the
Massachusetts English Language Arts
Curriculum Framework and the skills
addressed on the elementary education test of the Massachusetts Tests
for Educator Licensure (MTEL).
9 days. Graduate credit available from
Lesley University.
Contact: Joseph L. Gilbert,
508-564-5099 ext. 12
email: jgilbert@cccollaborative.org
This institute will focus on improving
middle school teachers’ knowledge of
classic children’s literature from
Appendices A and B of the
Massachusetts English Language Arts
Framework. By examining the lives of
authors, comparing books with similar
themes, and examining language use
and point of view, teachers will deepen
their understanding how an author’s
experiences influence his or her writing. This institute will help teachers
develop expertise in text analysis and
strategies to assess student comprehension. Teachers who successfully
complete this institute will have deeper
knowledge about the standards in the
Massachusetts English Language Arts
Framework and the concepts behind
the standards.
8 days plus follow-up. Graduate credit
available from Simmons College.
Tragedy and Hope:
Investigating the
Human Condition
through Drama,
Fiction, and Poetry
Bedford Public Schools
Partner: Boston University
Dates: June 24-July 2, and follow-up
dates to be determined
Location: Lt. Job Lane School in
Bedford
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Susan Rozen, 781-275-1700
ext. 223
email: susan_rozen@bedford.k12.ma.us
In this institute, teachers will engage in
a scholarly discussion around three
different genres of literature: drama,
fiction, and poetry. Through immersion
in three central texts, historical context, literary criticism, and multimedia
presentations, participants will learn
how to engage students in demanding
reading, analytical and interpretive
writing, and scholarly research.
Teachers will develop techniques for
teaching the writing of analytical and
interpretive papers that use the conventions of academic writing, argument, the use of evidence and the
development of voice. Selected textual
and multimedia materials will prompt
discussion, under the guidance of
senior scholars from Harvard
University and Boston University,
about teaching issues of gender and
race. The course will also provide a
deep understanding of the use of primary and secondary sources in interpreting literature. Optional preparation
for the English language arts test of
the Massachusetts Tests for Educator
Licensure (MTEL) will be offered.
10 days includes follow-up. Graduate
credit available from Fitchburg State
College.
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English
Language Arts
Middle, High
7
History and Social Science
Elementary
Middle
8
9
Teaching Writing in
Middle and High
School English
Classrooms
Commonwealth and
Nation: History
Education for the
Elementary Grades
The Physical
Geography of
South America
Boston Public Schools
Frontier Regional and Union 38
School Districts
Partners: Framingham State College
Center for Global Education,
Massachusetts Geography Alliance
Partner: University of Massachusetts,
Boston Writing Project
Dates: August 9-19, September 18,
October 16, November 6, and
December 4
Partner: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial
Association (PVMA)
Dates: May 22, July 6-9,12-16, and
follow-up session(s) to be determined
Location: University of
Massachusetts, Boston
Location: Memorial Hall Museum in
Deerfield
Registration: 25 spaces available
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Jane Skelton, 617-636-6968
or 617-635-1503
Contact: Karen Kappenman,
413-774-7476, ext. 28
email: jskelton@boston.k12.ma.us
email: kkappenman
@deerfield.history.museum
The purpose of this institute will be to
support schools and districts in the
implementation of the Massachusetts
English Language Arts Curriculum
Framework. To increase teachers’
knowledge of the writing process and
how to apply that knowledge to
improve student writing, this institute
will focus primarily on the standards in
the Composition Strand of the framework. Instructors will emphasize the
writing skills needed to answer openresponse questions about fiction and
non-fiction literature.
13 days. Graduate credit available
from University of Massachusetts,
Boston.
This institute for elementary teachers
instructs in the use of museum
resources and other primary source
material to stimulate students’ interest
in American history. At PVMA’s
Teachers’ Center, museum educators,
scholars, and lead teachers will link
participants to the Center’s museumschool partnership with “learning to
look” lessons about the landscape,
artifacts, and documents of the
Connecticut River Valley and
Massachusetts, using the American
Centuries website (www.americancenturies.mass.edu). Focus will be on
the history, geography, government,
and economics of Massachusetts,
based on the grades 3 and 5 standards of the Massachusetts History
and Social Science Framework.
Highlights include the 1704 French
and Indian attack on Deerfield.
10 days. Graduate credit available
from Westfield State College.
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Framingham Public Schools
Dates: June 24, July 6-16, and August
26
Location: Framingham State College
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Susan Dargan,
508-626-4037
email: sdargan@frc.mass.edu
This institute provides middle school
teachers with content material, classroom resources, and strategies for
teaching about the physical geography
of South America. Participants will
study the diversity of South American
geography by exploring the rainforests,
mountainous regions, coastal areas,
rural areas, and cities. The institute is
organized around the middle school
world geography standards of the
Massachusetts History and Social
Science Curriculum Framework. In
addition to its focus on content,
instructors will present teaching strategies for integrating South American
geography into the middle school curriculum. The institute also emphasizes
ways of using technology to enhance
geographical awareness. Participation
on the institute website is required of
all institute participants.
11 days. Graduate credit available
from Framingham State College.
History and Social Science
High
10
Middle, High
High
11
12
Teaching Citizenship
Through Cold War
History
The Drama of Liberty
and Equality
Malden Public Schools
Partners: College of the Holy Cross,
Salem State College
Partner: Tufts University
Dates: May 10, June 24-25, June 28July 2, September13, 25, October 2,
and November 8
Location: Tufts University in Medford
Worcester Public Schools
Dates: May 13, 20, 26, June 3, 10, 17,
23-25, 28-30, July 1, 2, August 28,
and follow-up session(s) to be
determined
Registration: 30 spaces available
Location: College of the Holy Cross in
Worcester
Contact: Carla Walsh, 617-627-5702
Registration: 30 spaces available
email: carla.walsh@tufts.edu
Contact: Donald Brand, 508-793-3402
This institute draws on the expertise of
historians, archivists, educators, and
instructional technology specialists to
explore new ways of teaching citizenship with the latest in scholarship and
instructional technology. Believing that
technology instruction is most effective
when embedded in the study of content, participants will begin by examining different types of primary sources
now accessible online through the
Kennedy Library and the University of
Massachusetts’ William Joiner Center.
While the institute focuses on the Cold
War as a period of study, its methods
for using primary sources to teach
about the nature of democracy and
civic engagement can be applied to
teaching a number of different periods
of history.
email: dbrand@holycross.edu
12 days. Graduate credit available
from Tufts University.
This institute will provide middle and
high school teachers of U.S. history
and/or American government with the
opportunity for in-depth study of major
writings by several leading American
statesmen, including the Antifederalists
and the authors of The Federalist;
Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln,
Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin
Roosevelt; the African-American leaders Frederick Douglass, Booker T.
Washington, and W.E.B. DuBois; and
the Seneca Falls Declaration of
women’s rights. The institute will focus
on the following key concepts: inalienable rights, civic virtue, constitutionalism representative democracy, the
right of revolution, consent of the governed, federalism, separation of powers, and big versus small government.
7 full days plus follow-up. Graduate
credit available from Salem State
College.
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The Historical
Evolution of First
Amendment Rights
and Liberties in the
American Political
System
Brockton Public Schools
Partner: Bridgewater State College
Dates: August 9-14, November 20
Location: Bridgewater State College
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Mark Kemper, 508-531-2796
email: mkemper@bridgew.edu
The First Amendment of the United
States Constitution protects many
rights and liberties that are considered
essential to the healthy operation of
democratic government and to a free
society. Surprisingly, though, many citizens do not know the origins of these
liberties, why they are deemed fundamental, and how they have developed
over the course of U.S. history. This
institute analyzes the background principles, formation, and ratification of the
U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights
with particular emphasis placed on the
founding era debates concerning the
First Amendment. It also examines
how First Amendment doctrines and
principles have evolved over the last
200 years and how the liberties and
rights the Amendment protects fit into
the larger fabric of the American political tradition.
6 days. Graduate credit available from
Bridgewater State College.
Mathematics
Elementary
Elementary
Elementary
13
14
15
Breaking Down
Fractions: A Math
Content Institute for
Elementary Teachers
Be Part of the
Equation
Bridges Classroom
Mathematics
Braintree Public Schools, Quincy
Public Schools
Winchendon Public Schools
The Education Cooperative
Partner: Northeastern University
Partners: Hampshire Educational
Collaborative, Springfield College
Partner: Worcester State College
Dates: June 29, 30, July 1, 6-8, 20-21,
October 2, and November 6
Dates: August 9-12, 16-19, and followup session(s) to be determined
Location: Braintree High School
Location: Toy Town Elementary
School in Winchendon
Dates: June 15, August 5-6, 9-13,
October 2, 6, 20, November 3, 17, and
December 1
Registration: 25 spaces available
Location: Norwood Junior High
School
Contact: Mary Struzziero,
781-380-0180
Registration: 25 spaces available
Registration: 25 spaces available
email: mary_struzziero@
braintreeschools.org
email: vmiller@winchendonk12.org
Contact: Elizabeth Gilbert,
781-237-3028
email: egilbert@tec-coop.org
If 25 elementary school teachers who
take a summer institute order four pizzas for lunch, what fraction of a pizza
would each participant receive? The
Education Cooperative has developed
a content-rich course intended to
increase teachers’ understanding of
fractions in order to have a positive
effect on student learning. Breaking
Down Fractions will focus on such
concepts as number sense, equivalence, and operations with fractions:
addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division. In addition, the institute will
help participants to understand the
connection between fractions, decimals
and percentages. Finally, the everelusive topic of probability will also be
addressed. With a syllabus consisting
of hands-on activities, lectures, technology interventions, and grade level
groupings, this institute has been
designed to meet the needs of elementary school teachers.
This institute will focus on improving
the content knowledge of teachers in
grades 2-5 in the area of mathematical
reasoning and algebraic concepts. In a
supportive and encouraging environment, participants will learn the key
algebraic concepts of data representation, proportional reasoning, equality,
variables and functions. After creating
a solid foundation of these mathematics concepts, participants will explore
the mathematics curriculum, identifying lessons that need to be strengthened and extended. As a project, participants will develop a portfolio of
revised lessons that encourage the
development of mathematical reasoning and algebraic concepts in their elementary classrooms. Follow-up opportunities will take place from September
through December as teachers apply
the strategies with their students and
examine student work.
11 days. Graduate credit available
from Northeastern University.
14 days. Graduate credit available
from Worcester State College.
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Contact: Valorie Miller, 978-297-0031
This institute is designed to improve
the content knowledge of elementary
school teachers. The content covers
the following strands in the Massachusetts Mathematics Curriculum
Framework: Number Sense, Data
Analysis & Probability, and Geometry,
with an emphasis on developing
students’ higher level thinking skills.
Content topics will include number
theory, concepts of change, measurement, and algebraic thinking.
11 days. Graduate credit available
from Fitchburg State College.
Mathematics
Elementary, Middle
16
Elementary, Middle
17
Middle
18
Growing in
Mathematical
Understanding:
Investigating Number
Sense, Algebra,
Patterns and Relations,
Geometry, and
Measurement
Growing in
Mathematical
Understanding:
Investigating Number
Sense, Algebra,
Patterns and Relations,
Geometry, and
Measurement
August: Learning Resource Center,
Worcester State College
Middleborough Public Schools and
Plymouth Public Schools
Cape Cod Collaborative and
Harwich Public Schools
Registration: 30 spaces available
Partner: Teachers 21
Contact: Donna Edwards,
508-929-8873
Dates: June 1, July 26-29, August 2-4,
October 16, November 6, and
December 4
Partner: Teachers 21, Simmons
College
Singapore
Mathematics
Fitchburg Public Schools Partner:
Worcester State College Dates: June
3, August 2-6, September
23, October 28
Locations: June, September, and
October: South Street Complex
(Library), Fitchburg State College
email: DEdwards@worcester.edu
This institute will use the Singapore
mathematics curriculum materials as a
basis for improving understanding of
concepts from the Number Sense and
Operations and Patterns, Relations
and Functions strands in the Massachusetts Mathematics Curriculum
Framework. In addition, the program
will focus on the model drawing technique for problem solving. The presentation will be geared towards teachers
of grades 3-7 and will support educators who plan to use the Singapore
math materials as either a primary or
supplementary curriculum source.
8 days plus follow-up. Graduate credit
available from Worcester State
College.
Location: John T. Nichols Middle
School in Middleborough
Dates: June 5, August 9-12, 17-19,
and follow-up session(s) to be determined
Location: Sandwich High School
Registration: 25 spaces available
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Kristine E. Nash,
508-946-8857
Contact: Joseph L. Gilbert,
508-564-5099
email: nashk@middleboro.k12.ma.us
email: jgilbert@cccollaborative.org
This institute will focus on improving
mathematics understanding for grades
4-6 teachers in the areas of number
sense, algebraic thinking, geometry,
and measurement. Problem solving,
communication, and assessment will
be integrated into the mathematical
goals of the institute. The content is
designed to engage teachers in developing their subject-matter knowledge
and skills, learning about current
research and best teaching practices
in mathematics education, and examining the key mathematical ideas that
are taught at each grade level and the
ways in which they are developed
throughout the grades. Teachers will
also build a repertoire of skills for creatively implementing instructional tools
in the classroom, promoting equity in
learning opportunities, and in analyzing existing mathematics programs
and aligning them with state and
national standards.
This institute is designed to review,
strengthen, and extend teachers’
understanding of teaching mathematics in grades 6 through 8. Participants
will explore mathematical ideas in the
areas of number sense, algebra, patterns and functions, geometry and
measurement. The ideas of problem
solving, communication, and assessment will be integrated into the
mathematical goals of the institute.
The participants will use manipulatives,
explore ideas for conceptual understanding of algorithms and formulae,
and discuss methods of instruction in
other countries. Throughout the institute,
the participants will learn about current
learning theories and related research.
11 days. Graduate credit available
from Simmons College.
10
8 days plus follow-up. Graduate credits
available from Simmons College.
Mathematics
Middle
Middle
Middle
19
20
21
Geometry and
Measurement for
Grades 6-8 Teachers
Benjamin Banneker Charter School
Partner: University of Massachusetts,
Boston
Dates: June 12, 21-25, August 30-31,
and follow-up session(s) to be determined
Location: Benjamin Banneker Charter
School in Cambridge
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Lori Likis, 617-497-7771
ext. 201
email: llikis@banneker.org
Measurement and geometry have
played a vital role in the development
and application of the mathematics
and scientific advances we know
today. This institute will develop these
ideas using a historical perspective.
For example, the topic of unit and unit
conversions will include the historical
rationale for the invention of the metric
system during the French Revolution
and the topic of Euclidean geometry
will include Archimedes’ development
of area. Participants will explore ideas
of area, surface area and volume, similarity and congruence of polygons,
various proofs of the Pythagorean theorem, and tilings and tessellations.
Teachers who successfully complete
this institute will have a greater depth
of knowledge of mathematical content
and the Massachusetts and national
mathematics standards, and they will
be better prepared in the geometry
and measurement objectives of the
mathematics tests of the
Massachusetts Tests for Educator
Licensure (MTEL).
Making Connections
in Algebra, Geometry,
and Measurement
through Problem
Solving
Melrose Public Schools, Malden
Public Schools, Everett Public
Schools
Partners: Teachers 21, Simmons
College
Dates: June 16, July 26-29, August 35, October 2, November 6, and
December 11
Location: Melrose High School
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Pat Muxie or Denise Jones,
781-979-2166
Data Analysis:
Content, Process, and
Assessment
Worcester Public Schools
Partners: PALMS Alliance, University
of Massachusetts Medical School
Dates: June 30, July 1, August 23-26,
and follow-up session(s) to be determined
Location: Hoagland Pincus
Conference Center, Shrewsbury
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Sandra Mayrand,
508-856-5097
email: sandra.mayrand@
umassmed.edu
This institute will expand the content
knowledge of middle school teachers
of mathematics in the areas of algebra, geometry, and measurement as
they examine, explore, and develop
classroom strategies for teaching
these strands of the Massachusetts
Mathematics Curriculum Framework.
Problem solving and reasoning will be
an integral part of the institute, as participants will be working to solve reallife problems set in meaningful contexts. Concepts such as linearity, area,
volume, circles, and the Pythagorean
theorem will be uncovered through
hands-on activities, graphing calculator
explorations, video clips, and the use
of interactive web-based tools.
This institute will focus on data analysis including ways to collect, display,
analyze, and interpret data efficiently
and effectively. The content will be
delivered through individual and collaborative problem solving, collection
and analysis of data from experiments,
real-life situations, and web-based
data. Participants will discuss and
reflect on problems and their solutions
and analyze student work to assess
student understanding of mathematics
with the use of a defined protocol.
Teachers who complete this institute
will enhance their knowledge of the
concepts and skills in the Massachusetts Mathematics Curriculum
Framework as well as the skills
assessed on the middle school mathematics test of the Massachusetts Tests
for Educator Licensure (MTEL).
11 days. Graduate credit available
from Simmons College.
6 days plus follow-up. Graduate credit
from Salem State College
email: pmuxie@melrose.mec.edu
8 days plus follow-up. Graduate credit
available from University of
Massachusetts, Boston.
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Mathematics
Middle
Middle
Middle
22
23
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M3 Magical
Middle Math
Connecting and
Communicating:
Algebra and Geometry
in the Middle Grades
The Big Ideas:
The Mathematics
Concepts Behind
the Computation
Leominster Public Schools
EDCO Collaborative
Partner: University of Massachusetts
Medical School
Partner: Boston College
Partners: Ware and Palmer Public
Schools, Berkshire Hills Regional
School District, Hampshire
Educational Collaborative
Dates: June 29-July 2, August 16-19,
and follow-up session(s) to be determined
Dates: June 28-July 3, July 6-8,
September 17, October 22, November
19, December 14
Location: Leominster High School —
Center for Technical Education
Location: Waltham High School
Location: Ware Public Schools
Registration: 25 spaces available
Registration: 25 spaces available
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Suzanne Lewis,
781-259-3445
Contact: Kim Denney, 413-436-5991
ext. 1914
email: slewis@edcollab.org
email: kdenney@quaboag.org
This institute is designed for middle
school classroom teachers and special
education staff with limited formal
background in mathematics who wish
to strengthen their understanding of
the mathematics in the middle school
curriculum. Participants will explore
selected topics drawn from the
Massachusetts Mathematics
Curriculum Framework strands of
Number Sense, Patterns, Geometry,
Measurement, and Data. Institute
experiences will assist participants to
enhance their knowledge and also to
address some of the objectives
assessed on the middle school mathematics test of the Massachusetts Tests
for Educator Licensure (MTEL).
Middle school mathematics teachers
and special education teachers are
invited to an institute addressing number sense, algebra and function and
data analysis. Special educators and
teams of teachers are strongly encouraged to apply together so that they
can improve students’ achievement in
mathematics together. Institute participants will use the Missing Link materials facilitated by two experienced educators and mathematicians to explore
the beauty behind mathematics.
Teachers will gain a deeper understanding of the content as well as
innovative and effective strategies to
improve student achievement.
Technology will be effectively integrated into the course content.
Teachers will leave the institute
will a fuller understanding of the
Massachusetts Mathematics
Framework, new technology skills, and
high quality lesson plans. M3 will offer
four afternoons of follow up contact
throughout the fall, as well as on going
support and discussion through Virtual
Education Space (VES).
Dates: August 9-13, 16-17, and followup session(s) to be determined
Contact: Carol Hynes, 978-534-7700
ext. 308
email: chynes@leominster.mec.edu
This institute will enhance middle school
mathematics teachers’ content and pedagogical knowledge in mathematics.
The mathematical content focus will be
learning standards of the Patterns,
Relations, and Algebra and the
Geometry strands in the Massachusetts
Mathematics Curriculum Framework.
Instructional strategies such as learning
stations, projects and contracts, and
math labs will focus on meeting the
needs of all students. Assessment
strategies will focus on providing students with opportunities to demonstrate
what they know by the development of
and/or adaptation of assessment tools
that go beyond tests and quizzes. The
use of multiple representations for data
representation and problem solving will
be employed throughout the institute.
Graphing calculators and geometric
software will be used where appropriate. TI-83+ calculators will be available
and all levels of calculator expertise will
be accommodated.
10 days plus follow-up. Graduate credit
available through Fitchburg State
College.
7 days plus follow-up. Graduate credit
available from Fitchburg State College.
Quaboag Regional School District
13 days. Graduate credit available
from Fitchburg State College.
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Mathematics
High
25
Unlocking Linear and
Quadratic Equations
Salem Public Schools
Partners: EduTron Corporation, NE
PALMS, Salem State College
Science and Technology/Engineering
Elementary, Middle
26
27
Earth Science Content:
A Hands-on Approach
for Teachers in
Grades 3-8
The Earth in the
Solar System
Marblehead Public Schools
Dates: July 5-9, August 16-20, and follow-up session(s) to be determined
Dates: June 3, July 19-22, 26-28, and
follow-up session(s) to be determined
Partner: Northern Essex Community
College
Location: Nathaniel Bowditch School,
Salem
Dates: June 12, 26, 28-30, July 1, 2
and follow-up session(s) to be determined
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Eileen O’Brien,
781-729-8696
Location: Marblehead High School
email: eileen_obrien@edutron.com
Contact: Mark Greenman,
781-639-3100 ext. 4135
This high school institute provides an
intense immersion experience for
teachers. It has two primary foci: linear
equations in two variables and quadratic
equations. Participants will analyze
linear equations through numerical,
graphical, and algebraic methods;
explore solution space of systems of
linear equations and inequalities. Then
the participants will engage in understanding quadratic equations through
factoring, completing the square, and
deriving/using the quadratic formula.
They will make connections between
geometrical/algebraic interpretations
and engage in the formulation, exploration, and solution of application
problems and open-ended projects
that exemplify the concepts and methods
of the institute topics. CLEAR Math
and graphing calculators will be used
to enhance learning efficiency and to
demonstrate ways of using technology
to teach math in the classroom.
8 days plus follow-up. Graduate credit
available from Salem State College.
Middle
Plymouth Public Schools
Partner: Bridgewater State College
Location: Plymouth Community
Intermediate School
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Nick Micozzi, 508-224-2725
email: nmicozzi@plymouth.k12.ma.us
Registration: 25 spaces available
email: mgreenman@marblehead.com
This laboratory-based course is especially relevant to teachers in grades
3 through 8. It will provide teachers
with classroom activities, help them
develop more competencies in earth
science, and increase their comfort in
teaching ideas related to earth science. Investigations will involve classifying and identifying rocks and minerals, studying rock formations, plate
tectonics and crustal movement, understanding the earth-sun-moon relationship, and studying the Earth’s atmosphere. Participants will visit a variety of
geological formations, take samples,
and classify and identify rocks and
minerals. They will leave with the
Washington State rock kit, a mineral
kit, a sieve kit, a video on volcano
building, and several classroom charts.
7 days plus follow-up. Graduate credit
available from Endicott College.
Housing (Salem State College
dorm-suites) is available within 3 miles
of institute location for a small fee.
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In this two-week summer institute,
participants will learn content in the
Massachusetts Science and Technology/
Engineering Curriculum Framework
related to Earth’s position in the solar
system and the motion of the objects
within it. Participants will use various
online resources, the planetarium facility within the Plymouth Public Schools,
the observatory at Bridgewater State
College (BSC), and the NASA resource
center at BSC. They will also learn the
content and develop curriculum projects that will be implemented in their
classrooms and shared on the Virtual
Education Space (VES) and the
Plymouth Public Schools’ science
website. In addition, participants will
learn how to use science as a vehicle
to increase their students’ math proficiency. An array of resources, including
computer-based materials and telescopes, will be provided to participants.
10 days plus follow-up. Graduate
credit available from Bridgewater
State College.
Science and Technology/Engineering
Middle
Middle
Middle
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29
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Energy and the
Environment
Engineering Energy
Brockton Public Schools
Partner: Tufts University
Springfield Public Schools
Partners: Bridgewater State College,
Fairhaven Public Schools,
Southeastern Regional Vocational
Technical School
Dates: July 12-16, 19-23, one day the
week of August 16-20 (to be
announced), and one follow-up
session to be determined
Partner: University of Massachusetts,
Amherst
Dates: August 9-12, 16-19, and followup session(s) to be determined
Location: Waltham Public Schools
Location: University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, Marcus Hall
Registration: 30 spaces available
Location: Bridgewater State College
Registration: 20 spaces available
Contact: Suzanne Lewis,
781-259-3445
Contact: Kathleen Rubin,
413-545-4757
email: slewis@edcollab.org
email: rubin@ecs.umass.edu
This institute will engage teachers in
grades 5-8 in the science and engineering of renewable energy (RE) technologies, particularly wind energy and
alternative transportation systems.
Teachers will learn to integrate engineering design principles in their science instruction through hands-on
investigations focused on generating
renewable energy. Experts within the
fields of engineering, wind power, and
sustainable transportation will work
side-by-side with exemplary educators
to help teachers develop content
knowledge about energy, alternative
fuel sources, materials and tools, and
engineering design. Participants will
apply their knowledge to the design
and construction of efficient wind turbine
generators and transportation prototypes. Additionally, participants will
visit sites that are using wind energy
and attend the Alt Wheels Festival to
learn about current initiatives in RE
applications in transportation.
This institute will enable grades 6-9
teachers to deepen their content knowledge of concepts in the Massachusetts
Science and Technology/Engineering
Curriculum Framework and develop
classroom activities. The institute will
feature lectures by expert faculty and
work using communications technologies. An additional opportunity of interest to Massachusetts teachers will be
the chance to collaborate with faculty
and teachers from Oklahoma, Puerto
Rico, and Colorado who will also
attend the institute. It will have an
interdisciplinary focus on science and
engineering topics that are appealing
to young people, such as weather
prediction and forecasting.
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Denise Hayes,
508-531-6010
email: dhayes@bridgew.edu
The institute will focus on renewable
energy for grades 6-9. It will use stateof-the-art technology and household
items in activities exploring energy
principles. Participants will use software and sensors such as infrared
thermometers, solar radiation probes,
and anemometers to explore conservation and transformation of energy.
For example, participants will construct
and measure power production from
model wind turbines. Using Internet
resources, participants will examine
renewable energy potential across the
United States and design solar and
wind power systems optimal for their
own school settings. Participants will
experience solar energy potential
through a field trip to the Brockton
Brightfield Solar Project.
8 days plus follow-up. Graduate credit
available from Bridgewater State
College.
Funded by the Massachusetts
Technology Collaborative, Renewable
Energy Trust.
EDCO Collaborative
12 days plus follow-up. Graduate credit
available from Fitchburg State College.
Funded by the Massachusetts
Technology Collaborative, Renewable
Energy Trust.
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Engineering for
Classroom Teachers
Dates: July 25-30, and November 6
7 days. Graduate credit available
from the University of Massachusetts
Amherst.
Sponsored by the Center for
Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the
Atmosphere (CASA) in the College of
Engineering at the University of
Massachusetts Amherst, and NSF
Engineering Research Center, and the
Raytheon Corporation.
Science and Technology/Engineering
Middle
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High
High
32
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Chemistry Content:
A Lab-based Approach
for Grades 5-9
Teachers
Renewable Energy and
Energy Efficiency for
Buildings and
Transportation
Marblehead Public Schools
Partner: Northeastern University
Hampshire Educational
Collaborative (HEC)
Dates: July 8, 9, 12-16, and follow-up
session(s) to be determined
Partners: Northeast Sustainable
Energy Association
Location: Marblehead High School
Dates: June 26, July 6-9, 12-15, and
follow-up session(s) to be determined
Partners: Cape and Islands SelfReliance, Waquoit Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve,
Falmouth Public Schools, Cape Cod
Community College, Fitchburg State
College
Location: Hampshire Educational
Collaborative, Northampton
Dates: July 19-23, 26-30, September
22, October 27, and December 8
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Diana Wilson, 413-586-4900
ext. 130
Location: Waquoit Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve,
Falmouth
email: dwilson@collaborative.org
Registration: 25 spaces available
Registration: 24 spaces available
Contact: Mark Greenman,
781-639-3100 ext. 4135
email: mgreenman@marblehead.com
This chemistry course will provide
grades 5-9 teachers with classroom
activities, help them develop more
competencies in chemistry, and
increase their comfort of teaching
ideas related to chemistry. Investigations will involve the study of physical/chemical properties (e.g. density,
viscosity, solubility, etc.), physical/
chemical changes, solutions, acids
and bases, the atomic model, and
chemical formulas and nomenclature.
Participants will use a mix of computer
probes and traditional equipment to
gather and analyze data and will leave
with an assortment of equipment,
activities, materials, and charts.
8 days plus follow-up. Graduate credit
available from Endicott College
Housing (Salem State College
dorm-suites) is available within 3 miles
of institute location for a small fee.
Participants will interact with leading
experts, participate in field trips,
engage in hands-on activities, and
study readings for the purpose of
developing motivating science and
technology activities for students. They
will examine photovoltaics, renewable
energy and energy efficiency for space
heat and hot water, wind-power, and
alternatively-powered vehicles. Institute
activities will illuminate (1) the scientific
concepts that underlie these technologies, (2) their application in engineering design and construction, and (3)
the effects of their use on society and
the environment. Activities will concentrate on standards in the Massachusetts
Science and Technology/Engineering
Framework involving physics, technology/
engineering, chemistry, and Earth and
space science. Participants will visit a
wind-power site and photovoltaic
manufacturing facility, and receive
resource materials.
9 days plus follow-up. Graduate credit
available from Fitchburg State College.
Funded by the Massachusetts
Technology Collaborative, Renewable
Energy Trust.
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Renewable Energy:
Science, Technology,
and Issues
Upper Cape Cod Regional
Vocational Technical Public School
Contact: Richard Lawrence,
508-457-7679
email: richardl@reliance.org
Renewable energy (RE) is one of the
fastest growing technology sectors in
the world and is also a topic of interest
for students in the classroom.
Participants will learn about technologies like wind turbines, solar panels,
hydrogen, and alternative fuels. At the
scenic Waquoit Bay Research
Reserve participants will learn the
facts about RE technologies and how
to teach many science and technology
standards through hands-on projects.
They will build working models of RE
systems, visit facilities that are using
different forms of RE for their own
power, talk with RE professionals, and
learn effective classroom activities
from experts in the field.
13 days. Graduate credit available
from Fitchburg State College.
Funded by the Massachusetts
Technology Collaborative, Renewable
Energy Trust.
Science,Technology
& Engineering
High
Other professional development opportunities offered
by the Massachusetts Department of Education and the
U.S. Department of Education
Elementary, Middle, High
Special Education
Career and Technical
Education
High
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Renewable Energy
Fitchburg Public Schools
Partners: Fitchburg State College,
Winchendon Public Schools, Gardner
Public Schools
Dates: May 14, 15, 21, 22, June 4, 5,
11, 12, 18, 19, September 18, and
November 18
Location: Fitchburg State College
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Peggy Weaver,
978-665-3059
email: pweaver@fsc.edu
This institute for high school teachers
will provide an update on current energy
use, problems involving resource
depletion, and environmental issues
associated with current practice.
Alternatives to fossil fuels will be studied with the emphasis on renewable
resources. Participants will get handson experience with solar and wind systems. Stressing the interaction
between science, society, and technology, this institute will emphasize the
interdisciplinary nature of energy studies. This content institute, linked with
the Massachusetts Science and
Technology/Engineering Curriculum
Framework, is designed especially for
technology education, science, and
pre-engineering teachers.
12 days. Graduate credits available
from Fitchburg State College.
Funded by the Massachusetts
Technology Collaborative, Renewable
Energy Trust.
Additional special education institutes
will be offered this summer.
Information regarding topics, schedules, and registration will be available
May 1, 2004 on the Department’s
website at http://www.doe.mass.edu/
sped or http://www.doe.mass.edu/
frameworks/cinstitute.
Contact: Linda Tarmy, 781-338-3384
email: ltarmy@doe.mass.edu
Community Service Learning
Living Democracy:
History, Civics, and
Community ServiceLearning
Dates: August 1-6 and follow-up
session(s) to be determined
Location: Hilton Garden Inn, Auburn,
Maine
Registration: 60 spaces available for
educators from Maine, Rhode Island,
and Massachusetts whose districts are
grantees of the Living Democracy
School-Based Program. Please see
http://finance1.doe.mass.edu/grants/
grants04/rfp/TBD.html for grant information. A list of Massachusetts districts
receiving these grants will be available
on after May 27, 2004.
Contact: Jessica Donner, 781-338-6306
email: jdonner@doe.mass.edu
This institute adopts a service-learning
approach to the study of citizenship
and history. Participants will connect
primary documents in U.S. history to
contemporary issues and needs in
communities. They will apply and
reflect upon benefits of a service-learning approach, design service-learning
curricula for teaching history and civics,
and further their expertise in connecting
service-learning to the Massachusetts
History and Social Science Framework.
5 days plus follow-up. Graduate credit
available from the Northeast Consortium for Staff Development, Salem
State University.
This institute is funded through a federal
Learn and Serve America grant.
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This summer, the Career and
Technical Education Unit of the
Department of Education will fund with
Perkins Vocational and Applied
Technology Education Act five vocational technical education summer
content institutes.
The Department is currently developing 11 Vocational Technical Education
Curriculum Frameworks. These frameworks will serve as the guidelines for
teaching, learning, and assessing in
the content areas, and specify what
students should know and be able to
do as a result of their vocational technical education studies.
These frameworks will include
technical and employability skills and
embedded academic skills and learning standards. In addition, each framework will include related academic
standards and common cluster skills
as well as occupational specific
skills/competencies and learning standards. The vocational technical education curriculum frameworks will be the
basis for the Massachusetts Certificate
of Occupational Proficiency Assessment System.
Five draft cluster frameworks
(Business and Administrative
Services, Health Services, Hospitality
& Tourism, Education, and Information
Technology) will be prepared by June
30, 2004 and will be the focus of this
year’s vocational technical education
summer content institutes.
OTHER SUMMER INSTITUTES / Career and Technical Education
CTE-1
CTE-2
CTE-3
Business and
Administrative
Services
Health Services
Education
Assabet Valley Regional Vocational
School District
Assabet Valley Regional Vocational
School District
Assabet Valley Regional Vocational
School District
Partners: Massachusetts Career and
Technical Education Curriculum
Resource, Westfield State College,
Partners: Massachusetts Career and
Technical Education Curriculum
Resource, Westfield State College,
UMass Boston, Fitchburg State
College, Industry and Community
College Representatives
UMass Boston, Fitchburg State
College, Industry and Community
College Representatives
Dates: August 16-20, and September
11, 25
Dates: August 16-20, and September
11, 25
Dates: August 16-20, and September
11, 25
Location: Assabet Valley RVTHS,
Marlborough
Location: Assabet Valley RVTHS,
Marlborough
Location: Assabet Valley RVTHS,
Marlborough
Registration: 20 spaces available
Registration: 20 spaces available
Contact: Judith McKinstry,
508-485-9430 ext. 233
Contact: Judith McKinstry,
508-485-9430 ext. 233
email: jmckinstry@assabet.mec.edu
email: jmckinstry@assabet.mec.edu
Educators will gain familiarity with the
Health Services Cluster Curriculum
Framework that includes core standards in the following areas: common
cluster skills, safety, health & environment, technology, ethical and legal
implications and related academic
standards. The focus will be content
knowledge in the cluster area, the
occupational competencies for Dental
Assistant, Health Assistant, and
Medical Assistant and implementation
strategies. Participants will utilize the
elements of a quality curriculum to
create a student project in their occupational area. Project materials will be
provided for all participants.
Educators will gain familiarity with the
Education Cluster Curriculum
Framework that includes core standards in the following areas: common
cluster skills, safety, health & environment, technology, ethical and legal
implications and related academic
standards. The focus will be content
knowledge in the cluster area, the
Early Childhood Education and
Teaching occupational competencies
and implementation strategies.
Participants will utilize the elements of
a quality curriculum to create a student project in their occupational area.
Project materials will be provided for
all participants.
Graduate credit pending from
University of Massachusetts Boston,
Westfield State College, and Fitchburg
State College.
Graduate credit pending from
University of Massachusetts Boston,
Westfield State College, and Fitchburg
State College.
Partners: Massachusetts Career and
Technical Education Curriculum
Resource, Westfield State College,
UMass Boston, Fitchburg State
College, Industry and Community
College Representatives
Registration: 20 spaces available
Contact: Judith McKinstry,
508-485-9430 ext. 233
email: jmckinstry@assabet.mec.edu
Educators will gain familiarity with the
Business and Administrative Services
Cluster Curriculum Framework that
includes core standards in the following areas: common cluster skills,
safety, health & environment, technology, ethical and legal implications and
related academic standards. The focus
will be content knowledge in the cluster area, the Office Technology occupational competencies and implementation strategies. Participants will
utilize the elements of a quality curriculum to create a student project in
their occupational area. Project materials will be provided for all participants.
Graduate credit pending from the
University of Massachusetts Boston,
Westfield State College, and Fitchburg
State College.
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OTHER SUMMER INSTITUTES / Career and
Technical Education
OTHER SUMMER
INSTITUTES /
CTE-4
Teaching
American
History
CTE-5
Hospitality and
Tourism
Information
Technology
Assabet Valley Regional Vocational
School District
Assabet Valley Regional Vocational
School District
Partners: Massachusetts Career and
Technical Education Curriculum
Resource, Westfield State College,
Partners: Massachusetts Career and
Technical Education Curriculum
Resource,
UMass Boston, Fitchburg State
College, Industry and Community
College Representatives
Westfield State College, UMass
Boston, Fitchburg State College,
Industry and Community College
Representatives
Dates: August 16-20, and September
11, 25
Location: Assabet Valley RVTHS,
Marlborough
Registration: 20 spaces available
Contact: Judith McKinstry,
508-485-9430 ext. 233
email: jmckinstry@assabet.mec.edu
Dates: August 16-20, and September
11, 25
Location: Assabet Valley RVTHS,
Marlborough
Registration: 20 spaces available
Contact: Judith McKinstry,
508-485-9430 ext. 233
email: jmckinstry@assabet.mec.edu
Educators will gain familiarity with the
Hospitality Cluster Curriculum
Framework that includes core standards in the following areas: common
cluster skills, safety, health & environment, technology, ethical and legal
implications and related academic
standards. The focus will be content
knowledge in the cluster area, the
occupational competencies for
Culinary Arts and Hospitality and
Tourism, and implementation strategies. Participants will utilize the elements of a quality curriculum to create
a student project in their occupational
area. Project materials will be provided
for all participants.
Graduate credit pending from
University of Massachusetts Boston,
Westfield State College, and Fitchburg
State College.
Educators will gain familiarity with the
Information Technology Cluster
Curriculum Framework that includes
core standards in the following areas:
common cluster skills, safety, health &
environment, technology, ethical and
legal implications and related academic standards. The focus will be content knowledge in the cluster area, the
occupational competencies for
Information Support, Interactive Media,
Networking, and Programming, and
implementation strategies. Participants
will utilize the elements of a quality
curriculum to create a student project
in their occupational area. Project
materials will be provided for all participants.
Graduate credit pending from
University of Massachusetts Boston,
Westfield State College, and Fitchburg
State College.
The following institutes are funded by
the United States Department of
Education through the Teaching
American History Grant Program.
Elementary, Middle, High
TAH-1
Birthing the Modern:
Industrialism,
Immigration,
Urbanization
Southeastern Massachusetts
Consortium for the Teaching of
American History
Partner: Bristol Community College,
Fall River
Dates: August 9-13
Location: Tsongas Center, Lowell
Registration: 25 spaces available.
Preference will be given to participants
from the following school districts:
Acushnet, Berkley, Dartmouth,
Dighton, Fairhaven, Fall River,
Freetown-Lakeville, New Bedford, Old
Rochester, Rehoboth, Seekonk,
Somerset, Swansea, Wareham.
Contact: Andy Hoffman,
508-678-2811 ext. 2914
email: ahoffman@bristol.mass.edu
This institute will present recent scholarship on the Industrial Revolution of
the early 19th century and will examine significant sites of early industrialization in New England. This is a residential institute; costs for transportation,
lodging, and meals will be covered.
Teachers completing the institute will
receive a stipend and PDPs; those
completing a graduate-level project
may receive graduate credit.
5 days. Graduate credit available from
University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth.
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OTHER SUMMER INSTITUTES / Teaching American History
Elementary, Middle, High
TAH-2
Unusual Suspects:
Bringing 19th Century
Lives Alive in Your
Classroom
Southeastern Massachusetts
Consortium for the Teaching of
American History
Partner: Bristol Community College,
Fall River
Elementary, Middle, High
TAH-3
TAH-4
Constitutional History
Renewal Project
Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools
Boston Public Schools
Dates: May 15, July 12-23, and two
follow-up seminars (dates to be determined)
Dates: June 24-25, and 28-30
Dates: June 28-30
Location: Sites in New Bedford,
including the New Bedford Whaling
Museum, Rotch-Jones-Duff House
and the Seamen’s Bethel
Registration: limited to the first 40 participants; participants can register for individual seminars, but preference is given
to those attending the summer session.
Registration: 40 spaces available.
Preference will be given to participants
from the following school districts:
Acushnet, Berkley, Dartmouth,
Dighton, Fairhaven, Fall River,
Freetown-Lakeville, New Bedford, Old
Rochester, Rehoboth, Seekonk,
Somerset, Swansea, Wareham.
Contact: Paul Ciaramitaro, 413-577-4330
email: ahoffman@bristol.mass.edu
This institute focuses on the biographies of prominent 19th century figures, including Louisa May Alcott,
Frederick Douglass, Jay Gould, and
Mark Twain. Participants will examine
the differences between history and
biography and will learn from scholars
and from actors who portray historical
characters. Teachers completing the
institute will receive a stipend and
PDPs.
3 days. No graduate credit available.
Westward Expansion:
New Voices from the
Frontier
Partners: UMass Donahue Institute
and the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial
Association
Location: UMass-Amherst Campus
Center
Contact: Andy Hoffman,
508-678-2811 ext. 2914
High
email: pciaramitaro@donahue.umassp.edu
This is the first year of a three-year
program that will examine recurring
debates over the Constitution and its
meaning. Each year will focus on the
Constitutional debates of a different
time period to examine enduring
Constitutional questions and interpretations. Year One will focus on the
Constitutional Convention and ratification debates of the 1780s.
The topic of the first one-day seminar,
on May 15, will be “Shays’s Rebellion,
Western Massachusetts, and the
Promises of the American Revolution.”
Participants will consider Shays’s
Rebellion as a reaction to promises of
the American Revolution and a precursor to a new governmental framework.
Dr. Leo Richards, professor at the
University of Massachusetts and
author of Shays’s Rebellion: The
American Revolution’s Final Battle, is
the featured scholar. Detailed information regarding the two-week summer
session will be forthcoming, and available at www.livingconstitution.org
Day1 in May, 10 in July, 2-3 more TBA
in the fall/winter. Graduate credit available from University of Massachusetts,
Amherst.
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Partners: Primary Source in conjunction with area scholars
Location: Boston Latin School
Registration: 25 spaces available;
preference will be given to educators
from the Boston Public Schools
Contact: Judy Berkowitz
email: JBerkowitz@boston.k12.ma.us
This course examines the course and
consequences of westward movements for the many races and ethnicities of the Old West. As emigrants
poured westward by choice or by
force, their interactions profoundly
affected one another and the peoples
already there — shaping the ways they
imagined each other and frontier life
itself. Using primary sources such as
oral histories, photographs and cartoons, participants will attempt to view
the meaning of events such as U.S.
territorial acquisitions and settlements,
the Gold Rush, the Trail of Tears, and
cowboy migrations for various peoples,
including white and Mexican settlers,
black cowboys and marshals, Native
American women and men of several
tribes, and Chinese workers.
5 days. Graduate credit available from
Endicott College.
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