Overview | Benefits & Activities | Schedule | Staff
- Six hours of graduate credit in school mathematics (two 3 hour courses that are directly connected to the TEKS)
- Tuition and fees are waived
- $300 stipend at the completion of the summer institute
- Approximately $725 in books, manipulatives, and supplies
- $300 for travel to attend CAMT
- Limited travel funds to project activities
- Limited child care funds available for the summer institute
- Daily lunch during the summer and lunch/dinner provided during academic year sessions
- Substitutes provided by the school district for the four full-day academic year sessions
- Build and enhance relationships with other middle school mathematics teachers
The project activities are graded components of two courses at the graduate level in school mathematics.
- Participate in the summer institute (12 days)
- Participate in the classroom implementation planning (3 days)
- Participate in the 9 academic year sessions (6 full days and 3 evenings)
- Participate in lesson study, a form of professional development, during the academic year
- Implement project objectives in the classroom
- Share teaching ideas and occurrences in the classroom
- Analyze samples of student work
- Complete other academic activities:
- Maintain a daily journal during the summer institute
- Complete daily assignments
- Write article reviews
- Complete formal and informal assessments
- Deepen the understanding of middle school mathematics topics of probability and statistics and make connections to fraction and measurement concepts
- Analyze and reflect on teach practices through lesson study
- Gain an understanding of pedagogical methods used in other countries
- Use technology and the Internet to explore probability and statistics concepts and procedures
- Explore problems from an activity-based, problem-solving perspective individually and in small group settings
Summer Institute
June 5-8 (Monday-Thursday), 1-5 p.m.
June 12-15 (Monday-Thursday), 1-5 p.m.
June 19-22 (Monday-Thursday), 1-5 p.m.
(Lunch is at noon each day)
Lesson Study Planning
June 26-28 (Monday-Wednesday), 1-5 p.m.
(Lunch is at noon each day)
CAMT (Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching)
July 20-22 (Monday-Wednesday), Houston
Academic Year Sessions
September 12, 5-9 p.m. (evening)
October 9, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (all day)
November 10, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (all day)
November 29, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. (all day)
January 24, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. (all day)
February 7, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. (all day)
February 28, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. (all day)
March 5, 5-8 p.m. (evening)
March 29, 5-8 p.m. (evening)
