When:  June 21 - 25, 2010 (8:00 – 4:00); 1 follow-up TBA in the fall

Where: Orleans Elementary School, Orleans, VT

Instructor: Beth Hulbert, M.Ed.

For full-course syllabus download the following PDF: Syllabus.pdf  Please Note: Dates on the syllabus should read June 21 -25, 2010 not July 2007.

Description:  The Mathematics Lab School is a research-based professional development opportunity for teachers, which includes tutorial services for at-risk students.  The teachers will work together to provide intensive math instruction for students modeling and putting into practice strategies and content learned in the teacher seminars.  Teachers will have the opportunity to work closely with a teacher partner to assess student understanding in the area of multiplicative reasoning and develop instructional strategies to address student misconceptions and developing understandings.  There will be a direct link between the research and the instructional methods.  Teachers will learn and practice using strategies and methods that reflect current research in mathematics instruction.  An important aspect of the course will be the opportunity for teachers to work together to reflect on teaching methodologies and lesson design for the purpose of increased student understanding. Teachers will observe each other daily and use these observations to refine instruction to meet each student’s needs. 

Methodologies: This course will incorporate a variety of teaching strategies with the purpose of modeling research-based best practices.  There will be lecture, discussion, small group collaborative learning, participant presentations, and constructed understanding through teacher facilitation and modeling.