Math Professional Development

Hello Jackie and All,

There was a discussion question posted in the Math and Numeracy Community that I felt that someone in the PD Community would be able to help us answer.  Here is the link to the posting:  https://community.lincs.ed.gov/discussion/math-training-and-curriculum-abe-teachers#comment-9729

Thank you,

Brooke Istas, SME
Math and Numeracy COP

Comments

Thanks for sharing this post, Brooke. Certainly there are others in the EBPD Group who are providing professional development in math, perhaps vis-a-vis the CCRS, and would be willing to share. For those not in the Math and Numeracy COP, you might consider joining and replying to the thread Jon Doherty started. We can also do some crowdsourcing here for Brooke to then take back to the Math and Numeracy Group.

Jon Doherty is seeking to learn more about what others are doing to support teachers in improving math instruction. Here are the questions he raised:

1. What are you doing to help teachers who are not proficient in math learn the math they need to know to help students pass the new HSE tests and  college entrance exams?   

2. What are you doing to help teachers improve math instruction? 

3. What are you doing to provide students with "transitional" math instruction - i.e. instruction that helps students pass college entrance exams and avoid taking so-called non-credit developmental math course(s)?

Others, thoughts?

Thanks,

Jackie Taylor

Evidence-based Professional Development Community of Practice

I'm hoping Tracy Hendrix will jump in on this discussion because GED Math is not one of my PD specialties.  But I will add to this conversation that Texas has a series of trainings called "The Math Institute" that are available as a Tier Two (state-level funding) training and cover a wide range of areas under the GED math umbrella to help teachers not only improve their math, but improve their math instruction. 

Thanks.

Glenda Rose
TRAIN PD Center Specialist