NSF Institute: Preparing Virginia's Mathematics Specialist

标题：准备弗吉尼亚。维吉尼亚联邦大学与维吉尼亚数学与科学联盟、两所大学的核心合作伙伴（诺福克州立大学和维吉尼亚大学）以及5个学区的核心合作伙伴共同建立了一个NSF研究所，以培养K-5中学数学专家。两组25名教师各获得数学内容和教育领导硕士学位，其中包括弗吉尼亚教育部指定的数学专家执照的拟议活动。参与者是根据学校管理者的推荐从全州参与的学校系统中招募的，代表着不同的人群。学校系统同意分配完成硕士学位课程的教师获得数学专家执照，并有足够的非课堂时间履行其在弗吉尼亚专家描述中规定的职责。该学院的特点是：连续三个夏季（第二批重复）为期四周的住宿课程，并有广泛的学年后续计划；一学年远程学习课程；还有一学年的实习/专题课。课程由大学数学和数学教育学院以及学校系统硕士教师和数学主管团队授课。该项目的智力价值回应了为K-5学校的任务准备弗吉尼亚州第一批核心数学专家的需求，此前弗吉尼亚州教育部认可了数学专家的概念，以领导弗吉尼亚州学校的数学教学。专家将成为学校的领导者，协助同事教授学生所需的数学，为未来几年的高等数学和科学课程做准备，并领导教师的专业发展。这个项目的广泛影响反映在弗吉尼亚的K-5学生的数学兴趣和准备上，从而提高了数学能力和成绩。增强的准备和动机提高了学生在随后的K-20学习中数学和科学课程的成绩。该项目及其基于研究/评估的改进为数学专家的准备工作提供了一个模型，该模型将由合作机构维持，并适用于其他弗吉尼亚州和国家专家培训计划

Title: Preparing Virginia.s Mathematics Specialists Lead Partner: Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth University, in conjunction with the Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition, two university core partners (Norfolk State University and the University of Virginia) and 5 school district core partners offers an NSF Institute to prepare K-5 middle school Mathematics Specialists. Two cohorts of 25 teachers each earn Masters Degrees in mathematics content and educational leadership, which encompass the proposed activities specified for licensure as a Mathematics Specialist by the Virginia Department of Education. Participants are recruited from participating school systems across the state, representing diverse populations, based on recommendations from school administrators. The school system agrees to assign teachers who complete the Masters Degree program to be licensed as Mathematics Specialists with sufficient non-classroom time to carry out their responsibilities as specified under the established Virginia description for Specialist. The Institute features: Four-week residential sessions in three successive summers (repeated for a second cohort) with extensive academic year follow-up program; one academic year distance learning class; and one academic year practicum/project class. Courses are team-taught by university mathematics and mathematics education faculty along with school system Master Teachers and Mathematics Supervisors. The Intellectual Merit of the project responds to the need to prepare a core of Virginia's first Mathematics Specialists for assignment in K-5 schools following the Virginia's Department of Education endorsement of the concept of Mathematics Specialists to lead mathematics instruction in schools across Virginia. Specialists will be leaders within their schools assisting colleagues in teaching the mathematics their students need in preparation for advanced mathematics and science curricula in future years and leading teacher professional development. The Broader Impacts of this project are reflected in the mathematics interest and preparation of Virginia's K-5 students resulting in increased mathematics ability and achievement. The enhanced preparation and motivation enhances achievement of students in mathematics and science curricula during their succeeding K-20 studies. The project and its research/ evaluation based refinements serve as a model for the preparation of Mathematics Specialists, which will be sustained by partner institutions and adaptable to other Virginia and national Specialist training programs.***