Math in the Middle Institute Partnership

摘要：0412502数学在中学合作伙伴关系（M2）包括内布拉斯加大学-林肯，林肯公立学校（LPS）和教育服务单位（教育服务单位（ESU）#6，#7#13和15农村学区）&，创建并维持一个有能力教育和支持优秀中层团队的伙伴关系（5-8年级）数学教师（共122人），他们将成为学校，地区和ESU的知识领袖。 投资于高质量的教师，长期目标是提高K-12学生的数学成绩，并显着减少不同学生群体的数学成绩差距。 M2研究所的工作为学习，教学和教师专业发展的研究提供信息和基于证据的贡献。 对农村教师、学校和地区的承诺是M2的一个重点特征。中学数学伙伴关系（M2）由三个主要组成部分组成： I. M2研究所是一所多年制研究所，为参与者提供连贯的学习计划，以加深他们的数学知识，并培养他们的领导技能; ii.数学学习团队培养了合作精神。由M2教师领导的团队，在学校管理人员和大学教师的支持下，帮助教师将他们的教学与国家标准保持一致，并协助教师检查他们的教学和评估实践; iii.一项研究计划将M2研究所和M2数学学习团队转变为教育改进和创新的实验室。 M2研究所：（1）丰富教师的数学知识;（2）协助他们将数学知识转移到课堂上;（3）创建专业人士社区（K-12和大学），他们作为领导者共同努力，加强中级数学课程和中级课堂课程。 通过在M2研究所获得的知识和领导技能加强，M2教师领导地区和ESU努力改善数学教学和学习，创建数学学习团队，他们在其中指导和指导他们的同龄人开发提高学生成绩的方法。研究议程产生了新的基于证据的知识，数学教师专业发展。 智力优势。 M 2研究所成为一个以内容为中心的专业发展研究所生产的智力领导者与在中年级教授的数学的深刻理解和领导学校和地区的努力大大提高学生的数学成绩的能力的典范。 学习团队联合收割机结合了教师和大学教师的专业知识，确保M 2研究所的好处远远超出了最初的122名中学参与者。 更广泛的影响。 教师和研究生在支持教育活动的部门文化中广泛参与教师教育，引发了大学文化的进一步变化，并培养了一代数学家，他们坚定地致力于出色的教学，教师教育和K-12推广。 高等教育教师跨学院工作，提高教师专业发展和职前教育的成功模式。 支持农村学校的教育有助于我们教育界长期被忽视的一部分。

Abstract: 0412502 The Math in the Middle Institute Partnership ( M2 ) comprising the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) and Educational Service Unit (Educational Service Units (ESU) #6, #7 & #13 and 15 Rural School Districts), creates and sustains a partnership with the capacity to educate and support teams of outstanding middle level (Grades 5-8) mathematics teachers (122 total) who will become intellectual leaders in their schools, districts, and ESUs. Investing in high-quality teachers, the long-term goal is improving K-12 student achievement in mathematics and significantly reducing achievement gaps in the mathematical performance of diverse student populations. The work of the M2 Institute informs and provides evidence-based contributions to research on learning, teaching, and teacher professional development. Commitment to rural teachers, schools, and districts is a focus feature of M2. Math in the Middle Institute Partnership ( M 2 )consists of three major components: i. The M2 Institute, a multi-year institute offers participants a coherent program of study to deepen their mathematical knowledge for teaching and to develop their leadership skills; ii. Mathematics learning teams develop collegiality. Teams led by M2 teachers, supported by school administrators and university faculty, help teachers align their teaching with state standards, and assist teachers in examining their instructional and assessment practices; and iii. A research initiative transforms the M2 Institute and the M2 mathematics learning teams into laboratories for educational improvement and innovation. The M2 Institute: (1) enriches teachers' mathematics knowledge; (2) assists them in transferring mathematics knowledge into their classrooms; and (3) creates communities of professionals (K-12 and college) who work together as leaders to strengthen middle level mathematics courses and curricula in the middle level classroom. Strengthened by the knowledge and leadership skills gained in the M2 Institute, M 2 teachers lead district and ESU efforts to improve mathematics teaching and learning, creating mathematics learning teams in which they mentor and coach their peers developing ways to enhance student achievement. The research agenda generates new evidence-based knowledge about mathematics teacher professional development. Intellectual Merit. The M 2 Institute becomes a model for a content-focused professional development Institute producing intellectual leaders with a deep understanding of the mathematics taught in the middle grades and the ability to lead school and district efforts greatly increasing student achievement in mathematics. Learning teams combine the expertise of teachers and university faculty ensuring that the benefits of the M 2 Institute reach far beyond the original 122 middle school participants. Broader Impacts. The extensive engagement in teacher education by faculty and graduate students in a departmental culture supportive of educational activities sparks further change in the university culture and develops a generation of mathematicians with a strong commitment to outstanding teaching, teacher education, and K-12 outreach. Successful models for higher education faculty working across colleges improving teacher professional development and pre-service education are developed. Supporting education in rural schools contributes to a segment of our education community that has been neglected for too long.