How to Run a Teacher's Circle

数学科学(21)：这个项目正在准备团队，通过使用教师圈子将研究数学的数学家和中学教师聚集在一起。这些圈子是由数学家和学校数学教师组成的团体，他们定期会面做数学。事实证明，这样的圈子对教师和数学家都有数学上的刺激作用，双方的学生都从这种关系中受益。该项目正在美国许多不同的地理位置形成新的教师圈。为了实现这一目标，该项目首先召集一批团队参加两个为期五天的研讨会之一，一个于2008年夏天在加利福尼亚州帕洛阿尔托举行，另一个于2008年夏天在华盛顿特区举行，学习如何运营教师圈，并计划在2009年夏天启动每个团队自己的教师圈。每个团队至少由一名数学家、至少两名中学教师和至少一名管理人员/招聘人员/筹款人组成，他们都来自相同的地理区域。在研讨会期间，上午的活动将模拟实际的教师圈，下午的活动将致力于规划新教师圈的启动。广泛影响：拟议中的研讨会将导致在美国各地形成多达10-14个新的教师圈。每个新教师圈将导致一个计划，将增强多达25名中学教师的知识基础、数学信心、解决新问题的能力和冒险意愿。这300名教师每人每天最多会见100名中学生；新教师圈的净影响将是每年增强多达3万名中学生的数学体验。

Mathematical Sciences (21): This project is preparing teams to bring together research mathematicians and middle school teachers of mathematics through the use of Teacher's Circles. These Circles are groups of mathematicians and school mathematics teachers that meet regularly to do mathematics. Such Circles have been shown to be mathematically stimulating for both the teachers and the mathematicians and the students of both benefit from the relationship. The project is forming new Teacher's Circles in many different geographical locations across the U.S. To accomplish this goal, the project first brings together a collection of teams to attend one of two five-day workshops, one held in Palo Alto, California, and one held in Washington, D.C., in the summer of 2008, to learn how to run a Teacher's Circle and to plan the launch of each team's own Teacher's Circle in the summer of 2009. Each team consists of at least one mathematician, at least two middle school teachers, and at least one administrator/recruiter/fund-raiser, all from the same geographic area. During the workshops, the morning activities will simulate actual Teacher's Circles and the afternoon activities will be devoted to planning the launch of the new Teacher's Circles.Broader Impact: The proposed workshops will lead to the formation of as many as 10 - 14 new Teacher's Circles around the U.S. Each of those will lead to a program that will enhance the knowledge base, the mathematical confidence, the ability to tackle new problems, and the willingness to take risks in up to 25 middle school teachers. These 300 teachers each meet with up to 100 middle school students per day; the net impact of the new Teacher's Circles will be to enhance the mathematical experiences of up to thirty thousand middle school students per year.