Mathematically Connected Communities - Leadership Institute for Teachers

数学连接社区(MC2)-教师领导力研究所（LIFT）项目是新墨西哥州立大学（NMSU）与新墨西哥州南部学校系统之间的合作项目，旨在满足合作地区的需求，这些地区近年来已开始全面实施新的数学课程，但校园或其所在地区缺乏支持全面制定高质量课程的领导力。MC2 -LIFT由数学家、教育教师和学区领导设计，旨在培养一支由60名教师领导组成的骨干队伍，他们将对K-12数学有深刻的概念知识，以及促进学校或学区数学教学和学习环境发展的知识、技能和性格。该项目的目标是：1)提高教师领导对K-12数学的认识；2)拓展和丰富教学实践；3)培养知识领袖；4)在学校环境中实施学院式学习；5)维持数学家、教育学院和地区之间的伙伴关系。MC2 -LIFT为参与的教师提供为期两年的专业发展周期，包括密集的夏季学习和学年计划，包括在学校或地区环境中应用他们的学习。每个学期和夏季，课程由NMSU的数学家和教育家设计和团队授课，将数学概念与教育学和领导方面的知识和技能相结合。教师领导来自所有K-12年级，通过研究K-12连续统一体中概念是如何垂直连接的，在年级内部和跨年级之间是如何连接的，他们获得了学习数学的新视角。通过理解这些联系，研究所的参与者对数学概念有了更深的理解。然后，通过开发一系列模型和策略来表达数学思想，教师领导者能够帮助其他数学教师区分他们的教学，满足不同学习者的需求。校长们也在MC2 -LIFT中获得专业发展，了解如何在校园内培养专业学习的数学教育文化。校长和教师领导正在合作制定教师领导角色的愿景，在学校员工之间沟通对专业学习的期望，并定期参与反思和评估学校在实现教师和学生学习目标方面取得的进展。通过参与MC2 -LIFT项目，新密歇根州立大学的数学教育研究生课程正在进行制度变革，包括在合作学校整合课程和学习应用，数学和教育学院合作改善职前本科教师的课程。该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。

The Mathematically-Connected Communities (MC2)-Leadership Institute For Teachers (LIFT) project - a partnership between New Mexico State University (NMSU) and southern New Mexico school systems - responds to the needs of partner districts that have embarked on full scale implementation of new mathematics curriculum in recent years, yet lack the leadership on school campuses or in their districts to support full enactment of a quality curriculum. MC2 -LIFT was designed by mathematicians, education faculty and school district leaders in order to develop a cadre of 60 teacher leaders who will have a deep conceptual knowledge of K-12 mathematics, as well as the knowledge, skills and dispositions to facilitate growth in mathematics teaching and learning environments in schools or districts. The goals of the project are to: 1) Increase Teacher Leaders' Knowledge of K-12 Mathematics; 2) Expand and Enrich Pedagogical Practices; 3) Develop Intellectual Leaders; 4) Implement Institute Learning in School Environments; and 5) Sustain Partnerships between Mathematicians, Education Faculty and Districts. MC2 -LIFT provides participating teachers with a two-year cycle of professional development involving intensive summer study as well as an academic year program that includes application of their learning in school or district settings. Each semester and during the summer, courses are designed and team taught by an NMSU mathematician and an educator, blending mathematical concepts with knowledge and skills in pedagogy and leadership. Teacher Leaders come from all K-12 levels and gain a new lens for learning mathematics by studying how concepts are vertically articulated within the K-12 continuum, connecting within and across grades. Institute participants are developing a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts by understanding these connections. Then, by developing a range of models and strategies to represent mathematical ideas, Teacher Leaders are able to help other mathematics teachers differentiate their instruction and meet the needs of diverse learners. Principals also receive professional development in MC2 -LIFT, gaining an understanding of how to foster a culture of professional learning in mathematics education on their campuses. Principals and Teacher Leaders are collaboratively developing a vision for the Teacher Leaders' roles, communicating expectations for professional learning among school staff and routinely engaging in reflection and evaluation of the progress that their schools are making towards teacher and student learning goals. Through involvement in the MC2 -LIFT project, the graduate program in mathematics education at NMSU is undergoing institutional change to include integrated coursework and application of learning in partner schools, with mathematics and education faculty collaborating to improve coursework for pre-service undergraduate teachers.This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).