Teachers, Time, and Transformation: A Grassroots Model for Reform in Practice and Curriculum

这个为期三年的专业发展计划的目的是 给波士顿MA地区的36名教师（4至12年级）， 数学和教育学背景，成为教师领导者。 具体来说，提议者设计了一个项目， 深度和跨年级，与代数相关的主题-- 从小学和初中的“代数前”开始 学校水平，以及高中代数。参与 教师将使用现有的，示范性的 课程材料，在各种教学环境中， 通过NCTM标准-包括合作同行学习，使用 实践材料，以及计算机的应用， 计算器。为此，与会者将参加十八半- 在学年期间举办的日间讲习班， 上学的日子。与该项目合作的当地企业将 利用志愿者免费为学校提供替代品 员工可以与学生讨论数学如何用于 工作场所，谁，反过来，将获得一个欣赏的 学校的日常问题。暑假期间，老师- 参加者将在为期两周的密集学习中继续学习， 车间这一基本格式将在三个 多年的节目。第二年，参加 教师将制定并开始实施新的课程， 在自己的教室里学习代数。项目工作人员将提供 全年提供密切的支持和指导。的经验教训 然后将开发的集成到一个连贯的4-12计划， 《代数》（Algebra for Everyone）“在第三年，参与者 将在他们的学校计划和领导各种在职项目 让其他教师熟悉新教材 教学风格。该计划将以传播 在这次会议上， 该计划将在全国范围内实施。

The aim of this three year professional development program is to give 36 teachers (grades 4 through 12) in the Boston MA area the mathematical and pedagogical background to become teacher-leaders. Specifically, the proposers have designed a program to explore in depth and across grade levels, topics relating to algebra-- beginning with "pre-algebra" topics at the elementary and middle school levels, as well as high school algebra proper. Participating teachers will study these topics using available, exemplary curricular materials, and in the kinds of teaching contexts called for by the NCTM standards--including cooperative peer learning, use of hands-on materials, and applications of computers and calculators. To these ends, participants will attend eighteen half- day workshops during the school year, which will take place during the school day. Local businesses cooperating with the project will provide substitutes to the schools gratis, using volunteer employees who can discuss with students how mathematics is used in the work place and who, in turn, will gain an appreciation of the day-to-day problems of the schools. During the summer, the teacher- participants will continue their studies in an intensive two-week workshop. This basic format will be repeated in each of the three years of the program. In the second year, the participating teachers will develop and begin to implement new lessons relating to algebra in their own classrooms. Project staff will provide close support and mentoring throughout the year. The lessons developed will then be integrated into a coherent 4-12 program of algebra: "Algebra for Everyone." In the third year, participants will plan and lead a variety of inservice programs in their schools and districts to familiarize other teachers with the new materials and teaching styles. The program will conclude with a dissemination conference at which the materials, lessons, and experiences of the program will be made available on a national basis.