PriMath II: Developing Teacher Leaders to Foster Mathematics Talent in K-4 Students

这个为期四年的PRI-Math II项目旨在将1990-1993年由NSF资助的、以学校为基础的PRI-Math(I)项目转变为地区一级的领导模式，以改善小学(K-4)年级的数学教育。在最初的两年里，PriMath II将与学校系统合作，制定个人的长期改进计划。十个参赛团队将包括从PRI-Math I参与者中挑选的最多四名(K-4)课堂教师或专家+一名区级行政人员。这些团队将依次选择支持团队在第二个两年注册。因此，56名带队教师和33名行政部门将直接参与，通过同伴教学间接接触到1668名教师。项目活动将在4年中的每一年中的4个环境中进行：为期4周的暑期研习班、8个学年研讨会、PD对参与教室的4个学年访问，以及在其学校内的参与者之间辅导同龄人，以及为阐明/实施全系统计划而开展的不服务活动。数学内容和教育学贯穿始终，暑期数学内容课程有几何/空间感觉、函数与比例、数字系统与数字感觉和数据分析。

This four-year program of Pri-Math II is designed to transform the 1990-93 NSF-funded, school-based Pri-Math (I) project into a district-level leadership model to improve mathematics education in the primary (K-4) grades. During its first two years, PriMath II will work with school systems to develop individual, long-range improvement plans. Ten participating teams will each include up to four (K-4) classroom teachers or specialists selected from Pri-Math I participants + a district-level administrative person. Those teams will in-turn select supporting teams to enroll in the second two years. Thus 56 lead teachers and 33 administratives will be involved directly to reach 1668 teachers indirectly by peer teaching. Project activities will occur in 4 settings during each of the 4 years: 4-week summer institutes, 8 school-year seminars, 4 school-year visits by the PD to participant classrooms, and among participants within their schools coaching peers plus conducting inservice to articulate/implement system-wide plans. Mathematics content and pedagogy is integrated throughout, with summer mathematics content courses being Geometry/Spatial Sense, Functions & Proportionality, Number Systems & Number Sense, and Data Analysis.