The Upper Midwest LEADERS-in-Math Project Preparing Leaders for Education and Professional Development in the Effort to Renew School Mathematics

根据教师留任和续聘指导方针提交的这个为期49个月的项目“旨在培养一支教师、领导、监督员和大学数学教育工作者的干部队伍，他们将作为变革的推动者，负责实施基于标准的高中数学改革”[项目摘要]。更具体地说，该项目为爱荷华州、明尼苏达州和威斯康星州的256名高中教师提供了全面的专业发展，使他们能够通过在课堂上实施Core-Plus教材，有效地落实基于标准的数学教育的国家目标；(B)有Core-Plus经验的16名硕士教师的领导力发展；(C)8名大学教授和8名学校数学课程督导员的领导力发展、有组织的讲习班和课堂观察，以及职前或在职领导经验；(D)参与者与家长和行政人员等所有利益攸关方合作，代表学校数学教育基于标准的更新。该项目的教师--参与者在两名干部中从事专业发展，每人为期两年，在项目的整个生命周期内至少持续六周；大学/学院教授和学校数学导师参加大约四周。

Submitted under the guidelines for Teacher Retention and Renewal, this 49-month project is "designed to develop a cadre of teachers, leaders, supervisors and collegiate mathematics educators who will act as change agents responsible for implementing standards-based high school mathematics reform" [project summary]. More specifically, the project provides (a) comprehensive professional development for 256 high school teachers in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin so they can effectively implement national goals for standards-based mathematics education through implementation of the Core-Plus instructional materials in their classrooms; (b) leadership development for 16 master teachers who are experienced with Core-Plus; (c) leadership development, structured workshop and classroom observation, and preservice or inservice leadership experience for eight college professors and eight school mathematics curriculum supervisors; and (d) experiences for participants to work with all stakeholders, such as parents and administrators, on behalf of standards-based renewal of school mathematics education. The project's teacher-participants engage in professional development in two cadres, each for two years, for at least six weeks over the life of the project; university/college professors and school mathematics supervisors participate for approximately four weeks.