A Greater Birmingham Partnership: Building Communities of Learners and Leaders in Middle School Mathematics

摘要-0412373A大伯明翰伙伴关系(GBMP)：建立中学数学学习者和领导者社区的根本目标是提高中学数学水平，对未来和现在的教师都有影响，其次是高中数学教师。核心合作伙伴包括牵头组织伯明翰南方学院，以及阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校和阿拉巴马州八个大伯明翰学区：贝塞默市、费尔菲尔德市、霍姆伍德市、胡佛市、杰斐逊县、山布鲁克市、谢尔比县和维斯塔维亚城市学校系统。华盛顿州数学教育合作(MEC)是一个重要的支持伙伴。GBMP的总体目标是通过一系列战略显著提高大约22,000名6-8年级学生的数学成绩，同时缩小不同学生群体之间的数学成绩差距，其中包括：(A)让所有274名中学数学教师参加一系列以深度数学问题为中心的数学课程；(B)培养中等年级教师的领导力，使其成为数学支持小组(60名教师)、数学重点小组(40名教师)和专注于专题的数学学习小组的成员；(C)为职前教师和在职教师设计/修改大学数学课程，包括融合工程思想，使学生注重数学思想的强大应用；(D)在数学教学示范做法的教师教室中安排实习生；(E)设立中学数学教师证书；(F)家长作为所有学生高质量数学的倡导者参与；(H)加强行政人员确定和支持高质量数学教学的能力；以及(I)探索与中学生数学学习相关的研究问题(元认知过程、动机、社交互动、适应)，专业发展战略的有效性，在八个不同的学区-其中一些同时服务于非常特权的人群，另一些服务于极端弱势群体-学区，获得扎实的数学改革的一致性，研究大学教员因与K-12学区合作而发生的教学变化，并优化中等系统高等教育机构的特征和最大限度地提高效率的K-12因素。GBMP聚集了数学课堂教师、学校管理人员、大学教员(数学家、工程师和教育工作者)、专业发展专家、研究人员、社区和商界领袖以及阿拉巴马州教育部将重点放在课程、教学、数学内容、认证和家长的兴趣上，这些必须协同解决，以支持所有中年级学习者获得在21世纪取得成功所必需的数学能力。

ABSTRACT-0412373A Greater Birmingham Partnership (GBMP): Building Communities of Learners and Leaders in Middle School Mathematics is fundamentally targeting the improvement of middle school mathematics, with implications for both future and current teachers, and with a secondary focus on high school teachers of mathematics. The core partners include the lead organization, Birmingham-Southern College, as well as, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and eight Greater Birmingham Alabama school districts: Bessemer City, Fairfield City, Homewood City, Hoover City, Jefferson County, Mountain Brook City, Shelby County, and Vestavia City School Systems. A significant supporting partner is the Mathematics Education Collaborative (MEC) of the State of Washington.The overarching goal of the GBMP is to significantly improve the mathematics achievement of approximately 22,000 students in grades 6-8, while narrowing the mathematics achievement gaps among varied populations of students, through a number of strategies, which include: (A) engaging all 274 middle grades teachers of mathematics in a series of mathematical content courses centered on deep mathematical problems; (B) leadership development of middle grades teachers as members of Mathematical Support Teams (60 teachers), Mathematics Focus Groups (40 teachers), and Mathematical Study Groups focused on special topics; (C) design/modification of university mathematics courses for pre- and in-service teachers, including the integration of engineering ideas that will focus students on the powerful application of mathematical ideas; (D) placement of interns in classrooms of teachers that model exemplary practices in mathematical instruction; (E) establishment of teacher certification in middle grades mathematics; (F) parental engagement as advocates for high quality mathematics for all students; (H) enhancement of the capacity of administrators to identify and support quality mathematical instruction; and (I) exploration of research questions associated with mathematical learning by middle grades students (metacognitive processes, motivation, social interaction, accommodations), efficacy of professional development strategies, obtaining consistency of solid mathematical reform in eight disparate-some of which serve very privileged populations and others which serve extremely disadvantaged populations-school districts simultaneously, studying pedagogical change in university faculty as a result of their collaborations with K-12 districts, and optimizing features of mesosystems-Institutions of Higher Education and K-12 factors that maximize effectiveness.The GBMP brings together classroom teachers of mathematics, school administrators, university faculty (mathematicians, engineers, and educators), experts in professional development, researchers, community and business leaders, and the Alabama State Department of Education to focus on the curricular, pedagogical, mathematical content, certification, and parental interests that must be synergistically addressed in order to support all middle grades learners in acquiring the mathematical power necessary for success in the 21st century.