High School Math Curriculum Alignment: How to Unpack the GEs

Dates: July 7 - 11, 2008 8 - 3:30pm

Location: LAPDA, Montpelier, VT

Cost: $750 for members; $895 for nonmembers;
* Includes 3 graduate credits from to be determined

Registration: http://www.lapdavt.org

Call (802) 224-9110 for more information

About this Course:

In the Fall of 2007, the NECAP finally reached high school. The good news is that Vermont high school students performed better on the NECAP math than students from New Hampshire and Rhode Island. The bad news is that only 30% of our Vermont high school students met or exceeded the standard in math. This may be due in part to the fact that many high school math curricula have not fully integrated the High School Grade Expectations (GEs) for Mathematics that were published in the Spring of 2004.

In this course, we will take a close look at the High School Math GEs which underlie the four strands of

• Arithmetic, Number, and Operations Concepts;
  
  
• Geometry and Measurement Concepts;
  
  
• Functions and Algebra Concepts; and
  
  
• Data, Statistics, and Probability Concepts.

Participants will unravel the verbiage of the GEs and develop a concrete understanding of exactly what the GEs, and hence the NECAP, expect high school math students to know and be able to do. Participants are encouraged to bring graphing calculators and copies of their math program materials.

About the Instructor:

 

Elaine Watson, a high school math teacher for 16 years, has spent the last five years working as an elementary school principal. In that role, she has developed multiple resources for teachers around the K – 5 Math GEs. She brings with her a passion for math and a deep understanding of the full spectrum of concepts and skills students in K – 12 are expected to master.