We had a great PMI workshop last week at Berks campus. We are hoping to do it again in 2018, so tell your colleagues.
Group picture at the lion statue
Talking math and liking it.
A typical problem-solving session.
It’s hard to believe our week is almost over.
For Friday:
Read: Principles to Actions sections on “Facilitate Meaningful Mathematical Discourse” and “Pose Purposeful Questions,” pages 29-41.
Do: “Problems on Division” Block 3, Page 37. Problems 3 and 4.
Another great day for math and education!
The link to the video we watched today is here: http://veritasium.com/education/the-uncomfortable-effort-of-thinking/
Homework:
Read: The article distributed at the end of the day: “Relational Understanding and Instrumental Understanding.”
Do: Block 2, Page 26.
We are off to a great start for PMI at Berks. We have 22 participants from 7 districts, with every grade level from Kindergarten to 6th represented.
This evening’s homework is as follows:
We’re excited that our first summer workshops will be starting Monday 6/26! Twenty Pennsylvania teachers will be coming to Penn State Berks for Math as a Second Language.
Participants: You should have received an information packet by email by now. If not, please contact Andrew Baxter (baxter@math.psu.edu) as soon as possible.
All of the seats in all four of our workshops this summer have been filled. We are excited to be welcoming 95 teachers from 37 different school districts this summer. We have grown a lot since our first workshop in 2013 with 8 participants and 3 districts.
We are happy to announce we will be offering a week-long workshop at Penn State Berks, June 26-30, entitled Math as a Second Language.
This workshop is comparable to the course of the same name that is also being offered at the University Park, Greater Allegheny, and Brandywine campuses at other times during the summer. Participants receive travel compensation up to $300, lodging at a local hotel if necessary, and an $800 stipend.
Additional details on this and the other Summer 2017 Workshops is available here: https://sites.psu.edu/pennmathinit/summer-2017-workshops/. The application for the Berks workshops is available here: https://sites.psu.edu/pennmathinit/application-page-berks/.
Participants are chosen based on grade band, district need, and position to impact students. Applicants will be notified of whether they have been selected by May 20.
We are pleased to announce that we will be able to run our two-week workshop at Penn State Brandywine in Summer 2017.
See the Summer 2017 Workshops page for details. Apply here for the Brandywine workshops.
To guide our decision-making process, we’re introducing a way for past PMI participants and school leaders to recommend colleagues to participate in the summer PMI workshops. Note that a recommendation for a colleague is not a guarantee they will get selected to participate this summer, and a recommendation is not required to be selected.
Fill out the form below to recommend a colleague for the Summer PMI Workshops.
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We are ready to announce our Summer 2017 PMI Workshops!
The workshops will run Monday through Friday, July 17-28, at the University Park Campus. Workshops are designed for current K-5 teachers and school leaders. Participation is free, although seating is limited.
See Summer 2017 Workshops for details and an application.