A Targeted MSP Project

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Alliance for the Improvement of Mathematics
Skills PreK-16

• A Targeted MSP Project

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Management Team

• Principal Investigator
• Dr. Lee Sloan, Dean, Del Mar College
• Co-Principal Investigators
• Dr. Paul Clore, Supt., Gregory-Portland ISD
• Dr. Melana Silva, PK-12 Math/Science Curriculum
  Specialist
• Dean of the College of Education, TAMU-Kingsville
  
• Mrs. Evanita Ramos, Director of Instructional
  Services, Kingsville ISD
• Project Director Dr. Dwight Goode, Professor of
  Math, TAMU-Kingsville
• Internal Evaluator Dr. Irma Marshall, Assistant
  Professor of Education, TAMU-Kingsville
• External Evaluator Dr. Maryann Gaines,
  Associate Professor of Education, TAMU-Commerce

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Mathematics Specialists

• Abigayle Barton abarton_at_delmar.edu
• Dr. Amy Gaskins agaskins_at_delmar.edu
• Nancy Knobles nknobles_at_delmar.edu

Project Administrator/Assessor

• Jennifer Bailey jdbailey_at_delmar.edu

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Participating Counties
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Independent School Districts

• Agua Dulce ISD
• Calallen ISD
• Flour Bluff ISD
• Gregory-Portland ISD
• Kingsville ISD

• Robstown ISD
• Sinton ISD
• Taft ISD
• Tuloso-Midway ISD

Two Higher Education Partners

• Del Mar College
• Texas AM University - Kingsville

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Goal Close achievement gaps in math preparation
of students K-12 and prepare students for success
in college level math courses by the time they
graduate from high school through

• Vertical alignment
• Professional development
• Challenging curriculum
• Use of information technology
• Research on strategies and interventions

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Objectives
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Enhance Professional Learning

• PreK-16 Administrators
• PreK-12 Teachers
• Higher Education Faculty
• PreK-16 Counselors

Provide A Challenging Curriculum

• PK-16 Vertical Alignment
• PK-16 Horizontal Alignment
• Adapt and Implement Curriculum
• Focused on Problem-Solving and Critical
• Thinking

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Enhance the Application of Technology for
Instruction and Collaboration

• Graphing Calculators
• Data Acquisition Tools
• GPS Instruments
• Web-Based Activities (ThinkFive)
• Software (Geometers Sketchpad)

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Conduct Research on the Effectiveness of
Interventions

• Data on Benchmarks
• TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills)
• TASP Equivalency (Texas Academic Skills
  Program)
• ACT/SAT/AP Courses and Tests
• Concurrent College Credits
• Engagement with RETA Projects

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Strategies
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Strategies

• Provide Mentors for Beginning Teachers
• Engage Families and Communities
• Provide Teachers of Mathematics with
  Understanding of Standards-based Learning
• Link to Other Initiatives (TxCETP, ITS, STATE,
  ACCESS-TP, STRSI)

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Strategies, Cont.

• Establish Mathematics as a Priority at
  District/Classroom Level
• Provide Resources (time, curriculum, fiscal)
• Provide Teachers with Deep Content Knowledge
• Provide Professional Development for ALL Teachers
  of Mathematics

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TEXTEAMS Professional Development

• TEXas Teachers Empowered for Achievement in
  Mathematics and Science

• Provides comprehensive quality professional
  development using hands-on and technology-based
  activities
• Assists understanding and implementation of the
  Texas
• Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
• Develops an understanding of vertical and
  horizontal articulation
• Extends existing teacher knowledge to include
  new content and new
• ways of conceptualizing mathematics content
• Easily modified for classroom use
• May be tailored to the local needs of schools
  and districts

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Elementary TEXTEAMS Institutes

• Mathematics Institute for PreK-K Teachers
• Numbers and operations patterns and algebraic
  thinking geometry and spatial sense
  measurement probability and statistics
• Grades 1-2 Mathematics Institute
• Problem solving number sense patterns and
  relations geometry and measurement probability
  and statistics operations and computation
• Grades 3-5 Mathematics Institute
• Problem solving number sense patterns and
  relations geometry and measurement probability
  and statistics operations and computation

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Middle School TEXTEAMS Institutes

• Numeric Reasoning Across the TEKS
• Provides an in-depth examination of the
  relationship between fractions, decimals,
  percents and rational number operations
• Algebraic Reasoning Across the TEKS
• Explores patterns and problems that lead to the
  development of algebraic thinking skills
• Proportionality Across the TEKS
• Develops the properties, language, and
  representations of proportional relationships
• Geometry Across the TEKS
• Geometric structure, transformation, triangles,
  plane figures and solids
• Statistical Reasoning Across the TEKS
• Mathematical foundations of statistical
  reasoning and sound decision making

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High School TEXTEAMS Institutes

• Algebra I 2000 and Beyond
• Practice-Based Professional Development
• Algebra I Assessments
• High School Geometry Supporting the TEKS and
  TAKS
• Algebra II/Precalculus
• Mathematical Models with Applications Course
• Materials Science Component
• Rethinking Secondary Mathematics Series
• - Algebraic and Geometric Modeling
• - Statistical Reasoning Across the TEKS
• - In-depth Secondary Mathematics

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Assessment
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Assessment

• Student Benchmarks
• Increase Number Diversity of Student Enrollment
  by 5
• Algebra I in 8th Grade
• Algebra I Geometry Beginning in Year 2
• Algebra II Beginning in Year 2
• Precalculus Beginning in Year 3
• Dual Credit/AP Courses Beginning in Year 4

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Assessment

• Student Benchmarks
• TAKS
• ALL ISDs at 90 Passing Rate or Higher by the End
  of 5 Years
• TASP Equivalency
• ACT
• Increase Average Score by 2 Points Over 5 Years
• SAT
• Increase Average Score by 100 Points Over 5 Years

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Assessment

• Faculty/Administrator Benchmarks
• 30 hours each year of Professional Development
• Professional Development Surveys
• Classroom Observation of Teaching Strategies
• Teacher Use of Technology
• Teacher Retention Rates
• Teacher Certification Status

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Dissemination
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Dissemination

• ISD Personnel
• Teacher, Counselor, and Administrator
  Organizations, Meetings, Publications
• School and District Organizations
• State-level Public School Organizations
• Region 2 Education Service Center

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Dissemination

• College/University Faculty
• League of Innovation in Community Colleges
• American Mathematical Association of Two Year
  Colleges
• Texas Section of MAA
• South Texas Mathematics Consortium
• NSF Conferences
• Faculty Professional Associations

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Alliance for the Improvement of Mathematics
Skills PreK-16

• www.delmar.edu/aims