Presentation to THEC Grant Participants

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Presentation to THEC Grant Participants

• Deborah A. McAllister
• June 26, 2006
• http//oneweb.utc.edu/deborah-mcallister/smith06.
  html

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Topics

• Teacher Certification
• Teacher Recertification
• Role of CEU/Graduate Credit
• Degree Requirements
• Pedagogical Aspects of the Use of Technology in
  the Classroom
• Role of Statistics/Probability/Discrete
  Mathematics in Future State/National Testing

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Teacher Certification

• Traditional, undergraduate.
• Graduate, second BS (BA) specific courses
  required.
• Graduate, licensure only flexibility in meeting
  course requirements.
• Graduate, M.Ed. traditional, 36 hours including
  student teaching.
• Graduate, M.Ed. alternative or provisional
  license (Alt. A, E, C).

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• Office of Teacher Licensing - http//www.state.tn.
  us/education/lic/
• Types of Licenses - http//www.k-12.state.tn.us/tc
  ertinf/LicenseTypes.asp
• Tennessee Licensure Standards and Induction
  Guidelines (391 pages) - http//www.tennessee.gov/
  education/lic/doc/accttchlicstds.pdf

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• Beginning on 09/01/07, Type 1 and Type 2 licenses
  will be issued, replacing alternative licenses.

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Teacher Recertification

• Lapse take two, 3-hour courses, 15
  points/credit hour (90 points).
• Renewal of Apprentice License 45 points, 5
  years.
• Apprentice to Professional License requires 3
  full years of teaching (last 3 or 3 out of 5)
  apprentice license is valid for 5 years.
• Renewal of Professional License 90 points, 10
  years.

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Role of CEU/Graduate Credit

• Take courses and participate in professional
  development.
• Provide transcript and CEU information to the
  state.
• Activities (except courses)
• Participant, 1 hour 1 point
• Leader/Presenter, 1 hour 3 points (new)
• Courses
• 1 semester hour 15 points
• 1 CEU 10 points
• Leader/Presenter, 45/30 points

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• Renewal of Teacher Licenses - http//www.state.tn.
  us/education/lic/renw.shtml

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Degree Requirements

• Selected Programs
• M.Ed. Secondary Mathematics (nonlicensure) 33
  graduate hours, including 12 graduate hours in
  mathematics.
• M.Ed. Secondary Licensure 36 graduate hours in
  education, plus undergraduate, bridging
  coursework.
• Ed.S. Advanced Educational Practice Educational
  Technology 36 graduate hours.
• Ed.D. Learning and Leadership 66 graduate hours.

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Pedagogical Aspects of the Use of Technology in
the Classroom

• Technology is one of six principles established
  by the NCTM (2000).
• Overarching theme Technology is essential in
  teaching and learning mathematics it influences
  the mathematics that is taught and enhances
  students' learning.
• Other principles equity, curriculum, teaching,
  learning, and assessment.

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• Use of calculators and computers
• Appropriate use.
• Deeper understanding of mathematics.
• Make and test conjectures.
• Work at higher levels of generalization or
  abstraction.
• Students with special needs
• More constrained and engaging tasks.
• Special technologies for students with physical
  challenges.

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• NCTM Standards for School Mathematics -
  http//standards.nctm.org/
• Overview - http//standards.nctm.org/document/inde
  x.htm
• Principles for School Mathematics -
  http//standards.nctm.org/document/chapter2/index.
  htm

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Role of Statistics/ Probability/Discrete
Mathematics in Future State/National Testing

• Limited information available
• 4th-year course for high school.
• Some concepts addressed in Algebra I and Algebra
  II.
• Not mentioned in state P-16 Councils Math
  Curriculum Alignment Committee.

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Java Applets

• List of Web sites - http//oneweb.utc.edu/deborah
  -mcallister/actm04.html
• NCTM Illuminations (select Activities link) -
  http//illuminations.nctm.org/
• Interactivate (select Activities link) -
  http//www.shodor.org/interactivate/
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives -
  http//nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/index.html