Oregons Professional Development: Moving Math Education Forward

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Oregons Professional Development Moving Math
Education Forward

• Oregon Department of Education
• Office of Educational Improvement and Innovation
• Paul Hibbard, Mathematics Specialist
• Tanya Frisendahl, Education Specialist

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Math Professional Development

• The Oregon Department of Education is offering
  the opportunity for teachers to attend a
  two-three day training on the new core math
  standards, new diploma requirements, elements of
  effective instruction, best practices in
  mathematics, and much more.

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Workshop Sessions

• First Two Days The first two days will focus on
  how to effectively use the new math standards in
  the classroom.
• Third Day The third day will be a train the
  trainer session, so participants can implement
  the two day workshop back in their area. Grant
  information will also be shared on the third day.

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Characteristics of High-Quality Professional
Development

• The workshop focuses on many characteristics of
  high-quality professional development
• Focused on a particular content area
• Active, engaged learning
• Collective participation
• Results-driven
• Standards-based
• Longer duration and greater frequency
• Coherent to teachers needs and circumstances

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Who should attend the training?

• The focus audience is anyone that works with
  students to provide Mathematics instruction
• K-12 teachers
• Instructional Assistants
• Principals
• Other Administrators
• Curriculum Directors
• ESD Staff

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Who should attend the training?

• Individuals can attend the training
• Teams are encouraged to attend. Teams will be
  given a priority if the workshop session is full.

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Teams

• Teams can be comprised of
• ESD members
• Teachers from neighboring districts
• Teachers from the same district or school
• Your teams composition is up to you and your
  administrator.

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What is the focus of the Math Professional
Development?

• Participants will receive information on
• Research-based instructional strategies to
  increase student achievement that can be
  implemented in their classrooms
• Clear explanation of the new core math standards
  and specific strategies for developing deep
  student thinking and higher cognitive demand
  levels through questioning strategies
• Analyzing the cognitive demand of a math task to
  encourage deeper student thinking

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Participants will

• Identify Elements of Effective Instruction
• Practice scoring math problem-solving samples
• Develop a standards-based classroom unit
• Identify strengths and weaknesses of their
  mathematics curriculum
• Develop a problem-solving work sample that aligns
  to their unit of study
• Interact and collaborate with colleagues
• Practice and identify hands-on strategies to use
  in their classrooms

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Cost of the Workshop

• Oregon Department of Education will pay for
• Registration
• Workshop materials
• Lunch during the workshop
• Help offset travel costs by paying for lodging
  and round trip mileage (if you are over 70 miles
  away from your home)

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Grant Opportunity

• Participants will be able to apply for the
  Oregons Professional Development Moving Math
  Education Forward Implementation Grant if
• They are part of a team
• At least one member of the team attends the third
  day of the professional development session
• They submit a complete grant application

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What will the Oregons Professional Development
Moving Math Education Forward Implementation
Grant fund?

• The grant will fund
• Teams to provide additional sessions of the two
  day workshop to teachers back in their district
  or ESD
• Team Leader to attend support sessions throughout
  the year as follow-up for implementation of these
  workshops

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Contact Information

• Paul Hibbard, Math Specialist
• (503) 947- 5610
• Paul.hibbard_at_state.or.us
• Tanya Frisendahl, Education Specialist
• (503) 947- 5754
• Tanya.frisendahl_at_state.or.us