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It's been a long summer! Brush up on your teaching skills and learn new strategies to use in the classroom...all without having to leave your school! These two-part E-Workshops include 3 hours of Standards-based content that you can apply immediately in your classroom. Activities and tips for engaging students are provided, as well as discussions about the impact of the activities on student learning. Include an entire classroom of teaching staff for the low site fee of $179/per workshop!

Upcoming workshops include:

Implementing the Algebra Standard in Grades 9-12

Date: Tuesday, September 29
Follow-Up: Tuesday, November 10
Time: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, ET

Provides:

  • Approaches for integrating algebraic concepts in the classroom
  • Activities for classroom implementation
  • Utilization of virtual manipulatives

Geometric Thinking in Grades 9-12

Date: Wednesday, October 14
Follow-Up: Wednesday, December 9
Time: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, ET

Activities will explore:

  • Student understanding of shapes
  • Spatial relationships
  • Transformations
  • Visualization

New and Pre-service Teacher Workshop -- General

Date:
Monday, October 26
Follow-Up: Monday, November 16
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 pm, ET




Includes:

  • Global content for teachers of all levels
  • Solutions to problems that teachers face every day
  • Support for new and preservice teachers

Focus in High School Math:  Reasoning and Sense Making in Grades 9-12

Date: Monday, November 2
Follow-Up: Monday, December 14
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, ET

 Learn about:

  • NCTM’s new document Focus in High School Mathematics (available October 2009)
  • Reasoning habits and how they can be incorporated into curriculum content
  • Specific examples in algebra, geometry, and statistics and probability 

Registration Fee: $179.00 per workshop for one site connection. 



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This new online series takes a closer look at hot topics within mathematics education and provides professional development for teachers of all grades. These one-time 60-minute seminars are presented by experienced mathematics educators and allow a classroom full of teachers to participate—for one site fee of $59!

Seminars include:

Media Relations for Math Educators: What Do I Do When...?  

Effective Mathematics Instruction: The Roles of Mathematical Tasks

Education in the Obama Administration: What does it Mean for Math Educators?

Can You Put a Lid on That? Exploring Limits in the Regular Classroom

Equity in K-12 Mathematics Education; Do We Have the Will?

Curriculum Focal Points, Common Curriculum Standards AND Your Classroom!

Intriguing Mathematics I’ve Stumbled Upon: Engaging Content to Enrich High School Classes – Grades 9-12


How Online PD Works
Visual information is delivered via the Internet while audio is delivered by phone. The registration fee includes one computer sign-in for your entire group (and you can have as many people participate as you like!). Visit www.nctm.org/profdev for more information and to register.

Engage multiple teachers at your site for one low fee and learn valuable mathematics teaching techniques. Space is limited...Sign-up Today!