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Science Works!
Who Grades 3-6 teachers in central Ohio school districts.
What An intensive, year-long professional development experience that uses high-quality activities to help teachers learn how to better address the Grades 3-6 Benchmarks and Indicators from all six science standards areas in their teaching.
When Professional development will begin in Summer 2008, with additional sessions during the 2008-09 school year.
Download a flyer and registration form.
Key partners for this professional development include: funding from the Ohio Dept. of Education, and guidance and leadership from Columbus City Schools, South-Western City Schools, Whitehall City Schools Hamilton Local Schools, and the Ohio Resource Center.
Who Grades 3-6 and Grades 7-10 mathematics teachers in central Ohio school districts.
What COMET (Central Ohio Mathematics Enrichment for Teachers) is
an intensive, year-long professional development experience
based on the OMAP Academies.
When Professional development will begin in Summer 2008 with addtional sessions during the 2008-09 school year.
Download information flyers for Grades 3-6 and Grades 7-10, and a combined Grades 3-6 & 7-10 registration form.
Key partners for this professional development include: funding from the Ohio Dept. of Education, and guidance and leadership from Columbus City Schools, South-Western City Schools, Whitehall City Schools and Hamilton Local Schools.
COMET - Year 2
Who Teachers who participated in COMET - Year 1 (Central Ohio Mathematics Enrichment for Teachers) in 2007-08.
What A continuation of last year's program, with four days of professional development Summer 2008 and after-school sessions during 2008-09.
Key partners for this professional development include: funding from the Ohio Dept. of Education, and guidance and leadership from Columbus City Schools, South-Western City Schools, Whitehall City Schools and Hamilton Local Schools.
IMPACT 1 - Number
Who K-3 teachers
What The IMPACT (Improving Mathematics Practices And Classroom Teaching) Fellows Program.
Goals of IMPACT are to help teachers:
- Strengthen their ability to teach mathematics through inquiry and through the concrete experiences of children.
- Improve their content understanding in mathematics.
When School year 2007-08, culminating in a one-day spring mini-conference, called "Digging Deeper".
For details about the Digging Deeper conference and a registration form, download this brochure.
IMPACT Learning Colleagues: Open Only to Previous IMPACT 1 Fellows
Who IMPACT 1 Fellows who want to learn how to strengthen their mathematics instruction even further by using Action Research.
What A year-long professional development experience during which teachers will:
- attend three professional development sessions in Chillicothe or Cleveland with other Learning Colleagues;
- learn to develop and conduct an Action Research Project in their classrooms;
- participate in an online iDiscovery course to discuss and guide their Action Research;
- Optional: share the experience and results of their Action Research Project with new IMPACT Fellows at a Spring 2008 Math Mini-Conference in their area;
- Optional: attend the meetings of the new, first-year Fellows in their area to develop relationships and lend support.
IMPACT 2 - Geometry & Measurement: Open Only to Previous IMPACT 1 Fellows
What A new IMPACT 2 course focusing on Geometry and Measurement. Participants must have been an IMPACT 1 Fellow to register.
Watch for a mailing with program and registration information that will be sent in early September.
Bright Start, Right StartWho 30 central Ohio early childhood educators and administrators.
What Sponsored by American Electric Power, this multi-day summer program provided hands-on experiences and activities that educators can use in their classroom to fuel a child’s fascination and wonder, and help develop a foundation for later success in K-12 science learning.
Participants received numerous resource and activity books and classroom kits to enable them to re-create the activities they experienced at the workshop in their classrooms with ease.
Check the "new" page in March 2008 for information on how to register for the Summer 2008 program.
K-6 Math Teacher Leader Network
What The group meets twice a year and has a one-day conference in the spring. Participants engage in active, open-ended experiences related to:
- the Ohio Academic Content Standards in Mathematics Standards and NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
- the assessment system of Achievement and Diagnostic Tests
- how to make teaching and learning effective, engaging, and in line with the Standards
- for 2007-08: a special emphasis on diagnosing and intervening with early mathematics learning difficulties
Cost There is a $150 per person fee to participate. Contact you district's curriculum director if you are interested in being a K-6 Math Teacher Leader.
This network of curriculum directors from Franklin County and surrounding districts focuses on mathematics and science issues and needs in their districts. Through monthly meetings and an annual, day-long retreat, common issues and curriculum strategies are discussed.
Often, the group recommends or designs professional development sessions offered to teachers from all districts. One recent example was a one-day session specifically for 5th grade teachers, focused on the Ohio Achievement Test.
Minimal financial assistance to or a professional development contract with the TLC is appreciated, but not required for involvement.
Contact Pat Barron, TLC director, at: tlc@teachinglearningcollaborative.org or 614.265.9800 for details on your involvement.
(MS)2 programs currently scheduled: Check the new page for infomation and flyers.
The TLC designs and conducts many standards-based and engaging multi-day professional development sessions.
Interested? Contact the TLC and talk with the staff to tailor a program just for you. Programs are priced on an individual basis, depending on the program's length and nature.
Examples of recent sessions include:
- Development of a science specialist course that will then be conducted for district teachers. TLC and its consultants designed the course, which consisted of eight, 3-hour sessions and then trained district leaders to teach the course.
- Assisted with a district-wide focus on high-needs mathematics topics in all Grades K-8. Half-day sessions were designed and conducted over four release days for all of this small district’s K-8 teachers. Sessions featured samples of rich problems related to the topics of measurement and strategies for maximizing student learning through these problems.
- Conducted three days of training for a district’s elementary mathematics coaches.
- Designed and lead a three-day summer seminar for middle and school science teachers, centering on Scientific Inquiry and parallel session focusing on innovative strategies for Teaching Algebra.
When requested, the TLC conducts a variety of other professional services. The fee for these services is determined individually. Past projects include:
- Coordinating the correlation of business or agency materials to Ohio Science or Mathematics Academic Content Standards.
- Assisting with simple evaluation projects.
- Serving as an independent contractor to evaluate and rank grant applications and completed projects, and contest submissions.
- Coordinating the design and implementation of projects to gauge educators’ use of, satisfaction with or suggestions for improvements in mathematics, science and environmental education programs and products.