U.S. Department of State

 

AERO:SBC (Standards-Based Curriculum)
at the Potomac School
Mathematics Institute
www.projectaero.org

June 16-21, 2013

The Mathematics Institute is designed to increase the capacity of teachers to lead improvements in the teaching of mathematics in their schools.  The structure of the Institute emerges from the research related to effective curriculum, instruction, and assessment and is designed to help schools realize the vision of teaching and learning outlined in the AERO Mathematics Curriculum Framework.  The goals of the Institute will focus on three areas that are critical to student learning in mathematics:

• Increasing participants' understanding of the AERO Mathematics Framework: Common Core Plus, and applying it to creating and analyzing curriculum, instruction and assessments
• Increasing the participants' knowledge of the mathematics content and skills defined in the Framework in order to compare and contrast the Framework to their schools' mathematics curriculums
• Increasing the capacity of participants to identify effective models that support collaborative planning and curriculum analysis in mathematics

Institute participants will:

• Understand the AERO Framework: Common Core Plus and its foundation in student learning
• Identify the relationship between the Framework and the Common Core standards
• Review the criteria for standards-based instructional units
• Become familiar with and use criteria to assess and determine appropriate levels of rigor in activities and assessments
• Examine assessments based on the AERO Mathematics Framework
• Analyze their own schools' curriculum components based on the AERO Framework
• Examine student data, including benchmark assessments (MAP data) and classroom assessments to make instructional decisions
• Use the mathematics data to create more effective classroom assessments and feedback to students
• Explore instructional models that incorporate the use of data and strategies for differentiation

Participants may choose to take this course for university credit from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Applications will be available in the spring. For course participants earning university credit, the cost is $500. (For participants who are not earning university credit, there is no charge for the workshop.)

This workshop will be limited to 20 participants. Preference will be given to schools sending two person teams although individuals will be considered as well. 

Please send or fax the completed  registration form by March 1, 2013