Customized Professional Development
Our programs are customized for meeting local needs and we seek opportunities for extended collaboration rather than single workshops because of our experience with effective improvement efforts and program implementation that required close collaboration and support over time. ... more information

Fall Schedule of Courses

Online Professional Development Courses
These moderated courses led by Math Forum professional staff take place online using Blackboard Vista (formerly WebCT) or Blackboard. The only technical requirements are a web browser and Internet access. Current offerings:

Problem Solving Strategies

led by Stephen Weimar

grade levels: 6 - 12

Sep 4 - Oct 15

 

Teaching Math with the Problems of the Week

PreAlgPoW Focus
led by Suzanne Alejandre

grade levels: 5 - 9

Oct 2 - Nov 12

 

FunPoW Focus
led by Claire Mead

grade levels: 3 - 8

Oct 9 - Nov 19

Read reflections from teachers!

 

Moving Students from Arithmetic to Algebra, One Step at a Time

led by Ellen Clay

grade levels: 5 - 8

Oct 22 - Dec 2

 

The Math Forum's Problem Solving Process

led by Suzanne Alejandre

grade levels: 5 - 9

Dec 4 - Jan 14

 

Current prices for each course start at $149. All individuals who successfully complete the course will receive a certificate indicating that they have completed 15 hours of professional development. This is equivalent to 1.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Grant-funded Online Workshops
Explore how technology can help students build mathematical understanding as they model and solve contextualized problems. Currently the $100 workshop fees are paid for participants by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Using Technology and Problem Solving to Build Algebraic Reasoning

grade levels: 5 - 9

 

Technology Tools for Thinking and Reasoning about Probability

grade levels: 5 - 9

 

Participants explore how technology can help students develop fundamental concepts of multiplication, fractions, division and area through the process of generating data and examining patterns.

 

Tools for Building Math Concepts

grade levels: 3 - 5

Participants explore how technology can help students develop fundamental concepts of multiplication, fractions, division and area through the process of generating data and examining patterns. Microsoft Corporation and Drexel University are helping to support participants with the workshop fees. The one and a half-year grant ends August 31, 2008.

One and a half Continuing Education credits (fifteen contact hours) from Drexel University are available for a fee of $25.

Online Master's in Mathematics Learning and Teaching
Drexel University's online program prepares teachers to incorporate creative, problem-based, student-centered instruction in their classroom, combining the strengths of Drexel University's School of Education and the Math Forum. Part- or full-time options are available. Take the full 45-credit course of study for the Master's, or get a 15-credit Certificate of Graduate Study.

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