Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network

Workshop on Strengthening Teacher Education in Mathematics at

Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Hilton Jackson Hotel • 1001 East County Line Road

Jackson, MS • 601/957-2800

August 28-29, 2009

Purpose: To explore instructional strategies and promising practices for enhancing the mathematics achievement of African American and other underrepresented minority pre-college and college freshman-level students. The workshop will include an examination of several questions involving pre-service and in-service teacher education in mathematics.

AGENDA

Friday, August 28

AM

8:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast Penthouse

8:30 Opening Plenary Session Penthouse

Welcome and Introductions

Review of Workshop Purpose and Agenda

Shirley McBay, President, QEM Network

9:00 The Role of HBCUs in the Preparation of Teachers: Facts and Figures

Vinetta Jones, Professor of Education

Howard University, and QEM Consultant

9:30 Plenary Panel: What Teachers Should Know and Be Able

to Do in Mathematics – Standards and Accreditation

Moderator: Monica Mitchell, Associate, QEM Network

Panelists:

Pauletta Brown Bracy, Director, Office of University Accreditation

Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Sciences

North Carolina Central University

Treopia Washington, Vice President

Partnerships and Minority Affairs

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)

10:30 Break

10:45 Concurrent Sessions: Penthouse, and

Identifying Facilitating/Inhibiting Factors in Amphitheatre I and II

the Preparation of Teachers of Mathematics

(Participants – See Session Assignment Sheet)

NOON/PM

12:00 Luncheon Plenary Session Huntington’s Grille

Group Discussion: Recruiting and Retaining African-American

Males in Science and Mathematics Teaching

Facilitator: J. Arthur Jones, Senior Associate

QEM Network

1:45 Plenary Panel: Promising Practices in Mathematics Teacher Penthouse

Education and Professional Development: What are They

and What Evidence Demonstrates Their Effectiveness?

Moderator: J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network

Panelists:

Rosalie Dance, Professor of Mathematics

University of the Virgin Islands, and QEM Consultant

Vinetta Jones, QEM Consultant

2:45 Using Appropriate Technology to Enhance Learning

and Appreciation of Mathematics

Erin Mason, Director of Instructional Technology

Jackson Public Schools

3:30 Break

3:45 Using Applications to Enhance Student Interest and Achievement

in Mathematics – Examples and Demonstrations

Rosalie Dance, QEM Consultant

4:30 Concurrent Sessions: Penthouse, and

Identifying Concepts and Strategies from Earlier Amphitheatre I and II

Presentations/Discussions to Use in the Pre-service

and In-service Programs at Participating Institutions

(Participants return to assigned sessions and locations)

5:30 Working Dinner Wellington’s

Group Discussion: Reflections on Day’s Activities

6:30 Adjournment, Day One

Overnight Assignment: Teams identify at least two promising practices/strategies to enhance

their teacher education programs in mathematics and describe expected outcomes.

Saturday, August 29

AM

8:00 Continental Breakfast Penthouse

8:30 Concurrent Sessions: Penthouse, and

Institutional Teams Discuss Their Identified Strategies Amphitheatre I and II

to Enhance Their Mathematics Programs for Pre-Service

and In-Service Teachers

(Participants return to assigned sessions and locations)

9:15 Plenary Session Penthouse

Reports from Concurrent Sessions’ Representatives on

Identified Strategies for Program Improvement

Facilitator: Monica Mitchell, QEM Network

9:45 My Experience Teaching High School Mathematics and

Preparing for National Board Certification

Adrienne Huskey, National Board Certified Mathematics Teacher

Bailey Magnet High School, Jackson Public Schools

10:15 Plenary Panel: Designing Teacher Education and Professional

Development Programs that Produce Well-Prepared K-12 Teachers

in Mathematics

Moderator: Monica Mitchell, QEM Network

Panelists:

Adrienne Bailey, Coach, Executive Leadership Program for Educators (ExEL)

Harvard University, and QEM Consultant

Lecretia Buckley, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education

Department of Mathematics, Jackson State University

Linda Gater, Mathematics Specialist, Jackson Public Schools

11:00 Break

11:15 Meeting the Mathematical Challenge on the PRAXIS Penthouse

Examinations for Teachers

Daphne Buckley, Deputy Superintendent

Quality Professionals and Special Schools

Mississippi Department of Education

11:45 What Mathematical Methods Exist that Support

K-12 Student Learning in Mathematics?

Rosalie Dance, QEM Consultant

PM

12:15 Working Lunch Huntington’s Grille

Table Discussions: Reflections on Morning’s Presentations –

Implications for Designing Teacher Development Programs

1:00 Closing Plenary Session Penthouse

Opportunities for Support of Teacher Education and

Professional Development in Science and Mathematics

Althea Burns, Associate, QEM Network

J. Arthur Jones, QEM Network

- Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI)

- Discovery Research K-12 (DR-K12)

- Mathematics and Science Partnerships (MSP)

- Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce)

1:30 Trends in National and State Policies Affecting

Teacher Education in Mathematics

Vinetta Jones, QEM Consultant

2:15 Brief Remarks by Participants’ on Next Steps and Closing Reflections

Facilitator: Shirley McBay, QEM Network

3:00 Adjournment