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Math in the Early Grades (MEG)
Grant Number: 07-404 Grant Award: $944,415 Duration of Project: Monday, October 01, 2007 - Friday, September 30, 2011 Project Subject Areas: Mathematics Grade Band: K-2Institutes of Higher Education:
- California State University, Chico
Local Education Agencies:
- Red Bluff Union Elementary, Red Bluff
Partners:
- Tehama County Department of Education
- Orland Unified School District
- Cascade Elementary School District
Number of teachers/principals/highly qualified paraprofessionals participating in the project:
30Goals:
- Deepening K-2 teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge
- Enhancing teachers’ pedagogical skills
- Supporting student success
- Conducting and disseminating research that contributes to the existing research-base on effective teaching of mathematics
Activities:
In the summer of 2008, MEG teachers will engage in 80 hours of mathematics professional development conducted by the Chico Mathematics Project (CMP). This will be followed by 40 hours during the following academic year. The second and third summer will see some of the teachers continuing in Teacher Institutes, while the others participate in a Summer Academy. In this academy, teachers will develop lessons and implement those lessons with summer school children. MEG will incorporate Content-Based Coaching that includes 24 hours of classroom coaching with specially trained mathematics coaches.Anticipated Outcomes:
- Increased confidence on part of teachers
- Increased use of rich and appropriate mathematics in the classroom
- Use of more effective teaching strategies
- Improved student performance
Contacts:
Project: Rachelle Hackett, Research Director, rhackett@pacific.eduInstitute of Higher Education: Lynne Bercaw, Co-Director, lbercaw@csuchico.edu
Institute of Higher Education: Jorgen Berglund, Project Director, jjberglund@csuchico.edu
Local Education Agency: Lisa Sandberg, LEA Co-Director, lsandber@tehamaed.org