TMP - Rethinking Pre-College Math in Washington Colleges

             

Specifically this program will develop and support a coalition of colleges focused on improving student math achievement by making substantive changes in core educational practices (curriculum, instructional practices and teacher support, assessment) in their pre-college math programs. Participating institutions will be selected for the full project on the basis of a set of key parameters, including their willingness to commit fully to the work, assemble an appropriate team of faculty and instructional leaders, engage part-time faculty in the work, and where possible strengthen community partnerships (businesses, area high schools, university colleges of education). A key feature of these college teams is that they would include a solid commitment from the math department collectively, not just from individual math faculty. During the first year of the program, faculty from the colleges in the coalition would be guided through a review and analysis of a limited menu of “practices worthy of attention” across the core practices noted above. The goal is to build consensus around a set of strategies and then explore the implications of “going to scale” around adopting/adapting these strategies within a college and ultimately across multiple colleges in the system.

If you are interested in becoming a part of this program, click Julie.jacob@edcc.edu to contact program staff.