Transition Mathematics Project

Opening Session

Bill Moore

Institute PowerPoint Presentation:

• "Opening Session" 
• "Student Achievement for Academic Transfer"
• Developmental Mathematics in Higher Education, Myra Snell, Los Medanos College

Understanding and Addressing the Social/Economic Needs of Learners with Histories of Difficulty in Mathematics

Michael Davis

Session Material:

• AFFECT AND RACIAL/ETHNIC ACHIEVEMENT DISPARITIES

Connecting the project to Other State and National Efforts

Pat Averbeck, Helen Burn

Institute PowerPoint Presentation:

• Connecting to Other State and National Efforts 
• State data:  Student Achievement Initiative 
• Pop Quiz 
• Alternative Intermediate Algebra (IA) and the Direct Transfer Agreement (DTA) 

National Context and Perspective

Uri Treisman

Online Presentation Recording:

• Elluminate session

Institute PowerPoint Presentation:

• Transition Math Project Washington  
• Multiple Pathways Through High School Mathematics, Tony Bryk

Teaching for Understanding

Emily Lardner

Institute PowerPoint Presentation:

• REACHING COLLEGE READINESS INSTITUTE

Making the Most of Formative Assessments

Linda Fisher

Institute PowerPoint Presentation:

• "Purpose, Power, Process" 

Using Washington Mathematics Assessment and Placement (WAMAP) to Support Students and Teachers

David Lippman

Institute PowerPoint Presentation:

• Web-based Assessment and Instructional Support 

Designing Re-engagement Lessons

Linda Fisher

Institute PowerPoint Presentation:

• "Reengagement Overview"

Video Clips:

• Antoinette - Intro
• Antoinette - Core
• Antoinette - Ramp
• Jake's Pre-Conference, shortened

Practical and Workable Ideas in Learning Communitites

Julie Phelps, Christy Cheney

Online Presentation Recording:

• Elluminate session

Institute PowerPoint Presentation:

• Practical and Workable Ideas for Learning Communities"

Strategies for Helping Students Understand and Assess the CRS Attributes

Joanne Munroe, Erik Scott

Session Materials:

• TMP SAs Talk Outline
• TMP SA-supporting activities
• DevEd SEQUENCE SUMMARY

MEC:Supporting Math Teachers Around Substantive Math Content

Ginger Warfield, Debra Olson

Session Materials:

• Washington Leads Summary

How/Why Do Math Departments Organize Around Innovation?

Helen Burn, Jan Ray

Additional presenters: Erik Scott and Jim Brady

On the final day of the 2009 TMP Institute, we invited three seasoned college math leaders to discuss this session’s framing question, namely How/Why Do Math Departments Organize around Innovation? We asked them to specifically describe their ideas around the role of departmental culture in planning, managing, and initiating departmental change specifically in community and technical college math departments. We’ve captured their presentations and posted them here as podcasts to help support the work of the Pre-college Math Program.

Session Materials:

• Erik Scott, Math Instructor and a former Math Department Head, Highline Community College
• Janet Ray, Professor Emeritus, Math Department, Seattle Central Community College
• Jim Brady, Dean of Computing, Math and Science, Spokane Falls Community College

Institute PowerPoint Presentation:

•  How/Why do Departments Organize Around Innovaton?

ADDITIONAL INSTITUTE-GENERATED SUGGESTED READINGS:

• The Developmental Math Dilemma, Data Notes: National Achieving-the-Dream Database, Vol. 1, No. 1, February 2006
• Developmental Math Students and College-Level Coursework: National Achieving-the-Dream Database, Vol. 1, No. 8, November/December, 2006
• Achieving-the-Dream Colleges Deal With Developmental Math by Madeline Patton