Developing Mathematical Ideas (DMI) Leadership Institutes summer 2003

For the summer of 2003, there will be two DMI Leadership programs, DMI L 1 and DMI L 2. The DMI Leadership programs are designed for teams of staff developers, teacher-educators, teacher-leaders, and others who support the professional development of teachers in mathematics grades K-7. The DMI L institutes are based on the Developing Mathematical Ideas curriculum published by Dale Seymour and are partially funded by the ExxonMobil Foundation.

DMI L I is a two-week program designed for educators who are new to the DMI professional development model. The number and operations modules of the DMI series, Building a System of Tens (BST) and Making Meaning for Operations (MMO), are the core-curriculum of the institute. In the two-weeks, participants will have the opportunity to experience the case discussions, math activities, and reflective writing assignments grounded in the two modules. In addition to working through BST and MMO, participants will also consider the goals of professional development in their own sites, examine the connections between DMI and the adoption or implementation of standards based curriculum, and consider how this form of professional development could be a useful tool for them to move math reform forward.

DMI L 2 is a two-week program designed for educators who are already familiar with the number and operations modules, Building a System of Tens and Making Meaning for Operations. A prerequisite for DMI L 2 is participation in a DMI seminar based on these materials or experience facilitating such a seminar. DMI L 2 is designed to help facilitators dig into both the mathematical goals of DMI and into facilitation issues.

Educators participating in DMI L 2 will choose among four mathematical foci for their work:

· Working with Data

· Measuring Space in 1,2,and 3 Dimensions

· Examining Features of Shape.

· Rational Number (using sections of BST and MMO)

Participants will examine the mathematical goals for each DMI session, conduct practice facilitation sessions, and work on issues such as how to respond to teachers' writing, how and when to intervene in small group discussions, and how to structure large group discussions. In addition, there will be opportunities to discuss the role of DMI in the context of math reform efforts at their own sites.

DMI L 1 and 2 will be offered during the same time block so teams may include participants in both programs. The programs will open Sunday evening July 7 and close after lunch on Friday July 19. (There are no scheduled activities on the weekend July 13 & 14). The program fee of $1800 includes room and board and 4 graduate credits in mathematics education.

If you want additional information, you can check the following web-site: www.edc.org/LTT/CDT/DMIcur.html