Directory of Collaboratives
- Region 1 Collaborative/Edinburg
- Region 2 Collaborative/Corpus Christi
- Region 3 Collaborative/Victoria
- Region 4 Collaborative/Houston
- Region 5 Collaborative/Beaumont
- Region 6 Collaborative/Huntsville
- Region 7 Collaborative/Kilgore
- University of Texas at Tyler/Tyler
- Region 8 Collaborative/Mount Pleasant
- Region 9 Collaborative/Wichita Falls
- Region 10 Collaborative/Richardson
- Region 11 Collaborative/Fort Worth
- Region 12 Collaborative/Waco
- Region 13 Collaborative/Austin
- Region 14 Collaborative/Abilene
- Region 15 Collaborative/San Angelo
- Region 16 Collaborative/Amarillo
- Region 17 Collaborative/Lubbock
- Region 18 Collaborative/Midlan
- Region 19 Collaborative/El Paso
- Region 20 Collaborative/San Antonio
- Our Lady of the Lake University/San Antonio
Mission
The goals of the Region 10 ESC Regional Mathematics Collaborative for Excellence in Teaching are to provide high-quality, sustained, TEKS based pofessional development to math teachers. This sustained training overtime better prepares teachers to strive for excellence in teaching which is directly linked to student achievement. Thus, it is the Region 10 ESC Mathematics Collaboratve's mission to obtain increased student success.
Accomplishments
During the year 2007-2008 Region 10 ESC Regional Mathematics Collaborative for Excellence in Teaching provided approximately 27,612 contact hours of staff development, surpassing the 3000 requirement. These teachers impacted over 30,000 students in their classes K-12. In addition Region 10 ESC Mathematics specialists, consultants, and partners currently worked with teachers from high-needs districts/campuses to help them change their instructional practices and address needs of diverse student populations. Furthermore, teachers were able to improve their content knowledge or concepts presented in the professional development and have provided positive feedback to that effect.
Contact
Name: Debbie Dethrage
Title: Region 10 ESC Regional Mathematics Collaborative, Project Director
Email: debbie.dethrage@region10.org
Phone: 972-348-1368
Partners
Texas A&M University, Commerce
P.O. Box 3011 Binnion Hall 305
Commerce, TX 75429
Texas Instruments
7800 Banner Drive
Dallas, TX 75251
Participating School Districts
All 80 ISD's, 38 charter and 102 private schools are able to participate in Region 10 ESC's Regional Mathematics Collaborative for Excellence in Teaching.
Collaborative Activities and Events
Date: 9/29/2008 or 9/25/2008 or 10/6/2008
Title: Assessing Mathematical Knowledge
Description: Assessment of mathematical knowledge allows teachers to determine what students know and what they are able to do. In addition, a study conducted by Hill, Rowan, and Ball revealed that teacher mathematical knowledge is significantly related to student achievement gains. In this module we will explore the connection between teacher mathematical knowledge and student gains as well as how to connect student knowledge to guide classroom instructional practices. Participants will receive a sourcebook of assessment best practices, practical resources, and references.
Date: 9/18/2008, 10/16/2008, and 11/18/2008
Title: Childrens Thinking in Measurement, Grades K-5
Description: Measurement provides children an opportunity to describe, compare, and classify objects, make estimates, and solve application problems, and it allows students to relate spatial concepts to numerical concepts. This workshop will center on the core ideas of measurement, and how these core ideas arise and are expressed as children solve problems in class.
Date: 9/24/2008, 10/2/2008, 10/14/2008, and 11/11/2008 or
10/10/2008, 10/27/2008, 11/19/2008, and 12/12/2008 or
1/12/2009, 2/2/2009, 3/5/2009, and 3/31, 2009
Title: Fostering Algebraic Thinking
Description: This staff development session is composed of four modules designed around analyzing student work, listening to students, documenting patterns of student thinking, and asking questions of students. The goal of the professional development academy is to help mathematics teachers in grades 6-12 learn to identify, describe, and foster algebraic thinking in their students and understand students thinking through the analysis of different kinds of data, such as student work and classroom observations. The training is build around Fostering Algebraic Thinking by Marc Driscoll. The habits of thinking that are required for students to be successful algebra students will be examined. Included materials are a facilitator book and black line masters for each module which center around rich problem solving tasks.
Date: 9/11/2008 and 9/25/2008
Title: Mathematics TEKS Connections (MTC) Grades K-2
Description: This two-day training provides an opportunity for participants to increase the depth of their understanding about the inherent connections within the TEKS by exploring instructional strategies that facilitate thinking needed to make those connections. These content- and instruction-based connections will be explored within and between grade levels and contents. Participants will look at number concepts, place value, addition, and subtraction.
Date: 10/7/2008 and 10/21/2008
Title: Mathematics TEKS Connectins (MTC) Grades 3-5
Description: This two-day training provides an opportunity for participants to increase the depth of their understanding about the inherent connections within the TEKS by exploring instructional strategies that facilitate thinking needed to make those connections. These content- and instruction-based connections will be explored within and between grade levels and contents.
Date: 11/18/2008
Title: Mathematics for English Language Learners (MELL)
Description: The primary purpose of the MELL Initiative is to improve mathematics instruction for English Language Learners, especially those at the secondary level including middle school. Classroom practices and instructional strategies that contribute to successful math instruction for English Language Learners will be explored.
Date: 11/4/2008 and 11/14/2008
Title: Mathematics TEKS Connections (MTC) Grades 6-8
Description: This training is a two-day, research-based professional development opportunity for mathematics teachers in Region 10. Participants will experience hands-on professional development activities. They will also receive many student-ready lessons. The intent of MTC is to have teachers focus on and experience the inherent horizontal alignment between mathematic concepts and connections to other concepts (or big ideas) within the same grade as well as vertical alignment within other middle school mathematics courses.
Date: 12/8/2008 and 12/9/2008
Title: Maximizing Algebra II Performance
Description: MAP professional development is designed to focus on understanding the Algebra II mathematics TEKS, understanding the connection of those TEKS to preceding and subsequent coursework, modeling how those TEKS should be taught and exploring instructional strategies and materials that support that effective teaching. The goal of MAP training is to make this course part of a larger high school math curriculum rather than as an isolated course, and to provide teachers with the tools to make this course application-based and relevant to student lives. Classroom reach lessons that utilize the 5E instructional model to the Algebra II TEKS will be explored in this professional development. (2-day workshop)
Date: 11/5/2008 and 11/13/2008
Title: Teaching Geometry Through Technology (TMT3)
Description: This training is to equip teachers to be effective and judicious users of technology as they teach to the depth and complexity outlined by the TEKS for mathematics. Each session is activity-based so as to encourage professional discourse about the decisions surrounding the use of technology to strengthen student learning about mathematics. A variety of technologies (internet, spreadsheet, graphing calculator, data collection devices, TI-Interactive) are used for collecting and analyzing real-world data.
Date: 2/16/2009 and 2/17/2009
Title: Teaching Mathematics Through Technology (TMT3) Grades 6-8
Description: This two-day training is designed to equip teachers to be effective and judicious users of technology as they teach to the depth and complexity outlined by the TEKS for middle school mathematics. A variety of technologies (internet, spreadsheet, graphing calculators, CBR's, TI-Interactive) will be used to collect and analyze real-world data. Participants will learn how to appropriately represent this data in a meaningful manner. Student-ready lessons will be provided to engage students in gathering data, data analysis, problem solving, and mathematical reasoning through the use of various modes of technology.
Date: 2/4/2009 and 2/5/2009
Title: Teaching Mathematics Through Technology (TMT3) Algebra I and II
Description: This training is to equip teachers to be effective and judicious users of technology as they teach to the depth and complexity outlined by the TEKS for mathematics. Each session is activity-based so as to encourage professional discourse about the decisions surrounding the use of technology to strengthen student learning about mathematics. A variety of technologies (internet, spreadsheet, graphing calculator, data collection devices, TI-Interactive) are used for collecting and analyzing real-world data.