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West Virginia University Academic InnovationNext Generation Mathematics Communities
of Practice
Greg Strimel
• WVU Academic Innovation K-12
• Need for a Digital Transformation for Mathematics
• Math 9 Community of Practice for Enhanced Teaching and Learning
Big Idea
Academic Innovation
• A branch of WVU Academic Innovation with an undertaking to extend educational opportunities to pre-college students.
WVU Academic Innovation K-12
• K-12 Standards Based Virtual Courses
• Extended Learning Opportunities
• Innovative Educational Resources
• Preparation for College & Careers
WVU Academic Innovation K-12k12.wvu.edu
• Educational Reforms Present New Opportunities
• Common Core State Standards
• New Mathematics Instructional Strategies & Content
• New Teacher Preparation
• Prepare Students for an Innovation-Driven Economy
• Increased Access to Technology
Exciting Time
Needs• Schools are under intense pressure for students to achieve
higher gains on state and national “tests”• Teachers are coping to change from the way they learned
to teach, to data-driven methods (New Evaluation)• States and Districts must utilize Common Core Standards
& Next Gen Science Standards for developing content• Context - Students are able to achieve higher gains when
they can connect learning to their life experiences• Competition for student interest is INTENSE!• West Virginia faces many different educational inequities
• 89% of high school teachers described their students as “well prepared” for college while only approximately 25% of college faculty believed that their incoming students were prepared for their courses
• This report suggested a continuing lack of curriculum alignment between K-12 and Post-secondary (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013)
• 67% of teachers expected to change their current curriculum "not at all" or "slightly" to fit the new standards.
Needs
Addressing “Common” Challenges to in Implementing Common Core State Standards Integrated Math Curriculum
Presented byLou Maynus, Dr. Edna Meisel, & Greg
Strimel
• Inconsistent implementation • Inadequate on-going teacher support and
professional development • Inadequate high quality, interactive, and engaging
standards-based resources for use inside and outside the classroom.
• Continuous gap between secondary and post-secondary mathematics
• Absence of an evaluation system that enables data-driven decisions to inform mathematics curriculum and instruction.
Challenges
• Current changes in education combined with new developments in learning technologies have presented the opportunity to revolutionize the way students learn and teachers teach.
West Virginia
ASSESSMENTCURRICULUM
TECHNOLOGYSUPPORT
Creating a Community of Practice
• Use Our Resources• Support Teaching &
Learning• Support the Implementation
of New Standards• Replace Static Textbooks• Remove Inequalities• Next Generation
Mathematics Communities of Practice
Opportunity
Next Generation Community of Practice for Math 9• Organized effort
• Dynamic Media-Rich Course Modules
• Teacher frustration• Self Efficacy• Continual Changes• Consistency• On-going Professional
Development• Teacher Connections• Data-Driven Decisions
Student Portal
• Student Engagement
• Self Efficacy• Self Evaluation• Blended learning• Remediation• Parent Access
Virtual Courses
• Consistent approach for teaching and learning the next generation mathematics regardless of location, teacher access, and socioeconomic status.
• Connect teachers across schools to share innovative instructional and curricular strategies as well as to collaborate on confronting issues.
• Develop rigorous digital content based-on the newly adopted standards in collaboration across the university and K-12 that will help close the gap between secondary and post-secondary education.
Goals
• Utilize innovative student assessment to track student education progress to promote mastery learning by enabling teachers and content designers to make data-based decisions on curriculum and instruction.
• Increase student proficiency and participation among the STEM disciplines by using the latest technologies for creating state-of-art engaging digital activities and content.
• Provide authentic real world educational experiences through the use of technology
Goals
• Online teacher support system for the implementation of the WV Next Generation standards and curriculum
• Create a consistency in the content and skills taught and practiced
• Engaging digital content based on the WV Next Generation
• Standards to be taught in a “blended” learning environment or in a virtual environment
Benefits
WVU WVDE
RESAsBlue Ribbon
Partnership
TechnologyK-12Higher
Education
Educational Consortium
• Traditional teaching• Text Based Online• More interactivity
with Content• Blended Learning• Mass differentiated
Learning• Flipped Classrooms
End of an Era
For more information please contact:Greg Strimel
West Virginia UniversityAcademic Innovation
(304) [email protected]