South Jersey Math/Science Partnership at Rowan University Dr. Eric Milou Dr. Jill Perry SJMP.

South Jersey Math/Science Partnership

at Rowan University

Dr. Eric MilouDr. Jill Perry

SJMP

Project GoalsIntensive, Sustained, Ongoing PD to:

Improve student achievement in mathematics and science

Improve teachers’ mathematical and scientific content knowledge, pedagogical skills, and classroom practices

Increase teachers’ and students’ use of technologyIncrease the number of highly qualified teachersIncrease the number of teachers obtaining Elementary

Certification with Subject Matter Specialization (Upon completion of 15 credits and passage of Praxis II)

Increase the number of middle grades mathematics/science teachers with graduate degrees

Professional Development

Summer ‘07 two-week institute (Math/Science via Robotics)

Fall ‘07 Course (Algebra or Space Science)Spring ‘08 Course (Geometry or Life

Science)Summer ‘08 institute (Prob/Stat/Discrete

Math or Chemistry)

Fall 07 & Spring 08 PD

Two courses (one per semester)$750.00/course (successful completion)Graduate credits (3 per course)Graphing calculator, CBL, CBR, software,

texts, and manipulativesAMTNJ, NJSTA convention trip3 full days of in-class support/teacher

District provides subs/coverage during visitation

Graduate Credits

ALL Graduate credits count towards:Certificate of Graduate Studies (COGS)

in Middle School Mathematics or Science

M.Ed. in Standards-Based Teaching

Teacher ContractAttend all course modules and complete all

assignmentsWork closely with assigned facilitator and be

visited by evaluation teamSubmit all SJMP forms in a timely mannerTeach in their present district for the duration of

the project (2 years minimum)Cooperate with and participate in the

continuing monitoring planAdminister a pre/posttest content assessment to

their students

Data CollectionTeacher Content Pre/Post (Treatment and

Comparison Groups)Mathematics - LMTScience - MOSART

Student Content Pre/PostNAEP released items

Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP)

Module Evaluation (Developed by Evaluator)Instructional Strategy Inventory (2000 National

Survey of Math/Science Education, Horizon)Praxis II Results

Results from 05-06 & 06-07Type of Data Instrument Used Pre-

test Post-test

Content Knowledge of SJMP Teachers

LMT 38.89 47.87*

Instructional Strategy Inventory

2000 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education

2.81 2.92*

Module 1 4.69**

Module 2 4.73**

Evaluation of

SJMP Modules Module 3 4.68**

Observation of SJMP teachers

RTOP 51.9 72.2*

Content Knowledge of students in SJMP

NAEP items 8.1 9.3*

*p< .001, ** 5-level Likert scale

Further Results (from 05-06 and 06-07)

97 of our 100 teachers completed the full program (250 hours of PD)

All teachers reached HQ status76% passed the Middle School Math

Praxis II100% passed the Middle School

Science Praxis IINearly 50% have continued their

education towards a M.Ed.

Challenges Faced IHE Faculty Expectations and Teachers’

Content KnowledgeBalance between teachers’ lack of content

knowledge and IHE faculty members’ expectations (graduate credits)

Teachers’ Technological ExpertiseOn-line discussions were less than focused. We

responded to this by posting prompts for each reading.

We developed a rubric that indicated how teachers were to be assessed on their online work.

Cohort 1 & 2 PD Experiences

07-08 Grant Year 08-09 Grant Year

Sum 07 Fall 07 Spr 08 Sum08 Fall 08 2 week institute

(10 days) 40 hours (15

weekly classes) 40 hours (15

weekly classes) 2 -week institute

(10 days) 40 hours (15

weekly classes) 3 credits 3 credits 3 credits 3 credits 3 credits

Cohort 1: 25 Teachers of Grades 3-4 Cohort 2: 25 Teachers of Grades 5-8

Algebraic Reasoning

Geometric Reasoning

Prob, Stat, Discrete

Numerical Reasoning

OR OR OR OR

Integrated Numerical Reasoning Physical Sciences

Space Sci Astronomy

Life Sciences Chemistry Physical Sciences

Classroom Observations

Cohorts 3 & 4 PD experiences

08-09 Grant Year 09-10 Grant Year Sum08 Fall 08 Spr 09 Sum09 Fall 09 Spr 10

2 -week institute (10

days)

40 hours (15 weekly classes)

40 hours (15 weekly classes)

2 week institute (10

days)

40 hours (15 weekly classes)

40 hours (15 weekly classes)

3 credits 3 credits 3 credits 3 credits 3 credits 3 credits Cohort 3: 30 Tch of Gr. 3-8

Cohort 4: 30 Tch of Gr. 3-8 Robotics Summer Institute

Algebra & Physical Sciences

Geometry & Space Science

Robotics Summer Institute

Algebra & Physical Sciences

Geometry & Space Science

Classroom Observations Classroom Observations

South Jersey Math/Science Partnership at Rowan University

Dr. Eric [email protected]

Dr. Jill [email protected]

Dr. Eric [email protected]

Dr. Jill [email protected]

Disclaimer

The instructional practices and

assessments discussed or shown in this

presentation is not intended as an

endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education.