Main Program Aims
  • Build partnerships between teachers, administrators and higher education faculty to support and sustain long-term teacher capacity growth
  • Develop a good teaching practice to maximize effective learning grades 4-8 with particular reference to MCAS
  • Develop content skills necessary to pass the teacher content test in mathematics (MTEL)
  • Deepen our understanding of how we solve mathematical problems and how this informs our teaching through a daily reflective journal
  • Deepen our content knowledge
  • Begin the start of a long-term mission to improve our content knowledge and teaching through regular classroom visits, and e-mentoring through UMass Dartmouth.