Not everyone is an expert in mathematics. Shortages of qualified teachers are critical in most of the school systems around the country. There are just too few people with the necessary content knowledge to teach advanced concepts. These statistics, as dismal as they are, are made worse when one considers that only a handful of teachers who do have an academic major study mathematics. The problem is especially acute in the nation's urban schools, which serve large numbers of minority and disadvantaged students.
Corporations hire consultants all the time to help fill the gap in needed personnel.
Develop a group dynamic to engage all students simultaneously. Teaching difficult content to a large group of students is impossible if only one student has an opportunity to answer a question or do a problem at a time. In Project SEED's pedagogy and other effective approaches, as in cooperative learning and problem-based learning, every student is deeply involved in what is happening in the class every single moment. In our project, both verbal and silent language help convey the students' understanding or confusion about the subject matter. A variety of other signals indicate agreement or disagreement, understanding or indecision.