Participants are expected to complete an additional 40 hours at their school sites where time spent on individual work and team meetings relevant to this program can be logged. I standards and the coursework that prepares students for algebra, regardless of the titles of the courses or the grade level of the students who are taking these courses. Content focus of this program is on transition from arithmetic to algebra and linear functions. Topics include number sense, rational numbers, function concepts and linear functions. Teams of teachers from a school, a district, or across districts that serve the same students, are encouraged, including a department chair or administrator who can support the work of these students.
Preference is given to partnership schools and middle schools.
This program has 160 contact hours with institute leaders. Participants are expected to complete an additional 40 hours at their school sites where time spent on individual work and team meetings relevant to this program can be logged. I standards and the coursework that prepares students for algebra, regardless of the titles of the courses or the grade level of the students who are taking these courses. This is part I of a two-year program. Content focus of this program is on transition from arithmetic to algebra.