What do you get when you put 76 CPM students in a room for three days with 720 beads, 540 feet of copper foil, 120 congruent edges, 120 parallel edges, 60 isosceles triangles, ten pounds of solder, nine soldering irons, three CPM teachers, one mathematical artist, and a light bulb?
Do you have students who still struggle with memorizing multiplication facts or still use their fingers to find quick calculations?
I have been teaching high school students with the CPM curriculum since 2010.
You may be starting back to school thinking about how you will be supporting your students to work as effective study teams, however, I would like to encourage you to also think about how you are going to work in a collaborative team with your colleagues.
Within the last few years, our district prepared teachers for the shift toward the Common Core Standards and its Standards of Mathematical Practice, launched a 1:1 iPad initiative, and adopted the CPM curriculum.
In fall 2015, some 20 million students attended the first day of classes at American colleges and universities, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
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This professional learning is designed for teachers as they begin their implementation of CPM. This series contains multiple components and is grounded in multiple active experiences delivered over the first year. This learning experience will encourage teachers to adjust their instructional practices, expand their content knowledge, and challenge their beliefs about teaching and learning. Teachers and leaders will gain first-hand experience with CPM with emphasis on what they will be teaching. Throughout this series educators will experience the mathematics, consider instructional practices, and learn about the classroom environment necessary for a successful implementation of CPM curriculum resources.
Page 2 of the Professional Learning Progression (PDF) describes all of the components of this learning event and the additional support available. Teachers new to a course, but have previously attended Foundations for Implementation, can choose to engage in the course Content Modules in the Professional Learning Portal rather than attending the entire series of learning events again.
