Helping You Succeed: Applying for the Presidential Award

1. Helping You Succeed:Applying for the Presidential Award Dimensions 1 & 2 2013 Presented by the Presidential Alumni group SEPA

2. Agenda for this Session • Brief Introductions • Getting Started on Your Application • Selecting a Topic • Dimensions 1 & 2 • Your Questions

3. Your Presenters: • Ruth Ruud • Treasurer, SEPA • Science Awardee • Former School Administrator • PAEMST National Selection Veteran • ruthruud@yahoo.com • Martha Short • SEPA Math Representative • Missouri State Mentor • PAEMST National Selection Veteran • Mathematics Awardee • mshort@ldd.net Add a picture here. Add a picture here.

4. Getting Started • Are you finished getting letters of reference? • Don’t wait too long to get letters. • Ask a couple of extra people, & choose the best letters. • Supplemental Materials – consider using some pertinent examples of student work. • Save work samples now!

5. Dimension One: Mastery of mathematics or science content appropriate for the grade level taught. • The narrative for Dimension One should be about three pages. • 1a. Discuss the mathematical or scientific ideas that are fundamental to understanding the chosen topic or concept. • 1b. Explain why this topic or concept is important for students to learn and how it relates to more complex concepts that students will encounter in subsequent lessons, grades, or courses. • 1c. Discuss the misconceptions or misunderstandings that students typically have with regard to this topic or concept.

6. Dimension One – What you can do to get started: • Look at the standards. What are your students expected to know and be able to do? • What are your state standards? What are the related national standards? Math- Common Core? NCTM Content Strands? Science- National Science Education Standards? • What misconceptions do students have about the content in this standard? Use Assessment Probes to uncover Student misconceptions.

7. Example Science Standard – What type of activity might you plan for this standard? • State Standard • S3L2. Students will recognize the effects of pollution and humans on the environment. • a. Explain the effects of pollution (such as littering) to the habitats of plants and animals.

8. What lesson might you plan for this?Mathematics Standard from Common Core (Geometry) • Make geometric constructions • 12. Make formal geometric constructions with a variety of tools and methods (compass and straightedge, string, reflective devices, paper folding, dynamic geometric software, etc.).

9. Dimension Two: Use of instructional methods and strategies that are appropriate for the students in the class and that support student learning. • The narrative for Dimension Two should be about three pages. • 2a. Describe the instructional approaches you used to help students understand the topic or concept chosen in Dimension One. • 2b. Explain how you identify and build on students’ prior knowledge, and how this knowledge is addressed in your video and in your general teaching strategies. • 2c. Discuss the instructional strategies and techniques you use to meet the learning needs of all students, challenging those with stronger knowledge while ensuring learning for less accomplished students.

10. Let’s Discuss these practices from Dimension 2: • Instructional Approaches • Building on Prior Knowledge • Meeting the Learning Needs of All Students • Consider using “parallel tasks” From the NCTM Good Questions Books.

11. Next Steps-Get started if you haven’t already on your video and on your writing now!.Scan & upload supplemental materials.

12. Questions…. • What questions do you have now? • If you have questions between webinars…. Martha mshort@ldd.net Ruth ruthruud@yahoo.com Peggy pjcarl@aol.com Almamilleralma@aol.com Connicrittec@gmail.com • Thank you for joining us today for the PAEMST Webinar presented by SEPA.