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Day 3 Geometry Professional Development Series for Teachers. What is GPS for Teachers?. Funded under Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) Teacher Quality Grants Collaborative partnership between UCF College of Education, College of Sciences, and Orange County Public Schools (OCPS)
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Day 3 Geometry Professional Development Series for Teachers
What is GPS for Teachers? • Funded under Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) Teacher Quality Grants • Collaborative partnership between UCF College of Education, College of Sciences, and Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) • Extensive professional development for High School Geometry teachers in OCPS
Goals of GPS for Teachers • Improve teacher content knowledge in geometry; • Increase student achievement in geometry; • Develop professional development program for sustained and focused support for geometry teachers; • Evaluate professional development
Structure of Professional Development • 40 High School Geometry teachers in each cohort • Two weeks of professional development in summer 2012 • Monthly follow-up professional development throughout school year with site visits • Final week of professional development in summer 2013
Professional Development • Focused on: • Implementing Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS) and Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M) along with the Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMP) • Reasoning and sense making • Developing mathematical knowledge for teaching geometry
Constructions • Foster reasoning and sense making and the Standards for Mathematical Practice • Focus on explanations and justifications • Connect technology in meaningful ways • Represent constructions in multiple ways • Reach diverse learners
Compass and Straightedge • Using a compass and straightedge, construct an equilateral triangle with side length of segment AB.
Patty Paper • Using Patty Paper, construct an equilateral triangle whose side length is the side of the patty paper
GeoGebra • Using GeoGebra, construct an equilateral triangle.
Connected to Standards • How does using Patty Paper foster different understandings than Compass and Straightedge or GeoGebra? • How do these three types of constructions connect to the SMP? • Where does differentiated instruction fit in? • How does this meet the needs of diverse student populations?
Contact Information • PI: • Janet Andreasen – Janet.Andreasen@ucf.edu • Co-Pis • Erhan Haciomeroglu–Erhan.Haciomeroglu@ucf.edu • Maria Capursi – Maria.Capursi@ucf.edu • Website • http://education.ucf.edu/gps