Happy New Year!
Carnegie Learning would like to wish all of our customers a Happy New Year! We hope that you are starting your semesters on a positive note, and that your students are on track for tremendous success in 2010!
This month's newsletter covers several exciting topics, including the launch of Carnegie Learning Geometry , Second Edition curriculum and the announcement about our first-ever National Math Institute!
Carnegie Learning Geometry:
New Developments for 2010-2011 School Year
This is the first article in a five-part series about the revised Carnegie Learning Geometry curriculum! Each month leading up to the official launch in May 2010, we'll update you on some of the new features and enhancements that are being developed for both the textbooks and Cognitive Tutor software. The curriculum will be available for implementation in the next school year (2010-2011), but we will have samples and demonstrations available in the upcoming months.
Carnegie Learning Geometry, Second Edition Textbook
Our Curriculum Development team analyzed the National Council of Teachers of Math and Achieve standards and incorporated their key mathematical concepts into this new edition. They also considered educational research, best practices, and customer feedback when developing new content and pedagogical approaches.
The Carnegie Learning Geometry,
Second Edition will include:
- New lessons
- Additional step-by-step examples
- Hand-drawn illustrations
- Chapter summaries
- Skills practice
To help you with your review process, we've prepared an online sampler of Carnegie Learning Geometry that highlights the new enhancements. To view this sampler and download it as a PDF, please visit our samples Web page.
We've also scheduled a webinar to introduce the exciting updates for the new Geometry curriculum. You can register for this FREE event by visiting the Webinar Event page on our website.
Dr. Mary Monroe-Ellis Receives the Carnegie Learning 2010 Partner Award
Carnegie Learning is pleased to announce the recipient of the Carnegie Learning 2010 Partner Award: Dr. Mary Monroe-Ellis. The partner award is given annually to an educator who has demonstrated leadership and achieved outstanding results in improving student achievement in math.
Dr. Monroe-Ellis is the Dean of Transitional Studies at Pellissippi State Technical Community College in Tennessee. A former middle and high school math teacher, she has taught the subjects of algebra and geometry. Mary has spent the last twenty years at PSTCC as a math professor and has served as the Dean of Transitional Studies Department for the past two years.
When redesigning their developmental math course, Pellissippi State instructors piloted three different software solutions. They chose Cognitive Tutor Developmental Math Software for its focus on both procedural and conceptual thinking, meaningful applications and modeling, connections between representations, continuous formative assessment, and mastery learning.
At the end of the pilot year in 2007-2008, positive results were already starting to come in. All students who used Carnegie Learning curricula passed their college level math course. PSTCC's retention rate rose from 70.57% in the 2007-2008 school year to 76.58% in the 2008-2009 school year. This was the first time in three years that their students in the Developmental Studies Math had a higher retention rate than the Non-Developmental students.
Everyone at Carnegie Learning would like to thank Dr. Monroe-Ellis for her partnership and wish her students continued success in the years to come.
Dr. Monroe-Ellis with members of the Carnegie Learning executive team at
this year's award ceremony on January 6, 2010.
L to R: David Hart, Dennis Ciccone, Dr. Mary Monroe-Ellis, Joseph Goins
Save the Date for the 2010 Carnegie Learning National Math Institute
We are pleased to announce a brand new event for our teachers and administrators! The event is planned for July 11-14, 2010 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville Tennessee. Current guest speakers include:
Diane J. Briars, Ph.D.
President, National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM)
John McCook, Ed.D.
RTI Expert
President, John McCook and Associates
The Carnegie Learning National Math Institute is a three-day professional learning Institute designed to provide teachers and leaders with:
- Effective mathematics instructional strategies for middle school and high school
- Mathematics content knowledge to support individual student learning
- Expertise in implementing a successful standards-based, student-centered classroom
- Tools to monitor and sustain a successful school or district implementation,
- A network of colleagues to share best practices and innovative classroom ideas
Who Should Attend?
- New or Experienced Teachers
- Instructional Math Coaches
- Building and District Administrators, Curriculum Directors, and Leaders
- CIS Certification Participants
- CLI Initial Training Participants
More information will be announced in February, including final pricing, speakers and agenda - please visit http://nmi.carnegielearning.com for current date and speaker information, and watch your email inbox for updates.
Webinar: Using School Improvement Grants to Transform Secondary Mathematics
Join us for this webinar as we walk through transformative strategies aligned to the intent and purpose of School Improvement Grants. Learn more about our evidence-based math instruction and job-embedded professional development in our Transformation Model to improve student achievement in math. Students who have completed our math courses tested 85% better in math problem-solving skills and were 70% more prepared for advance math courses. The Carnegie Learning School Improvement Plan for Math guarantees it will transform your learning environment in just three years. Or your money back. Please register today.
Webinar Date and Time:
January 27, 2010
3:30 pm
Presenters:
Peggy Sloin
President
Sloin Communications
E. Judy Barokas, PH.D.
President
Consulting Research & Information Services
Joseph Goins
Executive Vice President Sales, Marketing & Services
Carnegie Learning
To register, visit: http://carnegielearningevents.webex.com. Not able to make the date/time? Register now and watch the recorded playback at your convenience.
Events Schedule
GAEL Winter Conference
January 31 - February 2, 2010
Athens, GA
American Association of School Administrators
February 11 - February 13, 2010
Phoenix, AZ
http://www.aasa.org/NCE/default.aspx
ASCD
March 6 - March 8, 2010
San Antonio, TX