Deeper Dive into the Common Core Mathematical Standards
Feb. 23, 2011
Register to attend this webinar today! This session will build upon the November 30th NCSM webinar titled: Getting Started with the Common Core State Standards: First Steps for Mathematics Education Leaders.
This is an NCSM Webinar Event sponsored by Carnegie Learning, Inc.
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Presenters
Valerie Mills
Supervisor and Mathematics Education ConsultantOakland Schools, Michigan
Mills is currently Supervisor and Mathematics Education Consultant for Oakland Schools, a Michigan intermediate agency serving 28 districts and 240,000 students. Beginning as a high school mathematics teacher 35 years ago, she has also served as Mathematics Department Chair, Mathematics Coordinator and Director of Curriculum in the Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor school districts in Michigan. Her resent research interests include a middle school mathematics professional development project, Beyond Implementation: Focus On Challenge And Learning (BI:FOCAL), and a Mathematics/Science Partnership project Developing Excellence in Learning and Teaching Algebra (DELTA) grades 7-11with 15 high needs school districts.
Suzanne Mitchell
NCSM President-ElectNCSM
Suzanne Mitchell is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro and she is also the Program Director for the U. S. Department of Education’s Improving Teacher Quality grant funds for the Arkansas Department of Higher Education. She has served on the NCSM Board of Directors for the past three years as the Southern 2 Regional Director. Previously, she was a mathematics educator for 40 years in Pulaski County Special School District in Little Rock, Arkansas and also mathematics and science coordinator in the Kansas City, Missouri School District. She is In addition she is the Executive Director of the Arkansas STEM Coalition.
Diane Briars
NCSM PresidentNCSM
Diane J. Briars, is a mathematics education consultant and Co-Director of the Algebra Intensification Project. Previously, she was Mathematics Director for the Pittsburgh Public Schools. Under her leadership, the Pittsburgh Schools made significant progress in increasing student achievement through standards-based curricula, instruction and assessment. She earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education, M.S. and B.S. in Mathematics from Northwestern University and did post-doctoral study in the Psychology Department of Carnegie-Mellon University. She began her career as a secondary mathematics teacher.