Center for Mathematics and Science Education kicks off Project C4 to enhance classroom effort

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University of Mississippi eGrove University of Mississippi News 2-29-2016 UM Lands $1.2 Million Grant to Benefit Math Teachers Elizabeth McCormick Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umnews Recommended Citation McCormick, Elizabeth, "UM Lands $1.2 Million Grant to Benefit Math Teachers" (2016). University of Mississippi News. 5480. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umnews/5480 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Mississippi News by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact egrove@olemiss.edu. Search this website … SearchCMSE professional development coordinator JulieJames (left) advises a Mississippi teacher during aprofessional development workshop.UM Lands $1.2 Million Grant to Benefit Math TeachersCenter for Mathematics and Science Education kicks off Project C4 to enhanceclassroom effortsFEBRUARY 29, 2016 BY ELIZABETH MCCORMICKOXFORD, Miss. – The Mississippi Departmentof Education has awarded a $1.2 million grantto the University of Mississippi Center forMathematics and Science Education to funda professional development initiative that willbenefit up to 120 math teachers in Mississippipublic schools over the next three years.Dubbed the C4 Project, the Creating Continuityand Connections across Content Project seeksto improve student achievement in mathematicsamong K-8 students and enhance teacherperformance. C4 will fortify teachers’ contentknowledge and, more importantly, their big-picture understanding of objectives and the learningprocesses across multiple grade levels.“In this project, teachers in grades K-8 will all be together in one class and look at the spectrum of howstudents learn math across those grade levels,” explained Julie James, CMSE professional developmentcoordinator. “We want to equip these teachers with a bigger picture understanding of where they fit inthe puzzle of how students learn mathematics.”The grant funding for C4 hails from the Mathematics and Science Partnerships, or MSP, betweenMDE and the U.S. Department of Education. This is the third major grant-funded project the CMSE haslaunched through MSP-MDE funding since it opened at UM in 2006.Starting this summer, the project will benefit select educators in north Mississippi through a two-weeksummer institute. An annual conference for participating teachers, as well as follow-up activities led byaccomplished mathematics instructors throughout the academic year, is also in the works.The second focus of C4 is on formative assessment, a concept that integrates assessment into theteaching process, James said. Formative assessment training will be an online component of theproject and the major focus of the annual conference.“This is an opportunity to help teachers learn how to assess students on a daily basis or on a weeklybasis, so when it comes time for the end of unit or even the state test, there’s no surprises,” Jamessaid. “Teachers will know how everyone is going to perform because you know what they’ve learned andwill have evidence from the students.”The CMSE will use an assessment team from the University of Alabama at Birmingham to evaluate theproject throughout its three-year run. Both teams will work together to measure the impact of C4,assessing content knowledge at the beginning and end of summer institutes among teachers.“I really hope we can begin to embrace the new college and career readiness standards statewide andcome together as a state to improve mathematics education,” said Alice Steimle, CMSE associatedirector. “We can work together to form these communities of teachers that learn from each other, learnbest practices and rely on one another in this network of teachers that we’re creating with the C4Project.”James Reid and Laura Sheppardson, both professors in the Ole Miss Department of Mathematics,will also work with the C4 Project by providing in-depth content instruction during the summer institutes.“There will be opportunities for teachers to come in and do some pure math things that are beyond theclassroom,” James said. “This gives teachers an opportunity to see how math is applied beyond K-12.Their focus will be more on real world application of math.”Read the story …Read the story …Follow us on socialCampus BriefsDonations Sought for 25th AnnualBooks and Bears ProgramOXFORD, Miss. – The University ofMississippi is asking the community tohelp spread a little joy this holiday seasonby donating to the 25th annual Books andBears program. 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