CHARLOTTESVILLECITY

SCHOOLS

Number and Number SenseProfessional Development

Plan

Participants

PreK – 8 Teachers and Special Education Teachers Number and Number Sense Course

3 graduate credit hours 90 recertification points 2 concurrent sessions each semester over the next two years

Principals, Assistant Principals, Special Education Coordinators, & Math Specialists Lenses On Learning

Observation tool Common language Common expectations 4 to 5 sessions over the next two years

Course Costs

Proposed Funding Sources

School Year 2012-2013 & Beyond

Number and Number Sense Course Offer annually to all new teachers

Administrative Training Offer as needed

Rationale for Implementation

PreK–8 teachers and special education teachers who take this class will:

Develop a deeper understanding of the base ten number system including exploring learning to count, performing operations with multi-digit numbers, and working with fractions and decimals.

Investigate how to represent and interpret quantitative situations verbally, pictorially, and symbolically.

Investigate a variety of situations modeled by addition and subtraction and examine various representations of multiplication and division.

Study how children develop their understanding of number and develop number sense.

Develop additional strategies to help children build number sense and understand how numbers are used in problem solving.

Investigate how to implement the school division’s curriculum and instructional resources to support students developing understanding of mathematics.

Develop additional skills in teaching standards-based mathematics.

Become more reflective teachers.