High School Mathematics Real World of the Teacher

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High School MathematicsReal World of the Teacher

• Introductions
• Teaching as a Profession
• Standards
• Accountability

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Teacher as Professional

• Draw and explain two pictures
• One that represents the qualities of an ideal
  mathematics teacher and their classroom
• One that represents the qualities of a poor
  mathematics teacher and their classroom

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Teaching as a Profession

• Highly Qualified Teacher
• NAU graduation requirements
• State certification requirements
• Status in school and community
• Contributions to society/community
• Sense of personal satisfaction
• Stability of employment
• Advantages for family life

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NCTM Principles and Standards for School
Mathematics

• Equity
• High expectations and support for all students
• Curriculum
• Coherent and focused on important mathematics
• Teaching
• Understand what students know and need to learn
• Challenge and support them to learn it well
• Learning
• Learn with understanding
• Assessment
• Support learning of important mathematics
• Provide useful information to students and
  teachers
• Technology
• Essential in teaching and learning mathematics

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Principles and Standards for School Mathematics

• Process Standards
• Problem Solving
• Reasoning and Proof
• Communication
• Connections
• Representation
• Content Standards
• Number and Operations
• Algebra
• Geometry
• Measurement
• Data Analysis and Probability

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NCTM Standards

• Were these principles and standards evident in
  instruction in your high school mathematics
  courses? If so, how?

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Accountability

• No Child Left Behind
• Mathematics assessment administered not less than
  once during grades 3-5, 6-9, and 10-12
• Highly Qualified Teachers
• Proficiency Testing
• Assessment results
• Public Information
• Label schools as high or low-performing

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Accountability in the Classroom

• Were the qualifications of math teachers and the
  performance of students on standardized
  assessments issues of concern at your high
  school?
• What do you perceive as
• Positive connections between testing and
  teaching?
• Negative connections between testing and teaching?

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Mathematics Education Homework

• What are some of the key ideas from the NCTM
  Principles and Standards for School Mathematics?
• Describe how the PSSM were and/or were not
  evident in your school experience?
• Share any final thoughts about the importance of
  highly qualified mathematics teachers
  implementing these guidelines for student
  success?