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Coaches Corner Characteristics of Effective Classroom Practice
Classroom Culture Active participation of all is encouraged and valued.

There is a climate of respect for students’ ideas, questions, and contributions.
Read more about how our coaching schools accomplish this. . .

      Cutting Edge Now They’re Talkin’
A Glimpse into the Case for Conversation in the Mathematics Classroom
Walk into many elementary mathematics classrooms across South Carolina and you may experience something unexpected. Long gone are the days of sterile classrooms with rows of desks, worksheets, and silence. . . . Read more . . .
 
     
             
     
 

For your information U DID IT!
Using student achievement data as the basis for making instructional decisions
According to Dr. Lorin Anderson, “Teachers should be agents of reform, not objects of reform. In other words, in the past, staff development has been something done to teachers rather than coming from within teachers.” In an attempt to support staff development from within, the Mathematics and Science Unit of the South Carolina State Department of Education has collaborated with educators around the state to develop two support frameworks that promote teachers as agents of reform. . . . Read more . . .

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Events

February 8-9 , 2006
NWEA: MAP
Stepping Stones to Using Data (Building Local Expertise)
Charleston, South Carolina

February 10, 2006
Midlands National Teacher Training Institute will be in the ETV Telecommunications Center.

March 11 , 2006
Discover TI Neighborhood Workshop
Sands Resort Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
8:00 am -12:00pm

March 14 (3.14)
PI Day

March 31-April 1 , 2006
T³ Regional Conference:  Ride the Wave of Technology
Wilmington, North Carolina.

April 1, 2006
SCCTM Teacher Grants Deadline for Application

April 26-29, 2006
NCTM 2006 Annual Meeting and Exposition: Asking Questions–Generating Solutions
St. Louis, Missouri

May 1, 2006
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
Deadline for Nominations.  This year is for Elementary (K-6) Teachers.

SC Algebra Classroom Workshop Dates:
February 17, 2006
Orangeburg Download Flyer (doc) February 20, 2006
Columbia Download Flyer (doc)

SC Maps professional development:

Spring 2006
Distance Learning CourseJuly 2006
Discover Carolina: From the Mountains to the SeaFor more information www.clemson.edu/scmaps

 
     
             
             

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