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Setting
This example of professional
development takes place in the Bracken Elementary School in Clark County,
Nevada. Due to its size and continuous growth, this district has a high
demand for new teachers each year. It serves many students from low socioeconomic
backgrounds and English language learners. Teacher on Special Assignment,
Keith Cochran, the facilitator in this tape, works with other teachers
to enhance their use of Investigations, the district’s elementary
mathematics curriculum. In this video Keith, 2nd grade teacher Gilbert
Montano, and a 3rd grade teacher, Terry Jordan-Hicks, conduct demonstration
lessons. Other teachers observe and engage in a follow up discussion.
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Professional
Development Strategy
Demonstration Lesson
Elementary mathematics teachers experience two different approaches to
the presentations of demonstration lessons.
Goals of this Example
of Professional Development
- Examine classroom
practice and instructional decision making
- See the articulation
of the curriculum between grades
- Improve mathematics
thinking in the classroom
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What You
Can Gain from Using this Video
- Develop awareness
of demonstration lessons as a teacher learning strategy
- See teachers use
new curriculum and make connections across grade levels
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