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Partnership Representatives:
Linda Coutts and Chip Sharp, Columbia Public Schools
Barbara J. Reys, University of Missouri
Overview of Partnership Work:
Partnership work between the University of Missouri (MU) and the Columbia Public Schools (CPS) began in January 2004 shortly after funding
for CSMC was secured. A local advisory committee was established early in the project's first year. It met annually during the first 4 years of
NSF funding to provide direction and feedback for partnership projects. Partnership activities have included: support each year for about 20 CPS
teachers to attend national professional conferences and workshops (NCTM and NCSM Annual Conferences); funding for professional development activities
organized and facilitated by district staff each summer (in Columbia) to enhance instructional and curricular expertise of CPS teachers; funding for
leadership development in the form of a master's degree program centered on mathematics curriculum. A cohort of 15 K-12 CPS teachers began the program
in Summer 2005. The program of study included summer and academic year courses. Graduate degrees were awarded in May 2008. Tuition and course materials
were provided, at no cost to CPS teachers, by the University of Missouri and the National Science Foundation CSMC grant.
MU/CPS Graduate Cohort: Mathematics Curriculum Leadership
One of the goals of CSMC is to support leadership development related to K-12 mathematics curriculum design, analysis, implementation, and evaluation.
To address this goal, CSMC has organized a graduate program cohort consisting of 15 K-12 Columbia Public Schools (CPS) teachers and administrators
focused on developing K-12 mathematics curriculum leadership capacity. The program will lead to an Educational Specialist (or Masters) degree in
mathematics education from MU. It consists of a 32-credit hour graduate program of courses, internships, and a project.
Participants of the cohort were recruited through an application process in the Winter 2005 semester. A committee consisting of CPS and MU faculty
reviewed 40 applications and selected the 15 participants (10 elementary, 5 secondary) - see list of cohort members below. The program of study and
specific courses are being identified and organized by program coordinators (Barbara Reys and Ira Papick of MU and Linda Coutts of CPS) working with
a program planning committee (MU and CPS faculty). The proposed program of study includes:
| Application Process | Summer 2005
Curriculum & Models Course (3 cr.)
Introductory Readings course (2 cr.) | Fall 2005
Current Issues and Trends in Mathematics Curriculum (3 cr.) |
| Winter 2006
Technology & Mathematics Curriculum (3 cr.) | Summer 2006
Rational Numbers in the K-12 School Curriculum (2 cr.)
Leadership Development (3 cr.) | Fall 2006
Research on Curriculum (3 cr.) |
| Winter 2007
Algebra in the K-12 School Curriculum (3 cr.) | Summer 2007
Curriculum Design & Analysis (3 cr.)
Internship (2 cr.) | Fall 2007
Curriculum Implementation (3 cr.) |
| Winter 2008
Research Project (2 cr.) | Graduation - May 2008 | |
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