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Making Mathematical Connections
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Program Timeline and Commitments
Making Mathematical Connections is a three-year program. For each year of participation in the
program, you will have the option of receiving a cash stipend of $1540, or 4 non-degree graduate credits
from UW Oshkosh. No tuition or fees will be charged. In addition, you will receive a $100 stipend for
taking surveys and assessments for our program’s evaluation. We ask that all participants make a threeyear commitment to the program, and agree to participate in the following program activities:
Year One (Number and Algebraic Thinking)
Time
Duration
Activity
June 9, 2015
Half day,
afternoon
Half day,
afternoon
10 full days
Workshop for baseline assessments for our program’s evaluation
June 10, 2015
July 13-17, and
July 20-24, 2015
Academic Year
2015-16
Fall 2015
8 hours
January 2016
Half Day
4 hours
Opening Workshop on Mathematical Thinking and Problem
Solving, and begin teacher/faculty dialog on Common Core
Two-week Summer Institute on Number and Algebraic Thinking,
Common Core Mathematical Practices, and Children’s
Thinking/Common Mathematical Misconceptions.
Classroom Projects and collaboration during district-provided inservice time
Content-Focused Coaching by math faculty including a classroom
visit, and pre- and post-lesson conferences.
Workshop during in-service time with focus on implementing
classroom lessons in Number and Algebraic Thinking
Year Two (Geometry and Measurement)
June 2016
July 2016
Half day
10 full days
Academic Year
2016-17
Fall 2016
8 hours
January 2017
Half Day
4 hours
Workshop for assessments for our program’s evaluation
Two-week Summer Institute on Geometry and Measurement,
Ratios and Proportional Reasoning, Common Core Mathematical
Practices, and Children’s Thinking/Common Mathematical
Misconceptions
Classroom Projects and collaboration during district-provided inservice time
Content-Focused Coaching by math faculty including a classroom
visit, and pre- and post-lesson conferences.
Workshop during in-service time with focus on implementing
classroom lessons in Geometry and Measurement, Ratios and
Proportional Reasoning
Year Three (Probability and Statistics)
June 2017
July 2017
Half day
10 full days
Workshop for assessments for our program’s evaluation
Two-week Summer Institute on Probability and Statistics,
Common Core Mathematical Practices, and Children’s
Thinking/Common Mathematical Misconceptions
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Making Mathematical Connections
Application Form
Tab through the fields to complete the application. Be sure to complete all 15 items
1. Name:
Mr.
Ms.
First:
Miss
Mrs.
Dr.
Middle:
Last:
2. Home Address
Street:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Phone:
3. School Address
School District:
Street:
School Name:
City:
State:
Zip Code:
Phone:
4. Please indicate which address is your preferred mailing address:
Home
5. Email:
6. Grade(s) in which you will be teaching mathematics in 2015-2016:
Other grade(s) in which you are teaching mathematics now or in the past:
7. Average number of hours each day teaching mathematics in 2014-2015:
8. Years teaching total:
Years in current district:
9. Undergraduate Major(s)
Undergraduate Minor(s)
Graduate Degree(s), if any:
10. Number of undergraduate college-level courses taken in the following categories:
Mathematics for Elementary Education
Mathematics Major/Minor courses at the level of Calculus and above
Statistics
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Making Mathematical Connections
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11. Number of Graduate courses taken in Mathematics or Statistics
12. Briefly describe the mathematics you teach, such as the curriculum/text and student level.
13. Are you available and committed to participating in all of the program activities as described in the
timeline on page one of this application?
Yes
No
If no, explain:
14. For each year of participation in the program, you will have the option of receiving a cash stipend of
$1540, or 4 non-degree graduate credits from UW Oshkosh. Please indicate your preference:
Cash Stipend
Graduate Credits
No Preference
15. Briefly explain why you would like to participate in Making Mathematical Connections.
To submit your application:
o Save the completed document with your last name and date in the title,
in the format “LastName.MMDDYY.doc”
For example: “Kuennen.092514.doc”
o Email the document as an attachment to [email protected]
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