Agenda
Warm-up – Applications of Pythagorean Theorem
Review POW #8 – Counting Trees
Discuss Reading
Thoughts on observations
Model Lesson: Triangles and Pythagorean across the curriculum & Taco Cart
Digital demonstrations
http://www.mathopenref.com/pythagorasproof.html
http://www.demonstrations.wolfram.com/DudeneysProofOfThePythagoreanTheorem/
Discussion: Effective Teachers have jobs and continually seek out good professional development.
Resources
Curriculum Maps from Emergent Math
List of Resources via John Stevens
Suggested Reading, watching and listening:
Things Teacher School Never Warned Me About (Fawn)
Ooh this is good: The Best things I have learned, I have learned from others...
List of Schools with Math Ed PhD programs
Advice for new teachers - Find your Marigold
Teacher Ed Programs...
http://curtiscenter.math.ucla.edu/undergraduates/math-teaching-credentials
https://centerx.gseis.ucla.edu/teacher-education/masters-and-credential-programs/impact
Go where the good research comes from: Columbia Teachers College, University of Michigan, Stanford, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ways to get teaching experience:
http://cty.jhu.edu/jobs/summer/ - Intern at CTY at Hopkins
https://www.breakthroughcollaborative.org/teach
Thank you for a great quarter! I appreciate your hard work and willingness to participate and share. Please feel free to keep my email address and contact me if you need advice, opportunities to observe, recommendations, etc.
Make sure you have submitted reflections for all observation hours to the Cal-Teach Portal.
PLN
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