Briefing ID #: 17578
ALL K-8 CENTER AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS/APs/MATHEMATICS TEACHERS: Summer 2015 Middle Grades Mathematics Professional Development Opportunity
Category: Professional Development
Audience: / Principals/APs (Elementary), Principals/APs (Middle), All Teachers
Due Date: / n/a
Meeting Date: / n/a
To inform K-8 Center and middle school principals, assistant principals, and mathematics teachers about the upcoming two-day professional development sessions on the Middle Grades Mathematics Florida Standards Progressions for grades 6-8.
  • The Department of Mathematics is offering two-day professional development sessions on the Mathematics Florida Standards Progressions for grades 6-8 mathematics teachers/chairpersons/coaches.
  • Course Title: Middle Grades MAFS Progressions (14 MPP).
  • Stipends: $100.00 per day (M-DCPS Employees).
  • Target Audience: Grades 6-8 Mathematics Teachers only.
  • Dates: June 11-12, 2015 (2-Day Professional Development).
  • Location: Will be included in MyLearningPlan once finalized.
  • Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
  • Teachers must arrive on time since late arrivals will not be permitted in the sessions.
oTeachers that arrive late or leave prior to the 3:30 PM conclusion of the workshop will forfeit their stipends and Master Plan Points.
  • Admittance into Course:
  • Part-time, hourly, 3100, 3110, and other non-full time contract teachers are not eligible to attend or receive the summer professional development stipend.
  • Only certificated full-time, contract teachers are eligible to attend and receive the $100 daily stipend.
  • Priority registration will be given to one participant per school on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Registration:
  • Teachers must pre-register for the course through the employee portal and accessing MyLearningPlan. Click on District Catalog under the Activities Catalog link to view the District’s PD offerings. Click on the course title to register. Click on Join Wait List. Please note that registration should be available in MyLearningPlan by the week of May 18th.
  • Walk-ins will not be accepted.
  • Course Requirements:
  • Upon successfulcompletion of the entire course, including submission of the follow-up work and 100% attendance of the two days of the professional development, participants will receive 14 Master Plan Points and a $200 stipend, if eligible.
  • Course Description:
  • Over a period of two days participants will prepare for the 2015-2016 effective implementation of the MAFS. They will grow in both their understanding of the curriculum and in their pedagogy and practice. Participants will draw connections between the progression documents and the careful sequence of mathematical concepts that develop between the grade levels, thereby enabling participants to understand the focus and coherence of the Mathematics Florida Standards across grade levels. Teachers will participate in math lessons that follow a progression of concepts and demonstrate the coherence of how concepts build from elementary to grade six, grade seven, and then grade eight. This vertical teaming model will also prompt teachers to explore and discuss with teachers from other grade levels how the concepts are developed within and across grade levels.

Contact: / Ms. Annie Klian, District Supervisor ( 305-995-2764 )
Department: / Department of Mathematics and Science