Good afternoon, everyone!
I know some of you are getting ready for printing for summer training. For science, please go with the presenter’s guides and participant packs that you received for last summer.
As you know we are rewriting guides in 5-E format, but will only have certain grades/years complete by April. We are not scheduled for total completion until December of this year. Because of that, I’m afraid it would get confusing if I said for you to use new in certain grades/years but old in others.
As always, if you have any questions, please let me know!
Sandy
The print bid will go out to bid next week.
Math Specialists:
The print bid will go out to bid next week.
Math Specialists:
We know there is a lot of interest by specialists in the new Math COS. On May 18 and 19 we hope to offer a one day training on the new math COS, including Common Core Standards, for AMSTI math specialists. We have selected two locations -May 18 at AMSTI-UM and May 19 at AMSTI-Troy. This should allow those in the southern part of the state to drive into Troy and those in the northern part to the UM site. This training will likely be the first of several PDs that may be offered on the new COS over the next year.
Steve
We will attend on the 18th. We will want to be able to turn this training around and offer it to our schools AFTER curriculum and instruction from the SDE hold their summer trainings. I will contact our central office curriculum AMSTI contact and ask that they remind their math teachers of the training provided by the Inservice Center during the summer.
Online courses
At the present time, only math journaling and science NB will be offered to our participants online. These course are NOT open at this time.
By the time the course opens, we will have a plan in place for the specialists serving the grade band to monitor the online courses. Steve gave the directors a draft of a plan and as soon as it is finalized we will discuss it at a staff meeting. We will plan to discuss the online course offerings the first staff meeting in May. I believe both courses will be ready for teachers in May. We will open it to teachers after our staff meeting.
Day with Ban Har
Please remember that AMSTI is happy with it's current curriculum and believes that AMSTI supports Singapore math.
Please be an AMSTI cheerleader at the Day with Ban Har and look for the ways that AMSTI supports Singapore math and point those out to the people at your table when there is discussion time. Singapore math is a practice not a curriculum. I think we will have assigned seats. I am a table facilitator.
Tod will provide talking points. I will send to everyone. Tod has been on vacation this week.
MSP reporting
The activity log that is in development will not "roll out" to be used until at the earliest in August. I will work with Kay to make sure we have what we need to record hours spent with teachers.
PR
If a teacher has said to you that they will write a letter in support of AMSTI, please ask them to write letters. Hand written letters are the best and letters from children. Also, there is no special time for letters. It would be great to have them sent to legistators all during the year. If a teacher would send me an email about AMSTI or the onsite support then I can send it to Steve who will send it to Dr. Morton. Constant PR is what we are looking for.
AMSTEC
At the AMSTEC conference, promote AMSTI. That is our mission on that day.
Summer training and Trainers:
I'm making progress on securing trainers. Yellow sticky note is a confirmed trainer, pink sticky note : I'm waiting to hear from them.
I plan to work on the "what needs to be completed for summer training" next week.
I hope to have definite days for GLOBE for the new hires from August 2010 by next week.
We will attend on the 18th. We will want to be able to turn this training around and offer it to our schools AFTER curriculum and instruction from the SDE hold their summer trainings. I will contact our central office curriculum AMSTI contact and ask that they remind their math teachers of the training provided by the Inservice Center during the summer.
Online courses
At the present time, only math journaling and science NB will be offered to our participants online. These course are NOT open at this time.
By the time the course opens, we will have a plan in place for the specialists serving the grade band to monitor the online courses. Steve gave the directors a draft of a plan and as soon as it is finalized we will discuss it at a staff meeting. We will plan to discuss the online course offerings the first staff meeting in May. I believe both courses will be ready for teachers in May. We will open it to teachers after our staff meeting.
Day with Ban Har
Please remember that AMSTI is happy with it's current curriculum and believes that AMSTI supports Singapore math.
Please be an AMSTI cheerleader at the Day with Ban Har and look for the ways that AMSTI supports Singapore math and point those out to the people at your table when there is discussion time. Singapore math is a practice not a curriculum. I think we will have assigned seats. I am a table facilitator.
Tod will provide talking points. I will send to everyone. Tod has been on vacation this week.
MSP reporting
The activity log that is in development will not "roll out" to be used until at the earliest in August. I will work with Kay to make sure we have what we need to record hours spent with teachers.
PR
If a teacher has said to you that they will write a letter in support of AMSTI, please ask them to write letters. Hand written letters are the best and letters from children. Also, there is no special time for letters. It would be great to have them sent to legistators all during the year. If a teacher would send me an email about AMSTI or the onsite support then I can send it to Steve who will send it to Dr. Morton. Constant PR is what we are looking for.
AMSTEC
At the AMSTEC conference, promote AMSTI. That is our mission on that day.
Summer training and Trainers:
I'm making progress on securing trainers. Yellow sticky note is a confirmed trainer, pink sticky note : I'm waiting to hear from them.
I plan to work on the "what needs to be completed for summer training" next week.
I hope to have definite days for GLOBE for the new hires from August 2010 by next week.
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