Chanelle LaCross

Professional Development Plan 2004

Goal:

Standard Four: Instructional Planning and Strategies. 

I shall increase my understanding of instructional planning, design 

long and short term plans based upon knowledge of subject matter, 

students, community, and curriculum goals, and shall employ a variety

 of developmentally appropriate tasks in order to promote critical thinking, 

problem solving and the performance skills of all learners. 

Objective:

I will identify strategies to create learning experiences that make

subject matter meaningful for students, address a variety of 

learning styles, encourage students to pursue their own interests 

and inquiries and help students connect their learning to personal 

goals.

Activity:

1.    Explore and review five internet sites for 'real life' math activities 

 for my senior, Student Review Assessment (SRA) classes.

2.    Evaluate websites and activities for implementation in the 

 classroom.

3.    Read relevant articles in journals (such as Educational Leadership)

 and select the most appropriate websites.

4.    Include suitable activities in an interdisciplinary unit.

Mathforum.org/mathtools
Matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/index.html
Mss.math.vanderbilt.edu/~pscrooke/toolkit.shtml

 
Illuminations.nctm.org
www.scienceu.com/geometry
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm