[Abesoutheast] ABE Math/Numeracy Licensure-Compatible Course

[Miller, Mev]

Workshop Title:

ABE Math/Numeracy Licensure-Compatible Course

 

When:

Dates:  Saturdays: March 3, 10, 17, 31, April 7, 28

Time:   9:30am - 3:00 pm

(Six 5-hour sessions with homework, plus a 15-hour practicum)

 

Where:

ALRI/Boston SABES at UMass Boston

Wheatley Building, 4th floor, room 04-167

100 Morrissey Blvd.

Dorchester, MA 02125

 

Course Description:

This is a statewide licensure-compatible course intended for anyone who
is teaching math in ABE or who is working towards the ABE teacher
licensure. The course is comprised of six 5-hour sessions and a 15-hour
practicum. The practicum involves developing and writing up a detailed
math lesson plan, which the participant then implements and reports upon
to the facilitator. Additional assignments are required between
sessions.

 

Learning Objectives:

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

 

LO I: Describe at least 3 characteristics of adult mathematics
(numeracy) learners and their individual experiences and how these
learner factors affect teaching and learning.

 

LO II: Describe at least 3 mathematical demands connected with various
adult learner goals for numeracy.

 

LO III: Articulate at least two mathematical learning theories and their
connection to adult learning and teacher practice.

 

LO IV: Summarize data from at least two research studies or professional
articles in the area of mathematics education, particularly adult
mathematics education.

 

LO V: Summarize the math content and learning in each of the four
content strands of the Massachusetts Mathematics Curriculum Framework
for Adult Basic Education.

LO VI: Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of adult education
classroom environments and how the role of teacher as facilitator must
adapt within those environments.

 

LO VII: Demonstrate a variety of standards-based methods and strategies
for teaching mathematics content and concepts and problem-solving in the
adult basic education classroom.

 

LO VIII: Demonstrate an understanding of multiple methods and techniques
for initial assessment, monitoring progress and adjusting instruction,
and providing evidence of achievement of learner goals and learning
standards in the Massachusetts Mathematics Curriculum Framework for
Adult Basic Education.

 

LO IX: Demonstrate the ability to plan and write a standards-based
lesson or curriculum unit with assessment and content consonant with
Massachusetts Mathematics Curriculum Framework for Adult Basic
Education.

 

LO X: Demonstrate the ability to reflect upon, learn from and improve
their teaching by writing a professional development plan that
identifies essential content, skills, and habits of mind that they wish
to further develop in themselves and in their practice.

 

Presenter:

Esther Leonelli, Saint John Street Associates, Jamaica Plain, MA.

 

Esther is an educational consultant with close to twenty years
experience in adult mathematics education. She currently teaches
pre-college math and science in the TechSMART program at the Benjamin
Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston. Her experience includes
teaching math and numeracy to ABE/Pre-GED/GED and ESOL learners in
Cambridge, South Boston, Canton, and Somerville as well as providing
workshops for teachers statewide, regionally in New England, and
nationally. She is the regional representative of the Adult Numeracy
Network, an affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics. Esther moderates the ANN Numeracy list, an electronic
discussion list for adult education practitioners
(numeracy at worldstd.com).

 

Registration:

Contact Andrea Lawless at andrea.lawless at umb.edu or 617-287-4079, and
provide us with the following information: your name, your ABE program
and your email address (or phone number).

 

If you have questions about the activity: Contact John Zhang at
john.zhang at umb.edu or 617-287-4076.

 

 

 

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