Short Course Program for Mathematics Teachers
June 26, 27, 30, July 1, 2, 2003
8:30am-4:30pm
Room B218

This hands-on short course is open to all secondary and collegiate mathematics and science instructors. It will stress the relationship of precalculus and calculus to non-science disciplines, real world applications, modeling, problem solving strategies, uses and misuses of hand-held technology, and assessment. All topics will be taught in conjunction with a reform curriculum that has functions as models of change for its central theme. The Rule of Four will be stressed throughout. The workshop will reflect the spirit of the NCTM and AMATYC Standards. Instructional materials developed at Nassau Community College, Harvard University, Ohio State University, and Penn State University will be incorporated. The use of these materials in Advanced Placement (AP) calculus courses will be examined as well.
Participants will also use the computer labs at NCC to receive training on the use of the World Wide Web. No prior knowledge of computers or the Web will be assumed. Topics will include web access, web browsers, search engines, sites of interest for mathematics teachers, and web page construction. Participants will develop their own individual web sites for the exchange of ideas, examinations, web based projects, and homework. For most districts, this workshop is equivalent to three hours of in-service education.

Attendees who are interested in the Partnership Program will be eligible to have their dually enrolled students receive four college credits for precalculus and/or calculus courses (AP or non-AP) taken in their local high schools when such courses are taught in partnership with an NCC instructor. In 2000, the Partnership Program received one of three national awards given by AMATYC for outstanding innovative programs before calculus. This award winning program was also the subject of a Newsday article on November 9, 1997. To date, there have been over 1,400 students who have participated in this program. NCC is a unit of SUNY and its credits are transferable to virtually all colleges in the country that teach precalculus and calculus.
(See http://www.matcmp.sunynassau.edu/~schmiee/partnership.htm).

Registration ($225) includes five days (45 hours) of instruction, all instructional materials, the use of the departmental computer lab during the short course, and web access via the NCC mathematics department during the short course.

Graduate Credit (optional)
Three quarter-hours = two semester hours of graduate credit is available from Portland State University. The cost is approximately $126.00 in addition to NCC workshop fees. A check should be brought with you on the first day of class made out to MLC/PSU for this credit.

For information
Contact: Prof. Ellen Schmierer
Phone: (516) 572-7949
Fax: (516) 572-9715
email: schmiee@ncc.edu
Deadline for registration: May 16, 2003

Short Course Instructors

Philip Cheifetz, Nassau Community College. Dr. Cheifetz is the recipient of the NYS Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, the AMATYC Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the NCC Dean's Award for Distinguished Service.
Ann Davidian, MacArthur High School. Ms. Davidian is the 1997 Nassau County High School Mathematics Teacher of the Year and the 2001 awardee of the U.S. Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. She is a co-author of Functions Modeling Change: A Preparation for Calculus.
Jared Ganson, Nassau Community College. Prof. Ganson is a computer science instructor who teaches programming and web development. Before coming to NCC, he developed and taught faculty development programs at Adelphi University.
Stewart Kaplan, Nassau Community College. Prof. Kaplan is a Certified Novel Engineer (CNE), as well as a Certified Novel Instructor (CNI).
Thomas Re, Nassau Community College. Mr. Re is the network and Unix administrator for the mathematics and computer processing department at NCC. He has set up DNS and web services for both the department and for the College.
Ellen Schmierer, Nassau Community College. Prof. Schmierer has received several recent grants from the Long Island Consortium for Interconnected Learning. She is the Associate Director of the Partnership Program and is the administrator for the summer workshop.

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