West Texas Middle School Mathematics Partnership Region 18 Education Service Center, September 30, 2008 NSF Grant Award #

History and Timeline Spring 2006 – First proposal for Regional Collaborative for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching – Dr. David Martin accepts position at SRSU, as university partners in Math Collaborative grant (also including Midland College) – Texas Tech and ESC 18 collaborate on first NSF MSP proposal (not funded)

History and Timeline – Math Collaborative funded by TRC for $200,000 – TTU and ESC 18 collaborate on South Plains Mathematics Scholars proposal to NSF (funded) – SRSU and ESC 18 collaborate on proposal for Year 2 of Regional Mathematics Collaborative 2007—2008 – Math Collaborative funded by TRC for $169,000

History and Timeline Spring 2008 – Dr. Gary Harris (TTU) suggests another try at NSF MSP grant – Feb. 26 meeting in Odessa, hosted by Harris ESC 18: Warren Koepp, Mujahid Ikram UTPB: Doug Hale, Juli Ratheal (joining UTPB 6/2008) SRSU: David Martin Angelo State: Paul Swets, Jana Barnard, Cathy Talley – Application submitted in March 2008

History and Timeline 2008—2009 – Math Collaborative Year 3 funded for $140,000 New focus on select group of “Math Teacher Mentors” UTPB and Midland College added as partners – NSF MSP proposal funded for $6.1 million 181 applicants, 28 funded, $43 million total budget Years 1-2: $2,058,536 With successful completion, subsequent funding – Year 3: $1,629,550 – Year 4: $1,202,714 – Year 5: $1,287,622

Future and Timeline 2008—2009 – Planning and development through December – Recruiting beginning late December/early January – Cohort 1 (20 at UTPB, 15 at SRSU) begins Summer 2009 with first graduate course, focused on numbers. Beyond – Subsequent courses developed based on teacher input and identified needs

Future and Timeline Participating teachers will receive up to nine hours of graduate credit, stipends totaling at least $9000, and travel and subsistence allowance to allow them to participate in the WTMSMP program. Each university will begin a second cohort of teachers in Year 3 Universities will incorporate materials developed into preservice teacher education

Future and Timeline ESCs will incorporate the teacher-experts from the WTMSMP into their services to school districts In Region 18 the teacher participants will be Mathematics Teacher Mentors in our Regional Mathematics Collaborative

Research Questions Effects of strengthening teacher content knowledge: – On student achievement – On teacher self-efficacy – Other topics as they emerge For further details, monitor the project website:

West Texas Middle School Mathematics Partnership Region 18 Education Service Center, September 30, 2008 NSF Grant Award #