1. South Jersey Math/Science Partnership at Rowan University Dr. Eric Milou Dr. Jill Perry SJMP

2. Project Goals  Intensive, Sustained, Ongoing PD to:  Improve student achievement in mathematics and science  Improve teachers’ mathematical and scientific content knowledge, pedagogical skills, and classroom practices  Increase teachers’ and students’ use of technology  Increase the number of highly qualified teachers  Increase the number of teachers obtaining Elementary Certification with Subject Matter Specialization (Upon completion of 15 credits and passage of Praxis II)  Increase the number of middle grades mathematics/science teachers with graduate degrees

3. Professional Development  Summer ‘07 two-week institute (Math/Science via Robotics)  Fall ‘07 Course (Algebra or Space Science)  Spring ‘08 Course (Geometry or Life Science)  Summer ‘08 institute (Prob/Stat/Discrete Math or Chemistry)

4. Fall 07 & Spring 08 PD  Two courses (one per semester)  $750.00/course (successful completion)  Graduate credits (3 per course)  Graphing calculator, CBL, CBR, software, texts, and manipulatives  AMTNJ, NJSTA convention trip  3 full days of in-class support/teacher  District provides subs/coverage during visitation

5. Graduate Credits  ALL Graduate credits count towards:  Certificate of Graduate Studies (COGS) in Middle School Mathematics or Science  M.Ed. in Standards-Based Teaching

6. Teacher Contract  Attend all course modules and complete all assignments  Work closely with assigned facilitator and be visited by evaluation team  Submit all SJMP forms in a timely manner  Teach in their present district for the duration of the project (2 years minimum)  Cooperate with and participate in the continuing monitoring plan  Administer a pre/posttest content assessment to their students

7. Data Collection  Teacher Content Pre/Post (Treatment and Comparison Groups)  Mathematics - LMT  Science - MOSART  Student Content Pre/Post  NAEP released items  Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP)  Module Evaluation (Developed by Evaluator)  Instructional Strategy Inventory (2000 National Survey of Math/Science Education, Horizon)  Praxis II Results

8. Results from 05-06 & 06-07 *p<.001, ** 5-level Likert scale

9. Further Results (from 05-06 and 06-07)  97 of our 100 teachers completed the full program (250 hours of PD)  All teachers reached HQ status  76% passed the Middle School Math Praxis II  100% passed the Middle School Science Praxis II  Nearly 50% have continued their education towards a M.Ed.

10. Challenges Faced  IHE Faculty Expectations and Teachers’ Content Knowledge  Balance between teachers’ lack of content knowledge and IHE faculty members’ expectations (graduate credits)  Teachers’ Technological Expertise  On-line discussions were less than focused. We responded to this by posting prompts for each reading.  We developed a rubric that indicated how teachers were to be assessed on their online work.

11. Cohort 1 & 2 PD Experiences

12. Cohorts 3 & 4 PD experiences

13. South Jersey Math/Science Partnership at Rowan University Dr. Eric Milou milou@rowan.edu Dr. Jill Perry milou@rowan.edu perry@rowan.edu Dr. Eric Milou milou@rowan.edu Dr. Jill Perry milou@rowan.edu perry@rowan.edu

14. Disclaimer The instructional practices and assessments discussed or shown in this presentation is not intended as an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education.