MSERC: professional development
Ultimately, the transformation of teaching and learning in math and science depends on strong partnerships between teacher leaders across the state. To promote these partnerships and strengthen the skills of our emerging teacher leaders, MSERC sponsors bimonthly meetings of the Mathematics & Science Specialist Team (MaSST). Deepening specialists’ content knowledge is a recurring focus of these meetings as well as an exploration of effective modes of professional development. This year, we have been comparing math opportunities provided by science as well as science concepts embedded within mathematics curricula. We have also explored ways to become more effective coaches for our peers and have begun a concerted effort to develop progress monitoring tools in our Response to Intervention (RTI) work.
MSERC also partners with districts and the Delaware Mathematics Coalition to support other programs of professional development for teachers of K-8 mathematics including curriculum training for Math Trailblazers, Investigations in Number, Data & Space, Connected Math, and Math in Context.
MSERC also provides graduate level courses of study for Secondary and Middle School Teachers.
For further information about MSERC’s programs please contact Jon Manon (jonmanon@udel.edu) at (302) 831-6687.
