Lesson Study In Mathematics Grades 7-12

Sponsored by

The Salem State Collaborative

Location: Andover High School, 80 Shawsheen Road, Andover, MA 01810

Time: 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Presenters: Debra Casey and Brian Stack, Andover High School

Cost: Members: Individual $75 – Team of Two $125 (Each Additional Member $60)

Non-Members: Individual $300 – Team of Two $500 (Each Additional Member $200)

PDP’s: 20 PDP’s (Includes Observation Time and Outside Lesson Development)

Description: The Lesson Study course is focused on instruction and learning that occurs everyday in mathematics classrooms. Lesson study brings teachers together to do mathematics, investigate mathematics, and discuss how to create meaningful and challenging lessons. It is based upon the Japanese educational culture of “research lessons”.

All participants focus their energy on student learning in the classroom. Together they develop, implement, and refine the lesson being studied. Conversations focus greatly on what makes good mathematics instruction.

The course content is based upon work with Educational Development Center and the National Science Foundation. The goals of this course are to create a tradition of lesson improvement and to offer teachers a friendly, supportive arena where they can share ideas about mathematics instruction, create effective lessons, and evaluate them thoroughly to ensure future success.

We welcome mathematics teachers who would like to be a part of this program to sign up as a team (not required). Teams can be made up of teachers from various (mathematics) subject matter and grade levels. Ideally, teams should be composed of teachers from the same school. An additional goal of the program is for teams to help introduce the basics of Lesson Study within their school.

March 12

Session 1: Course Overview and Introduction to lesson study, goal setting, and selecting a topic

March 19

Session 2: Explore the mathematics around a team’s topic, and begin developing the flow of the lesson

March 26

Session 3: Continue to develop the flow of the lesson, anticipating student responses, who is doing the thinking

April 2

Session 4: Further development of the lesson focusing on the team goals and methods of evaluation and observation.

April 9

Session 5: Learn about lesson study observations and debriefing, prepare for the first observation, and refine the lesson.

Between session 5 & 6: First teaching of the lesson

April 23

Session 6: Post-lesson debriefing, revise and prepare for second teaching.

Between session 6 & 7: Second teaching of the lesson.

April 30

Session 7: Post-lesson debriefing, final revisions.

May 7

Session 8: Writing a lesson study report, final revisions to the lesson and final reflections about Lesson Study.

Registration Information:

Please register at our website www.salemcollaborative.org (preferred) or email the following information to Jim Kearns at registration@salemcollaborative.org. If you have registration questions, please call Jim at 781-771-4860.

DEADLINE to sign up for the Lesson Study Workshop Series is March 9^th