Professional Development Planning

Professional Development Topic: August 17, 2016

Out on the Edge Lesson Plans

Intended Audience: All teachers of Mathematics

Outcomes: Teachers will be able to

write non-conventional lesson plans
Discuss PIE-R3 strategy
Apply the new strategy PIE-R3 to produce lesson plans to be shared
Make connections and strengthen the social bond between teachers
Establish a Professional Learning Community to discuss and share ideas and
insights.
Warm-up focuser: Introduce:
Form small groups of 4 Connect the activity to
persons lesson plans and the
Participants introduce self Cathedral metaphor and
and use a math word that discuss
best describes them. PPT presentation:
Facilitator gives each group purpose, objectives,
two packs of playing cards. players, plan and
Instructs group members to challenge for the session
build as tall and sturdy a Short inspirational TED
structure as possible in the Talk video
specified time frame. Vocabulary related to the
(Participants are not limited strategy PIE-R3. Teaching
to the cards and are allowed for Success pronounces it
to use any other item in the as pie- R -cubed
training hall.) The Accelerated Action Guide:
Winner determined by Prepare.
height and sturdiness of Input.
structure. Explore.
Ask each group to explain Retain.
structure to the other Reconfirm.
participants/groups Reflect.
 Process the learning: (How will participants process and internalize the new
information? What interactive structures can be used?
Participants will engage in the following Activities:
Instructions:
Rename your group as: _____________ Production Studio
Use the Math Syllabi to select All Topics. Include math content
All groups will have a specified time to PREPARE & PRESENT
Creativity is limited only by the groups imagination.
Standard for All Production:
The Topic Must SIZZLE
The Introduction Must HOOK
The End Must be a BANG

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

Make a 30 Make a 30 Make a 30 Make a 30
second second second second
jingle using jingle using jingle using jingle using
the the the the
strategy strategy strategy strategy
PIE-R3 PIE-R3 PIE-R3 PIE-R3

Choose a Choose a Choose a Choose a
topic from topic from topic from topic from
Algebra Geometry Arithmetic Probability
syllabus & syllabus & syllabus &
produce produce &produce Statistics
A Block Buster A Skit A Live Red syllabus &
Movie Carpet Interview produce
A puppet/
animation show

Sharing and debriefing the content (How will participants share their ideas/reactions
to the new material)
Without lesson plans, effective course presentation is at best suspect and at
worst a gamble Have students read and share their views on the Cathedral
metaphor and the PIE-R3 strategy from the handout provided.
Invite participants to collaborate and produce within their groups creative non-
conventional lesson plans using the new strategy. Participants will use the
Math Syllabus and the lesson Plan template.
 Reflection and closure (How will
the learning be summarized and
personalized)
Each participant will be
asked to write on the strip of
paper provided, one thing
about the session that was
most meaningful to them
and how they plan to use it.
Share this with the group
and then attach the strip to
the stick board provided.
Reflect on the 4 Whats:
What happened, so what,
now what and what does it
mean?
Invite participants to
list/suggest other math
topics/issues they would like
addressed in the next
Professional Development?
Resources
Accelerated Learning Action Guide, produced by Colin Rose as a handbook, published
by Nightingale-Conant (Niles, IL).
Follow up (What types of follow-up
and support will be provided)
Teachers will use the following ways to
stay connected, bond and collaborate on
issues of concern and best practices:
create math teachers blog
(Encourage teachers to
share current professional
and relevant research)
create whats app math
group
share emails
form a professional learning
community on campus to
meet regularly. (at least
twice per month)
create a math lesson plan
bank with links to all math
teachers
Provide links and
Professional Development
resources subscriptions