Needham

=Needham Courses=

**MAKING YOUR PRACTICE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE** **Start/Stop Time**: 8:00-4:00 with a working lunch; 8:00-12:00 (1/2 day) **Registration Contact:** Lisa Tedeschi at 781-455-0400 x210 Lisa_Tedeschi@needham.k12.ma.us Please click the link to register for Making Your Practice Culturally Responsive This 3 graduate credit course supports district goal #3: To ensure students have the knowledge and skills necessary to participate productively in the local and global communities and commit them to action as learners and citizens. It is a course for educators who wish to extend their knowledge and technologies necessary to create and manage culturally responsive classrooms. Participants will explore the theories and practical applications of culturally relevant teaching and multicultural curriculum unit development. Through activities, simulations, dialogue and critique, educators will reflect upon current practices and curricula. In addition, participating educators will be expected to revise and ‘multiculturalize’ a current curriculum unit. (Although certain portions of this course overlap with mandated ELL training, this course is not a replacement for that mandated training.)
 * Intended Audience:** K-12 Educators
 * Instructor(s):** Debbie Watters and Martha Matlaw
 * Date(s):** June 23, 24, 25 (1/2 day), June 28, 29
 * Location**: TBD, Needham
 * Graduate Credit Approved by**: Framingham State College (optional)
 * No. of Graduate Credits Available:** 3 **PDPs:**
 * Cost per Graduate Credit:** $65
 * Course Description:**

**Registration Contact:** Lisa Tedeschi at 781-455-0400 x210 Lisa_Tedeschi@needham.k12.ma.us Course Description:** Participants explore the base ten structure of the number system, consider how that structure is exploited in computational procedures, and examine how concepts of whole numbers reappear when working with decimals. While the participants are learning how children confront these mathematical issues, they also explore the mathematics for themselves. Participants read cases about elementary mathematics in classroom settings, view videotapes, explore mathematics concepts, analyze lessons and student work, and read current research applicable to these issues.
 * BIG MATHEMATICAL IDEAS (DEVELOPING MATHEMATICAL IDEAS)**
 * Intended Audience:** Elementary Educators
 * Instructor(s)**: Laurie Levin and Jenny Deane
 * Dates**: July 28, 29, 30, August 2, 3
 * Start/Stop Time**: 8:00-3:45 with a 30 minute lunch from 12:00-12:30
 * Location:** TBD, Needham
 * Graduate Credit Approved by**: Framingham State College (optional)
 * No. of Graduate Credits Available:** 3 **PDPs:** 30
 * Cost per Graduate Credit:** $65
 * Please click the link to register for Big Mathematical Ideas (Developing Mathematical Ideas)