An Alternative Approach to the Traditional Internship

This paper reports the benefits and challenges of incorporating a paired-placement model at four different post-secondary teacher preparation programs in secondary mathematics education. The paired-placement model places two secondary mathematics clinical teachers with one mentor (or cooperating) teacher during their internship experience. Benefits exhibited were increased collaboration, more knowledgeable cooperating teachers, increased sense of community, teaming, pedagogical risk-taking, increased reflective practice, established natural professional learning communities, Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycle (PDSA), and increased accountability. Challenges found through the PDSA cycle include personnel issues, number of days teaching, perceived classroom management preparation, preparing university supervisors, mentors, and teacher candidates, and support for collaboration afterward

Your mathematics standards companion, high school: what they mean and how to teach them

Transforming the standards into learning outcomes just got a lot easier This expansion of the popular Common Core Mathematics Companions provides a Cross-Referencing Index for states implementing their own specific mathematics standards.  This index allows you to see in an instant which of your standards are the same as CCSS-M, which differ and how-and which page number to turn to for standards-based teaching ideas. Beyond that? It's the same great go-to guide for guide for teaching, planning, assessing, collaborating, and designing powerful high school mathematics curriculum, in any state or district

Publishing in the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

This chapter has the aim of supporting early career researchers who want to publish a paper in the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education (JMTE) by providing them with information about the scope of the journal, its impact on the field, the papers published, the reviewing process and the required quality. It ends by providing some advice on issues that an early career researcher needs to consider if he or she decides to submit a paper to JMTE

The common core mathematics companion : high school: what they say, what they mean, how to teach them

When it comes to math, standards-aligned is achievement-aligned… Since The Common Core Mathematics Companions for grades K-2, 3-5 and 6-8 burst on the scene, they have been lauded as the best resources for making critical math ideas easy to teach. With this brand-new volume, high school mathematics success is at your fingertips. The authors lay out the pieces of an in-depth explanation, showing the mathematical progression of each conceptual category, how standards connect within and across domains, and what teachers and students should be doing every day to foster deep learning