Planning to take a graduate course this summer to continue your professional development or to get one step closer to earning your master’s degree? Registration opens today, March 9, for summer courses at UNL through the Nebraska Math and Science Summer Institutes (NMSSI), which offer graduate mathematics and pedagogy courses using a teacher-friendly delivery model.
To enroll in UNL graduate courses, follow the four steps outlined on the Nebraska Math and Science Summer Institutes website, http://scimath.unl.edu/nmssi. Check out our course catalog, which supplies the needed class numbers for either Teach Nebraska registration or MyRED.
For all on-site NMSSI courses, current Nebraska teachers automatically qualify for a tuition fellowship from UNL equal to 20 percent of in-state, graduate tuition. Additionally, Nebraska K-12 teachers can apply for supplemental NMSSI Fellowships to further defray tuition costs for NMSSI courses. The NMSSI Fellowship Application is also now open at http://go.unl.edu/scimathapply.
The following three NMSSI courses for elementary teachers are being offered on the UNL campus this summer. Two courses are offered as a pair from June 1-12, allowing you to pair a mathematics course with a pedagogy course. As follows are the courses (see full course descriptions in the accompanying stories in this email or online):
June 1-12
MATH 804P: Problem Solving and Critical Thinking in the Elementary Classroom – Class # 3456, Sec # 591, 8 a.m. to noon (course instructor: Kyla Hall, former LPS teacher at Kloefkorn Elementary and a Math in the Middle graduate)
TEAC 890: Responsive Instruction in the Mathematics Classroom – Class # 15448, Sec # 491, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (course instructor Michelle Metzger, doctoral candidate at UNL)
July 6-10
MATH 803P: Algebraic Thinking for the Elementary Classroom – Class # 3454, Sec # 591, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (course instructor Sherry West, Lincoln Southeast High School and Noyce Master Teacher)
Email us at nebraskamath@unl.edu with any questions.
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