Stipends available for TEAMS math workshop in your area
This summer, the NDE and UNL have partnered to offer a professional development workshop on functions in STEM for grades 7-12 mathematics teachers through Nebraska Partnership TEAMS. The nearest regional workshops to you are in Grand Island at Starr Elementary and North Platte at Madison Middle.
Teachers are paid a stipend of $15 per hour of class (for up to $1,200). You can choose to earn 3 graduate credits from UNL for taking the course, and you could choose to apply your stipend toward tuition and fees (about $815).
Teachers who live more than 35 miles one-way from their TEAMS site will receive mileage reimbursement of $0.54 per mile for commuting to class. Lodging is available to teachers who live
more than 70 miles one-way from their TEAMS site.
"Math 896: Special Topics: Functional Reasoning in STEM for Secondary Mathematics Teachers" will focus on content knowledge for secondary mathematics teachers, connecting functions across the secondary mathematics curriculum to each other and to science content. Functions arise when modeling physical phenomena, providing connections across the curriculum and to the world outside school. Through the content of functions, teachers in this course will solve mathematical problems, model and represent mathematical problems, communicate mathematical ideas effectively, and make mathematical connections.
The course will be held June 5-9 and 12-16, 2017 (both weeks are required) from approximately 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and four Saturdays during the school year (TBD by your regional group).
Read more and APPLY BY MAY 1, 2017, at: http://scimath.unl.edu/csmce/teams/
At least seven spots remain in the Grand Island math course and only a couple are left in North Platte, so apply now!
Questions? Contact nebraskamath@unl.edu