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Improving Middle Grades Stem Teacher Content Knowledge And Pedagogical Practices Through A School-University Partnership, Cherie Mccollough, Tonya Jeffery, Kim Moore, Joe Champion

Mathematics Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper outlines a University-School District partnership with the intent to increase the number of middle grades mathematics and science teachers. This externally funded initiative includes onsite, authentically situated professional development for pre- and in-service teachers at three different urban, low-socioeconomic schools with a majority Hispanic population of students. Program objectives include increasing mathematics and science content knowledge, increasing self-efficacy in teaching math and science, building and incorporating a success-driven school culture and infrastructure to increase student performance in a well-articulated, scalable and transformable model. Program components include site based common planning times, STEM Thursdays where science and mathematics lessons …