Transcript c-TaP - The Math Forum @ Drexel

C-TAP
•What
does it mean/would it mean for an
occupation (teaching in this case) to be a
profession?
•Teachers have a lot thrust upon them from
above, and it often seems that it is
constantly changing.
•The Common Core can provide an
opportunity for teachers to stand up as
professionals on a national scale.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL COMMON CORE TOOLKIT
Written by Donna Rishor and Sam Klein Rose
 Under continuing development at PCMI by Ashli Black,
Fred Dillon, Gail Englert and Aaron Orzech
 Overarching design goals:
 Balancing an overview of the Standards with practical
(i.e. manageable and incremental) steps for realizing
the Standards in teachers’ classrooms.
 Starting a conversation about teaching mathematics
(and helping to provide the CCSS-based language for
that conversation) among teachers in their districts.
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