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Sample Math Institute Schedule
 

NOTE: This is a sample schedule, based on past Institutes. It is presented here as an example of the kinds of activities you can expect to participate in if you attend one of our Institutes. The 2005 schedule may not necessarily be the same.

The daily schedule goes from 8:00 am to 8:30 pm (to 3:00 pm on Friday). Unless otherwise indicated, all activities of the Math Institute take place in the SERC building, Busch Campus.

Monday, August 9, 2004

7:45 - 8:30 Registration & Coffee Room 209
8:30 - 9:00

Welcome!/Opening Remarks
Dr. Joseph Rosenstein, Rutgers University
Paul Lawrence, L.L. Teach, Bridgewater , NJ
Mary Oates, Livingston Public Schools , Livingston , NJ
Jim Rahn, Consultant

 Room 209
9:00 - 12:15 An Introduction to the Standards
Paul Lawrence
(Includes a 15 minute break) 		Room 209
12:15 - 1:15

Lunch
(Gold lunch tickets are in your folder. The campus center is a short walk across the courtyard – follow staff or check your Busch campus map.)

Busch Campus Center
1:15 - 1:30 An Introduction to the Standards -
Debriefing
Mary Oates
 Room 209
1:30 - 2:15 GLYPH
Mary Oates 		Room 209
2:15 - 2:30 Break  
2:30 - 4:30 Foundations of Algebra (Part I)
Paul Lawrence 		Room 209
4:30 - 5:30 Hotel Check-In Four Points Sheraton Hotel
5:30 - 6:30 Dinner Hotel Salon C/D
6:30 - 8:20

Evening Program
Learning Styles
Dan Griesbach, Holmdel High School

 		 Hotel Salon C/D

Tuesday, August 10, 2004
8:00 - 8:30 Breakfast & Coffee Room 209
8:30 - 10:30 Foundations of Algebra (Part II)
Paul Lawrence 		Room 209
10:30 - 10:45 Break  
10:45 - 12:15

Break Out Sessions –
High School
Paul Lawrence
Jim Rahn

Middle School
Mary Oates



Room 202
Room 204


Room 209 (or 203)
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch Busch Campus Center
1:15 - 2:45

Funky Functions
Paul Lawrence

 Room 209
2:45 - 3:15 Introduction to Participant Activity
Mary Oates		 Room 209
3:15 - 3:30 Break  
3:30 - 4:55

Break Out Sessions –
High School
Paul Lawrence
Jim Rahn 

Middle School
Mary Oates

Room 202
Room 204


Room 209 (or 203)
5:00 - 5:20 Graduate Credit Meeting (Optional)
– Multipurpose Room. (Enter the Campus Center , go down the hallway, and turn right into the lounge area with the fireplace. The Multipurpose Room is at the far end of the lounge.) 		Busch Campus Center
5:20 - 6:20 Dinner Multipurpose Room
6:20 - 8:10 Evening Program
Learning Styles Applications
Dan Griesbach, Holmdel High School 		Multipurpose Room

Wednesday, August 11, 2004
8:00 - 8:30 Breakfast & Coffee Room 209
8:30 - 10:30 Infusing H.O.T. Questions Into All Classes Through S.A.T.- Related Activities
Paul Lawrence 		Room 209
10:30 - 10:45 Break  
10:45 - 11:45 First Day/First Week
Mary Oates 		Room 209

***Dinner tonight is pizza, baked ziti, and salad, so you may want to skip the pizza line at lunch.***

11:45 - 12:45 Lunch Busch Campus Center
12:45 - 2:30 Work on Participant Projects Rooms 209, 203 & 204
2:30 - 2:45 Break  
2:45 - 5:00

Break Out Sessions –
High School
Paul Lawrence
Jim Rahn 

Middle School
Mary Oates

 

Room 202
Room 204


Room 209
5:15 - 6:15 Dinner - Busch Campus Center Multipurpose Room
6:30 - 8:30

Evening Session
Calculator-Based Laboratory (CBL's)
Mary Oates

SERC Rooms 202, 203, 204, 210, 216 & 217

Thursday, August 12, 2004
8:00 - 8:30 Breakfast & Coffee Room 209
8:30 - 10:30

Writing: It Can Be Done In The Math Classroom!
Jim Rahn

Room 209
10:30 - 10:45 Break  
10:45 - 12:15 Work on Participant Projects Room 209, 203 & 204
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch Busch Campus Center
1:15 - 2:45 Classroom Management/Discipline/
Grading/Homework/Lesson Planning
Mary Oates 		Room 209
2:45 - 3:00 Break  
3:00 - 4:00 Standards/GEPA/HSPA/ Test Specifications -
They're All Related!!
Paul Lawrence, Mary Oates
Room 209 & 204
4:00 - 5:00 Infusing Open-Ended Questions Into All Math Classrooms
Paul Lawrence, Mary Oates, Jim Rahn 		Room 209, 202 & 204
5:30 - 6:30 Dinner Hotel Salon C/D
6:30 - 8:30

Evening Session
Origami
Mary Oates

Hotel Salon C/D

Friday, August 13, 2004
7:00 - 7:45 ***Hotel Check-Out***  
8:00 - 8:30 Breakfast & Coffee Room 209
8:30 - 12:15 Participant Presentations Room 209, 202 & 204
12:15 - 12:30 Group Picture Outside of SERC Bldg.
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch & Wind-up/Institute Evaluations
( *** Please be sure to submit your blue evaluation form, as well as the SSI Professional Development Form. *** ) 		Busch Campus Center
2:00 - 2:45 Closing Ceremonies Busch Campus Center, Multipurpose Room (where campus dinners were held)
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