Joseph G. (Joe) Rosenstein
I have been a
member of the Mathematics
Department of Rutgers University,
(The photograph was taken at the launch of the
In the research portion of my career, I wrote a number of articles and published a research monograph Linear Orderings (Academic Press, 1982) in textbook form.
For over 25 years I have been heavily involved in K-12 education. This came about as a result of my serving as Director of the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics. (Details are in my vita.) In recent years, I have been involved in the following five major kinds of enterprises that are described in more detail below:
- organizing and directing professional development programs for K-12 teachers of mathematics,
- strengthening mathematics
education in
- directing the New Jersey Mathematics Coalition, which later evolved into the New Jersey Mathematics and Science Education Coalition,
- organizing and serving as
founding director of the
- writing instructional materials for K-12 teachers focused on discrete mathematics.
(In another arena, I have developed and published Jewish prayerbooks, one for the prayer services of Shabbat and festivals entitled Siddur Eit Ratzon and one for the prayer services of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur entitle Machzor Eit Ratzon; they are available for review and purchase at www.newsiddur.org.)
and here are some details:
- since 1987, I have organized and directed a number of institutes for teachers. These include
- the Leadership Program in Discrete Mathematics;
- the Institutes for New Teachers of Mathematics and Science;
- the Precalculus Project;
- other programs can be found at Professional Development Programs for Grades K-12 Teachers of Mathematics
I am also responsible for the Young Scholars Program in Discrete Mathematics (email toti@dimacs.rutgers.edu) for high school students.
These programs are sponsored by the Rutgers Department
of Mathematics and the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer
Science (DIMACS); they were
formerly sponsored also by the
An outgrowth of the Leadership Program has been the publication of a book Discrete Mathematics in the Schools, published by the American Mathematical Society and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
- from 1992 to 1997, I organized and managed the development of the New Jersey Mathematics Curriculum Framework, a collaborative effort of the New Jersey Mathematics Coalition and the New Jersey Department of Education. The purpose of the framework is to provide guidance to teachers and districts on how to implement the New Jersey Mathematics Standards adopted by the New Jersey State Board of Education on May 1, 1996. The 668-page framework was completed in December 1996 and distributed throughout the state in 1997.
- from 2001 to 2005, I
organized and served as founding director of MetroMath: The Center for Mathematics in
America's Cities, a Center for Learning and Teaching funded by the
National Science Foundation. The
- since its beginnings in 1991 (until 2007), I have served as Director of the New Jersey Mathematics Coalition, which later evolved into the New Jersey Mathematics and Science Education Coalition. State coalitions were formed in order to generate public support for the changes recommended by the "standards" of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. An important Coalition initiative that I co-directed (with Warren Crown) was The FANS Project (Families Achieving the New Standards in Mathematics, Science, and Technology), which conducted over 1,400 hour-and-a-half workshops for over 30,000 parents to inform them about the standards and how they can help their children achieve them.
- since 2001, I have been involved in writing two books on discrete mathematics for teachers:
one is a set of two volumes that are part of a series of volumes published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) to help teachers “navigate” through its mathematics standards (“Principles and Standards for School Mathematics”). These two volumes are entitled “Navigating through Discrete Mathematics K-12”, the first primarily for K-5 teachers and the second primarily for 6-12 teachers. These two volumes were prepared jointly by Valerie DeBellis, Eric Hart, Margaret Kenney, and myself, and were published by the NCTM in 2009 and 2008, respectively.
the other is a textbook for mathematics courses to be taken by prospective K-8 teachers; these materials can also be used for in-service workshops or self-study by current teachers. Written jointly with Valerie DeBellis, these materials are entitled “Making Math Engaging: Discrete Mathematics for K-8 Teachers.” The development of these materials was funded by a grant from the Division of Undergraduate Education of the National Science Foundation.
As a result of this work, and as part of the Coalition's public outreach effort, I have prepared a number of articles and presentations on mathematics education.
Judy and I have five daughters (Mira, Ariela, Dalia, Neshama, and Nessa) ranging in age from 24 to 41, and six grandchildren, the youngest of whom was born in July 2012, and the oldest of which was born in April 2002; Mira and her husband Psachya Septimus are proud parents of two sons, Aryeh Leib and Mordechai and one daughter, Devorah Gitel; Ariela and her husband Marc Cohen are proud parents of a son, Amar Metta Medwin; Dalia and her husband Ozgur Gokirmak are proud parents of a son, Eytan Atesh; and Neshama and her husband Dan Marcus are proud parents of a daughter, Lauren Tirzeh.
I have been very active in the havurah movement, both locally, in the Highland Park Minyan, and nationally, in the National Havurah Committee, which provides a trans-denominational, egalitarian, participatory, communal, and spiritual Jewish alternative. I lead guided meditations on Jewish prayers and psalms, and occasionally publish meditation tapes and write articles on Jewish topics.
I have developed and published Jewish prayerbooks, one for the prayer services of Shabbat and festivals entitled Siddur Eit Ratzon and one for the prayer services of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur entitle Machzor Eit Ratzon; they are available for review and purchase at www.newsiddur.org.)
And I have an extensive collection of interesting ties which are available for rental; see catalog for a complete display. In my spare time (?), I like to do word puzzles (not of the logic type), and occasionally create crossword puzzles on Jewish themes.
Address
CMSCE - 223
Busch Campus,
Phone
(732) 445-2831