From Postmaster@salisbury.edu Fri Aug 27 17:22:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: barzilai@gollum.dreamhost.com Received: from mail2.salisbury.edu (mail2.salisbury.edu [131.118.32.34]) by gollum.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2747C5B95A for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:21:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ITS-MTA by mail2.salisbury.edu with Novell_GroupWise; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:21:44 -0400 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.2 Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:21:39 -0400 From: "Harel Barzilai" Sender: Postmaster@salisbury.edu Reply-To: HXBARZILAI@salisbury.edu Errors-To: Postmaster@salisbury.edu To: Subject: Fwd: Confirmation of your accepted AMS submission Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Status: O Return-path: Received: from ams.org (sun06.ams.org [130.44.1.6]) by mail2.salisbury.edu; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:21:31 -0400 Received: from loki.ams.org (loki.ams.org [130.44.204.25]) by ams.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7S0LZPW028961 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:21:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by loki.ams.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) id i7S0LURZ002130; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:21:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:21:30 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200408280021.i7S0LURZ002130@loki.ams.org> To: hxbarzilai@salisbury.edu From: abs-submit@ams.org (AMS-SUBMIT) Subject: Confirmation of your accepted AMS submission Reply-To: abs-info@ams.org Errors-To: abs-info@ams.org X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 1.0 (http://www.roaringpenguin.com/mimedefang/) Your abstract has been successfully processed for the Atlanta, Georgia meeting. Once your abstract is approved, you will receive an e-mail message regarding the date, time, and location of your presentation approximately two weeks after the abstract deadline, or four weeks for annual meetings. Your abstract number is: 1003-W1-210. You must refer to this number in any correspondence concerning this abstract. If your abstract has been submitted for an incorrect meeting or incorrect session, please send e-mail to abs-info@ams.org. ---------------------------------------------- Abstract information Please note that math displays will be published after LaTeX processing and not with the raw LaTeX markup you see below. Title of paper: Math ADEPT: a working model for teacher professional development which is sustainable, adaptable, and which enables teachers to build professional communities of learners. Author: Harel Barzilai Author: Homer W Austin Abstract: Now in its fourth year, ADEPT (the Allied Delmarva Enhancement Program for Teachers) is tri-state (DE-MD-VA) program of professional development for middle-school mathematics teachers. Launched with funding from the National Science Foundation, and additional support from the Maryland Higher Education Commission, ADEPT is built upon a suite of eight mathematics content courses that are interconnected in structure, pedadogy, and in over-arching themes such as modeling, problem-solving, and connections between different subjects in mathematics. Teaming with the local school systems, ADEPT employs veteran teachers as Teaching Assistants, and links ADEPT course curriculum to the middle school curriculum. At the heart of the ADEPT model are Modified Lesson Plans (MLPs) assignments in which ADEPT participants revise, expand, and enhance the content and pedagogy from existing lesson plans, based on the ADEPT courses and the feedback from ADEPT instructors and fellow teachers. This assignments also fosters collaborative on-going discussions among the teachers. Currently, in-school interviews and data collection are deepening the knowledge base about ADEPT's impact. Faculty interested in adapting ADEPT and brining a similar program to their region can attend a summer 2005 workshop.