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How to get PDP's (Professional Development Points)

Participants will be eligible to receive Massachusetts Professional Development Points (PDP’s) by attending workshops and submitting a reflective assignment following the workshop. Below you will find the PDP assignment for each workshop. They are organized chronologically by date, with the most recent workshop first.

The deadline to submit PDP assignments is two weeks after the end of the workshop. After the deadline, PDP assignments will not be accepted. PDP assignments should be returned to Helen Lebowitz at EDC, 55 Chapel Street (MLT), Newton, MA 02458, or by fax at (617) 969 – 1527 or by e-mail at hlebowitz@edc.org.

Date of Workshop: May 21, 2003
PDP Assignment due date: June 20, 2003
# of PDP's: 21 (Cohort 1, also completed Dec. and March assignments)
# of PDP's: 14 (Cohort 1, also completed Dec. or March assignment)
# of PDP's: 10 (Cohort 2, will also complete Fall assignment)

Assignment: Write a 1 – 2 page reflection that addresses some or all of the following questions:
1. What was the Case discussion like for you during the math session? Did it help you to focus on what students are thinking? What did you take away from that session?
2. For whichever lens you read about (curriculum developer or researcher), what struck you about the article and what might you do differently going forward?
3. What was it like to present your lesson to teachers from other schools? And how did you find being in the audience for other teachers' presentations? What did you get out of this exchange of ideas?

Date of Workshop: March 3, 2003
PDP Assignment due date: March 14, 2003
# of PDP’s: 21 (Cohort 1, also complete(d) December and May assignments)
# of PDP’s: 14 (Cohort 1, also complete(d) December or May assignment)
Note: A letter certifying your PDPs will be sent out after the third workshop on May 21, 2003

Assignment: Write a 1 – 2 page reflection that addresses some or all of the following questions:
1. Is your group different today from where they were at the start of the first cycle in August? Discuss the changes in your group’s dynamic, the group’s goals and/or the group’s understanding of lesson study.
2. What is your impression of the Open-Approach to Mathematics presented at this workshop and what do you think you and/or your group will do with this strategy to teaching mathematics?
3. Based on the conversations you had during the Team Consultation session, how do the challenges of other teams compare to the challenges your team is facing? Do you see similarities or differences and why might this be?

Date of Workshop: February 10 - 11, 2003
PDP Assignment due date: February 28, 2003
# of PDP’s: 14 (Cohort 2)

Assignment: Write a 1 – 2 page reflection that addresses the following questions:
1. What are your initial impressions of Lesson Study?
2. Where is your lesson study group right now in the lesson study process?
3. In which stages of lesson study do you anticipate needing the most support?
4. What are some key issues in your school that need to be considered around lesson study implementation?

Date of Workshop: December 4, 2002
PDP Assignment due date: December 20, 2002
# of PDP’s: 21 (Cohort 1, will also complete March and May assignments)
# of PDP’s: 14 (Cohort 1, will also complete March or May assignment)
Note: A letter certifying your PDPs will be sent out after the third workshop on May 21, 2003

Assignment: Write a 1 – 2 page reflection that addresses some or all of the following questions:
1. Think back to August…was your first cycle of lesson study what you expected it to be? How did it meet your expectations? And where did it fall short?
2. What do you hope to do differently during this next cycle of lesson study?
3. What advice would you give to a group of teachers just beginning lesson study?

Date of Workshop: August 26 - 27, 2002
PDP Assignment due date: September 10, 2002
# of PDP’s: 14 (Cohort 1)

Assignment: Write a 1 – 2 page reflection that addresses the following questions:
1. What are your initial impressions of Lesson Study?
2. Where is your lesson study group right now in the lesson study process?
3. In which stages of lesson study do you anticipate needing the most support?
4. What are some key issues in your school that need to be considered around lesson study implementation?

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