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Content Institutes
1999 Summer Programs

April, 1999

Dear Educators:

This summer we are pleased to announce high quality institutes to increase the content knowledge of Massachusetts educators. Sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in partnership with school districts, educational collaboratives, charter schools, colleges and universities, cultural institutions, and professional associations, these content institutes are designed to support local districts' efforts to raise the achievement of students. I hope you will consider participating in these institutes, which are offered at no cost to participants.

Sincerely,

David P. Driscoll
Commissioner of Education

Registration

To register and obtain detailed information, please contact the person listed for the institute of your choice. Since spaces are limited, please register early. Participants must commit to attend the entire program of the selected institute, including follow-up days.

Professional Development Points and Graduate Credit

Professional Development Points (PDPs) will be issued to participants who complete all sessions. Many of these programs include a stipend and offer optional graduate credit for which participants may register at their own expense.

Registration Priorities

Registration by teams from schools and districts is encouraged for all institutes. Massachusetts public school educators, along with others from publicly-funded programs covered by the Education Reform Act (charter schools, adult basic education, pre-schools, and private day and residential schools that provide publicly-funded special education) have priority in registering for the summer content institutes at no charge. They are also eligible for stipends. Because these institutes are supported in part by federal Goals 2000 funds, they are also available for the equitable participation of teachers from grades PreK-12 private schools within the geographic area served by the institute.

Participation

To enhance the impact of these institutes, participants will be asked to extend and apply their learning in a school setting. Teachers' institute-related work should be included in their personal professional development plans and should be strongly linked to school and district priorities. Continuing work throughout the 1999-2000 school year might include:

• team planning time for curriculum implementation, modification of instructional practice, or the design of assessment strategies;
• class observation among team members, or peer coaching;
• designing, conducting, and documenting in writing an action-research project related to student learning; and
• providing professional development for colleagues.

Together with the time spent in the institute in summer and follow-up sessions, these extension activities in school should provide each participant with 100 hours of professional development in 1999-2000.

For general information, contact the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 781-338-3000; Susan Wheltle:swheltle@doe.mass.edu - Arts, English Language Arts, Foreign Languages History and Social Science; Nancy Coville: ncoville@doe.mass.edu - Health; or Harvey Champigny: hchampigny@doe.mass.edu - Mathematics and Science and Technology.

More information on Education Reform in Massachusetts, including documents such as the curriculum frameworks, is available on the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's website.

Many institutes are designed to make connections among disciplines. They have been categorized by their major curriculum focus:

Arts

English Language Arts

Foreign Languages

Health

History and Social Science

Mathematics

Science

Technology

Additional Mathematics, Science, and Technology Institutes of Interest

Instructional Technology

Assessment

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Arts

See also Institutes # 6, 20, 21, and 45

#1
Sing Your Way to Musical Literacy: The Kodaly Concept
Boston and Worcester Public Schools
Providers: Boston Music Education Collaborative and the New England Conservatory
Grade Levels: Elementary and Middle
Dates: Level I July 6-16 (60 hours); Level II: July 6-23 (90 hours); October 2, November 6, 1999 and March 9-11, 2000 (20 hours)
Location: New England Conservatory, Boston
Registration: 45 spaces available
Contact: Christine Taylor
617-859-4998
e-mail: BMECTaylor@aol.com

This is a music teacher-training institute focusing on musical content with strong connections to the Massachusetts Arts Curriculum Framework and the National Arts Standards. Areas of study include: solfege (musician training), choral conducting, teaching materials, and choral literature. Participants will use ethnic, multicultural, and art music as a basis for teaching musical literacy.
Level I: 10 days plus 4 follow-up sessions; Level II: 15 days plus 4 follow-up sessions
Graduate credit available from New England Conservatory

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English Language Arts

#2
Effective Thinking and Writing = Improved Learning
Lee Public Schools
Providers: Lee Public Schools, Berkshire Science Resources, Berkshire Botanical Gardens, The Norman Rockwell Museum, Chesterwood, Berkshire Theatre Festival
Grade Level: Elementary
Dates: August 9-20, October 23, 1999, January 29, and March 19, 2000
Locations: Lee School, Berkshire Botanical Gardens, The Norman Rockwell Museum, Chesterwood, Berkshire Theatre Festival
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Linda Taylor
413-243-3909
e-mail: linberk@vgernet.net

In this institute teachers will experience writing as a means of learning. Participants will learn about research and theories about language and thought, and the practical application of theory and research in the classroom. Reading skills of comprehension, analysis, making inferences, and categorizing will be discussed, including the distinctions among the following: knowledge, observation, inference, and assumption. Visits to four local cultural institutions will provide a content-rich context for exploring thinking and writing. Participants will collaborate in developing units based on Learning Standards, high academic goals, and on-going assessment.
10 days plus 3 follow-up sessions
Graduate credit available from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

#3
Connecting the English Language Arts and Health Curriculum Frameworks
CASE Collaborative
Provider: Webb International Center for Dyslexia
Grade Levels: Elementary, Middle, and Secondary
Dates: August 9-13 and August 16-20; 2 whole days and 2 half days in October, 1999, January, March and May, 1999-2000
Location: Ripley School, Concord, with visits to the Carlisle Institute, Carlisle
Registration: 26 spaces available
Contact: Maureen Keegan
978-264-4182
e-mail: maureen_keegan@mail.ab.mec.edu

Participants will study learning styles, brain research, and theories about learning and discuss how this research may be applied to instruction and assessment in English language arts and health to improve student achievement. Concentration will be on increasing the personal responsibility of all students, including those with special learning needs, for achieving Learning Standards of the Curriculum Frameworks.
10 days plus 6 follow-up sessions.
3 graduate credits available from Curry College

#4
English Language Arts Content Institute: Writing to Standards
Auburn Public Schools
Provider: Simmons College
Grade Levels: Upper Elementary, Middle, and Secondary (grades 4-10)
Dates: July 8, 9, 12-16; September 25, 1999; January 22, and April 1, 2000
Location: Auburn High School, Auburn
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Deborah A. Brady
508-832-7755
e-mail: dbrady@auburn.mec.edu

This institute will focus on standards-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment. The institute will address persuasive, narrative, descriptive, reflective writing, expository essays, and critical analysis. Participants will write, test, evaluate, and revise lessons that reflect standards in the English Language Arts Framework.
10 days plus 3 follow-up sessions
Graduate credit available from Simmons College

#5
Improving Student Achievement through Content Area Writing
Boston Public Schools, School to Career Office
Provider: The Boston Writing Project, UMass Boston
Grade Levels: Upper Elementary, Middle, and Secondary
Dates: July 19-July 30, October 6, October 27, November 10, December 8, 1999; and an optional school visit by BWP staff during the Fall '99 semester
Location: Madison Park High School, Boston
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Judith Doherty
617-287-7665
e-mail: Doherty_J@umbsky.cc.umb.edu

The emphasis of this institute is on helping teachers use writing as a means of learning. Teams of middle and high school teachers of English language arts, history and social science, and foreign languages will explore ways to improve students' skills in reading, writing, researching, interviewing, and presentation. Participants will practice assessment and evaluation methods to measure students' progress.
9 days plus 4 follow-up sessions and school visits
Graduate credit is available from UMass Boston

#6
Thoreau's World and Ours
EDCO Collaborative
Provider: The Thoreau Institute
Grade Level: Secondary
Dates: July 1-14, November, 1999, and March, 2000 TBA
Location: The Thoreau Institute, Lincoln
Registration: 24 spaces available
Contact: Eileen McSwiney
781-259-3445
e-mail: emcswiney@aol.com

This institute in Walden Woods offers high school teachers a case study of the ecological, environmental, literary, and cultural histories of Concord and a method of studying history that can be applied to other communities. In a daily mix of lectures, field trips, and discussions, participants will learn from experts in American literature, land planning, archaeology, ecology, and forestry; examine relationships among people and nature, land and literature; use the Thoreau Institute's research library and media center; and develop curricula in English, history, the arts, and science and technology.
10 days plus 2 follow-up sessions
Graduate credit in negotiation

#7, 8, 9, 10:
Curriculum Frameworks and Diversity: Curriculum Planning and Implementation for Limited English Proficient Students with Special Needs
Four locations and dates:
Lesley College School of Education, July 6-10, 1999 and follow-up
Salem State College, July 26-30, 1999 and follow-up
Elms College, July 26-30, 1999 and follow-up
The Boston Writing Project, UMass Boston, July 12-16, 1999 and follow-up

The overall goal of the following four institutes is to support the professional development of public school teachers and administrators, and college faculty as they implement the English Language Arts Curriculum Framework with students who have special needs and whose first language is other than English. This training is designed to improve the quality of assessment and instruction for these students and to decrease the number of inappropriate referrals to special education.
Graduate credit is available in all institutes

#7
Lesley College School of Education
Grade Levels: Elementary, Middle, and Secondary
Dates: July 6-10, 1999; follow-up: 3 days TBA
Location: Lesley College, Cambridge
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contacts: Maria de Lourdes Serpa, 617-349-8403; FAX: 617-349-8607
e-mail: mserpa@lesley.edu or
Solange de Azambuja. 617-349-8461
e-mail: slira@lesley.edu
5 days plus 3 follow-up sessions
5 graduate credits available from Lesley College

#8
Salem State College
Grade Levels: Elementary and Middle
Dates: July 26-30, 1999; follow-up: fall, 1999 and spring, 2000 TBA
Location: TBA; north of Boston; Salem State College
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Ellen M. Rintell, 978-542-6473; FAX: 978-542-7023
e-mail: ellen.rintell@salemstate.edu or
Jo-Anne Murphy, 978-825-0108; e-mail joanne@fcae.acast.nova.edu
5 days plus 3 follow-up sessions
5 graduate credits available from Salem State College

#9
Elms College
Grade Levels: Elementary and Middle
Dates: July 26-30, 1999; follow-up: 3 days, September, 1999-February, 2000 TBA
Location: Elms College, Chicopee
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Mary Claffey Janeczek, 413-594-2761 x 291 or Dorothy Molnar, x 361, or
Janet Stetson, x 290; FAX: 413-592-7270
e-mail: jstetson@javanet.com
5 days plus 3 follow-up sessions
5 graduate credits available from Elms College

#10
The Boston Writing Project
Grade Levels: Elementary and Middle
Dates: July 12-16, 1999; follow-up: September-December 1999 TBA
Location: UMass Boston
Registration: 26 spaces available
Contact: Judith Doherty, 617-287-7665; FAX: 617-287-7664
e-mail: doherty_J@umbsky.cc.umb.edu
5 days plus 4 follow up days
5 graduate credits available from the Continuing Education Department, UMass Boston

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Foreign Languages

#11
Spanish in the Elementary School: The Language, the Culture, the Methodology
New Salem/Wendell
Provider: UMass Amherst
Grade Level: Elementary
Dates: Session I: July 5-9, 12-16; 1999 Fall term: January 10-14, 2000
Spring term: February-May, 2000
Location: Department of Spanish & Portugese, UMass Amherst
Registration: 24 spaces available
Contact: Leonard Lubinsky
413-659-3337
e-mail: union28@massed.net

This institute views the classroom teacher as the key to successful integration of foreign language into the elementary curriculum. Goals for the institute include: language training focusing on the acquisition of communicative skills related to the Massachusetts Foreign Languages Framework; development of cultural competence to enhance participants' understanding of Spanish-speaking cultures; development of instructional and evaluation materials. Participants learn ways that collaborative links can be made with Spanish-speaking members of the community and other schools and teachers involved in the same enterprise.
10 days plus 5 follow-up sessions and school visits
6 credits available through UMass Amherst

#12
Literacy and Literature: French and Spanish
Wachusett Regional School District
Provider: Massachusetts Foreign Languages Association
Grade Levels: Elementary, Middle, and secondary
Dates: July 6-9, July 13-16, and July 19, 20 (French); July 12-23 (Spanish); Saturday sessions in October, 1999 January, March, May, 2000 TBA (French and Spanish); and visit to each participant's classroom during the year
Location: Wachusett High School, Holden
Registration: 40 spaces available
Contact: Michele Edelsberg
508-829-6771 ext. 263
e-mail: Michele_Edelsberg@mail.wachusett-rhs.wrsd.k12.ma.us

This institute, conducted in the target language, is designed for K-12 teachers of French and Spanish. It will include texts, literature, music, and film relevant to each of the four stages of proficiency in the revised Massachusetts Foreign Languages Framework. Participants will develop appropriate instructional units for each of the five Strands of the Framework, incorporate assessments and rubrics for the units, and maintain a personal portfolio.
10 days plus 3 follow-up sessions and school visits
Graduate credit from Salem State College in negotiation

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See also Institutes # 3 and 38

#13
Making Connections: Health Education Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School District and Spencer-East Brookfield Regional School District
Providers: Worcester State College and the American Cancer Society
Grade Levels: Elementary, Middle, and Secondary
Dates: August 16-20, October 1; December 7, 1999; February 4, April 7, and June 2, 2000
Location: Worcester State College; Worcester Prevention Center
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Maryanne Hammond
508-885-8539
e-mail: MaryanneMH@aol.com

This institute will prepare health educators to: align current curricula with the new Massachusetts Health Curriculum Framework; design instructional units that integrate content and skills delineated in the curriculum; assess academic progress of students utilizing the CCSSO/SCASS assessment for health education; evaluate the quality of comprehensive school health education programs; and advocate for evaluation of the health program in the district. Upon completion of the summer training, participants will have constructed a plan to implement the CCSSO/SCASS assessment as well as outlined a number of tasks to complete prior to the first follow-up meeting.
5 days plus 5 follow-up sessions
3 graduate credits available from Worcester State College

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See also Institute # 6

#14
Reading and Writing About History
Palmer Public Schools
Provider: Old Sturbridge Village
Grade Level: Elementary, Grades 4-6
Dates: July 26-30, 1999 and 5 follow-up dates TBA
Location: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge
Registration: 35 spaces available
Contact: Susan Kline
508-347-3362 x 284
Fax: 508-347-0263
e-mail: osved@osv.org

This institute is designed to engage teams of teachers in reading, writing, researching, and analyzing the history of late 18th to mid-19th century Massachusetts, New England, and the United States. Teachers will use primary sources, historical narratives, and artifacts of the early national period as they investigate the life histories of diverse New England individuals and their interaction with society.
5 days plus 5 follow-up sessions
6 graduate credits available from Worcester State College

#15
People of the Coast
Fall River Public Schools
Providers: Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies, Pandion Consulting, UMass Dartmouth
Grade Level: Middle
Dates: July 19-23, 1999 and 7 follow-up days TBA
Location: Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies, North Dartmouth
Registration: 26 spaces available
Contact: Alan Lee Hankin
508-993-8861
e-mail: alhankin@aol.com

The institute ties together history, social science, and environmental science through a series of field and classroom experiences. It involves an archaeological dig and is designed to increase participants' knowledge of native American and early colonial uses of the coastal environments in Massachusetts from approximately 2000 B. C. to the early 1800s. Using their field research, participants will prepare standards-based curriculum and assessments for classroom use.
5 days plus 7 follow-up sessions
3 graduate credits available from UMass Dartmouth

#16
Exploring the Causes and Consequences of the Industrial Revolution: An Interdisciplinary Institute for History, Science, and English Teacher Teams
Lowell Public Schools
Provider: Tsongas Industrial History Center, UMass Lowell
Grade Levels: Grades 7 and 8
Dates: Orientation-June 24, 9:00-12:00; August 16-20, October 1, 2, 5, 1999 (math teacher colleagues), March 2, 3, 2000 and 6 hours of in-school meeting or in-service time with Tsongas Center staff
Location: Tsongas Industrial History Center, Boott Cotton Mills, Lowell
Registration: 27 spaces available
Contact: Sheila Kirschbaum
978-970-5080
email: Sheila_Kirschbaum@uml.edu

Teams of history, English, and science teachers will examine the causes and consequences of the United States Industrial Revolution. Participants will learn about new economic and social systems, changes in the Lowell system resulting from competition and protest, immigration, the North-South economic interrelationship, abolitionism, the failure of compromises over slavery, literary responses to industrialization, and environmental effects of industrialization and urbanization.
1 orientation day, 5 days with year-long follow-up
Graduate credit available from UMass Lowell

#17
Portraits of a Port
New Bedford Public Schools
Provider: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Grade Levels: Middle and Secondary, Grades 7-10
Dates: June 26, July 19-30, August 26, 27 and October 23, November, 1999-February, 2000 TBA, April 22, 2000
Locations: New Bedford Whaling Museum and other New Bedford sites; Schooner Ernestina
Registration: 24 spaces available
Contact: Candace Lee Heald
508-997-0046 x 33
e-mail: N/A

This institute examines the social, demographic, technological, political, and economic dynamics of events over the span of two centuries in New Bedford. Participants will use the Whaling Museum's documentary resources; examine the historical environment of the community; explore archives of the New Bedford Free Public Library; work with experts in the field of immigration; and sail aboard the Schooner Ernestina to create a "tool box" of resources. They will then develop course units consistent with the History and Social Science Framework.
10 days plus 3 follow-up sessions.
3 graduate credits available from UMass Dartmouth

#18
Understanding and Mapping the World's Major Religions
Quabbin Regional School District
Providers: Massachusetts Global Education Consortium, Clark University
Grade Levels: Middle and Secondary
Dates: July 20-31; November 5, 6, 1999; February 2000 TBA
Location: Clark University, Worcester
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Mimi Stephens
e-mail: mstephens@clarku.edu

This institute will use an historical and geographic approach to prepare middle and high school educators to teach about world religions. The institute will provide detailed information on Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism; a smaller amount of time will be spent on Confucianism, Taoism, and Shintoism. The format includes lectures, group discussions, and field trips while focusing on the need for empathy and sensitivity when teaching about religion. Participants will develop original curricula.
10 days plus 3 follow-up sessions and school visits
Graduate credit available from Clark University

#19
China and Japan in the Massachusetts History and Social Science Framework
Quabbin Regional School District
Providers: Massachusetts Global Education Consortium, Clark University, Five College Center for East Asian Studies
Grade Levels: Middle and Secondary
Dates: August 2-6, August 9-13; 3 follow-up days TBA
Location: Clark University, Worcester
Registration: 25
Contact: Mimi Stephens
508-793-7696
e-mail: mstephens@clarku.edu

This institute will present Chinese history from the Han Era to the present and Japanese history from the Warring States Period through the present. Issues such as the importance of understanding the languages, geography, religions, and cultural views of east Asia as well as the relationship between China and Japan will be examined. Teachers will develop curricula based on information presented, and the History and Social Science Framework.
10 days plus 3 follow-up sessions and school visits
Graduate credit available from Clark University

#20
Yin-Yang: Reforms and Revolutions
Academy of Pacific Rim Charter School
Provider: Trinity Catholic High School
Grade Levels: Middle and Secondary
Dates: July 12-23; 4 days, September, 1999-May, 2000 TBA
Location: Trinity Catholic High School, Newton
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Weiping Wang
617-244-1841
e-mail: wangwb@bc.edu

This institute focuses on China and Japan and their development from traditional societies to powerful modern states. Using the analogy of "Yin" and "Yang," the institute aims to highlight the dynamic interactions between reforms and revolutions shaping monumental changes in east Asia. Through comparison and contrast, participants will gain insights into the differences and commonalities between China and Japan in the context of each country's arts and cultural and socio-economic development. Participants will design multidisciplinary curricula on Asia.
10 days plus 4 follow-up sessions
Graduate credit from Salem State College in negotiation

#21
Black Yankees: New England's Hidden Roots
Provider: Primary Source
Grade Levels: Elementary, Middle, and Secondary
Dates: June 5 orientation; July 6-16; 3 days in October, 1999; February, and April, 2000 TBA
Location: Bentley College, Waltham
Registration: 50 spaces available
Contact: Brande Martin
(617) 923-9933
e-mail: brande@primarysource.org

This institute is about African American intellectual history, traditions, and the evolution of community, 1750-1910. Topics to be covered include community building, literary and other artistic traditions, reforms and political activism, abolitionism, economics, and work of African Americans. Teams from schools are especially urged to apply; limited housing available.
10 days plus 3 follow-up sessions
3 graduate credits available from UMass Boston

#22
World History for Grade 10
Boston Public Schools
Provider: Northeastern University
Grade Level: Secondary, Grade 10
Dates: August 2-6, 9-13; 1 day in winter, 2000
Location: Northeastern University, Boston
Registration: 32 spaces available
Contact: Patrick Manning
617-373-4453
email: manning@neu.edu

The academic content in this institute covers periods in world history from 1800 to the present, material that would constitute the second year of a two-year Grades 9-10 world history sequence as recommended in the Massachusetts History and Social Science Framework. Experts in the field and classroom teachers will present morning sessions reviewing historical topics; in the afternoons, they will emphasize linkages in revolutionary change, resistance, technology and urbanization, conflict, ideologies, nationalism, and human rights. Participants will prepare and implement lessons and will collaborate on assessing and refining these units.
10 days plus 1 follow-up session
3 graduate credits available from Northeastern University

The following institutes align with the learning standards in the Mathematics and the Science and Technology Curriculum Frameworks and the goals of the Massachusetts state systemic initiave PALMS: Partnerships Advancing the Learning of Mathematics and Science.

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#23
Investigating Mathematics
Northborough Public Schools
Provider: Worcester State College
Grade Levels: Elementary
Dates: August 16-20; 4 days in June, 2000 with 8 follow-up sessions TBA
Location: Boston site for the August sessions; Northborough Public Schools for June sessions
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Antonio Fernandes or Barbara Haig
508-351-7048
508-351-7000 x 144
e-mail: Afernandes@northborough-southborough-schools.mec.edu
Bhaig@northborough-southborough-schools.mec.edu

Participants will focus on the Investigations in Number, Data, and Space curriculum and will explore number concepts and numerical relationships, visual and spatial problem solving in 2-D and 3-D geometry, data analysis, statistics, and problem-solving strategies. Activities will include strategies for classroom implementation using number, data , geometry, and change as topics. The institute will also examine the role of assessment and how assessment is aligned with curriculum.
9 days plus 3 full day follow-up sessions and 8 monthly after school meetings
Graduate credit from Worcester State College in negotiation

#24
TERC SummerInvestigations
Boston Public Schools
Provider: TERC
Grade Levels: Elementary (Grades 2 and 5)
Dates: July 1, 2, 6, 7, 8; October 8; November 13, 1999; January 21; March 11; May 6, June 26-28, 2000
Location: Northeastern University, Boston
Registration: 60 spaces available
Contact: Beverly Mawn
617-635-9419
e-mail: bmawn@boston.k12.ma.us

The institute is designed to prepare elementary (grades 2 and 5) teachers to implement the standards-based INVESTIGATIONS curriculum. The academic content reflects the mathematical, philosophical, and pedagogical foundations of the curriculum. Topics addressed include number sense, foundations of multiplication and division, addition and subtraction of whole numbers and fractions, 2-D and 3-D geometry. Grade 2 units focus on Coins, Coupons and Combinations, and Putting Together, Taking Apart while grade 5 units will explore Landmarks in the Thousands and Different Shapes, Equal Pieces.
8 days plus 5.5 follow-up sessions
Graduate credit: TBA

#25
Creating a Mathematics Standards-Based Learning Environment
South Middlesex School to Career Partnership
Provider: South Middlesex School to Career Partnership: Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton, and Natick
Grade Levels: Elementary and Middle
Dates: July 12-23 plus 3 follow-up days, Spring 2000 TBA
Location: Framingham State College, Framingham
Spaces available: 45 spaces available
Contact: Katherine Carroll Day
508-935-0204
e-mail: KCDay@jpkeefehs.org

The institute is designed for teachers who wish to study high quality standards-based mathematics curricula: Investigations (K-4) and Connected Mathematics Project (5-8). The groups will focus on key concepts such as numeration, measurement, geometry, statistics, probability, patterns and functions.
10 days plus 3 follow-up sessions
4 graduate credits available from Framingham State College

#26
Achieving Mathematical Power: Deepening Mathematical Understanding for Elementary Teachers
Acton Public Schools
Provider: Teachers 21/ Simmons College
Grade Levels: Elementary and Middle
Dates: July 26 - August 6 and June 26-27, 2000; September 30, October 14, December 2, 1999; April 6, 2000
Location: Raymond J. Grey Junior High School, Acton
Registration: 34 spaces available
Contact: Eileen Sullivan
978-264-4700
e-mail: Eileen_Sullivan@mail.ab.mec.edu

This institute will explore mathematical content using number sense, numeration and number theory, fractions and decimals, patterns and relationships, algebraic thinking, and geometry and measurement. Problem solving using geometric models in multi-dimensional shapes will be included. Other topics include perimeter, area, volume , angle measure, capacity, density, weight and mass. Emphasis will include standards-based content instruction, data analysis and assessment.
12 days plus 4 follow-up sessions
8 graduate credits available from Simmons College

#27
Measuring Understanding Sandwich Public Schools
Provider: Sandwich Public Schools
Grade Level: Middle
Dates: June 28-July 2, July 13-17; October 23, November 20, 1999; January 8, February 12, and March 11, 2000
Location: Sandwich High School, Sandwich
Registration: 18 spaces available
Contact: Jane MacDonald
508-888-1054 x 12
e-mail: janemac@massed.net

This institute explores the CMP ( Connected Mathematics Project) standards-based curriculum using hands-on laboratory activities and content instruction. Topics include shapes and design, measurement, area and perimeter, 3-D measurement, similarity and congruence and the Pythagorean Theorem, slope, area, and irrational numbers.
10 days plus 5 follow-up sessions
Graduate credit available from Salem State College

#28
Integrating Standards-Based and Inquiry-Based Curriculum in Math and Science
Wareham Public Schools
Provider: Center for Collaborative Education
Grade Level: Middle
Dates: July 12-16, July 19-23; October 15, 1999; February 10 and April 3, 2000
Location: Wareham Middle School, Wareham
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Laura Chesson
617-421-0134
e-mail: Laura_Chesson@ccebos.org

Participants will study standards-based mathematics and science programs (Mathscapes, Connected Math and Event-Based Science) and how to integrate these programs to increase student learning through real-life applications. Key concepts include mathematical modeling using algebraic equations, statistics, functions and graphs. Other concepts in science include motion (laws of motion, force, friction, inertia), earth science (plate tectonics, seismology, structure of the earth, rock cycle), and immunology (cell structure, bacteria, viruses, epidemiology). Teachers will receive classroom sets of two units, as well as manipulatives that will be necessary to implement the units in their classrooms, and teachers' editions of six other units.
10 days plus 3 follow-up sessions

#29
Extending Statistics and Probability Content Knowledge by Exploring Middle and High School Exemplary Curricula
North River Collaborative
Provider: North River Collaborative and Southeast PALMS Coalition
Grade Levels: Middle and Secondary
Dates: August 2-6 and 9-13, 1999 plus 3 follow-up sessions TBA
Location: Bridgewater State College
Spaces available: 25 spaces available
Contact: Patricia Maley
781-878-6056 x 101
e-mail: patmaley@aol.com

This institute will extend participants' content knowledge in statistics and probability, and help them apply concepts using standards-based curriculum materials including CMP, STEM, Mathscape and SIMMS. Mathematical concepts include: theoretical and experimental probability, samples and populations, graphing, design and implementation of investigations, systematic data collection and analysis, forecasts and predictions, correlation vs. causation, combinations and permutations.
10 days plus 3 follow-up sessions
3 graduate credits from Bridgewater State College

#30
Algebra in the Connected Mathematics Program
Nantucket Public Schools
Provider: Northeastern University
Grade Levels: Middle and Secondary
Dates: July 26-30 plus 5 follow-up sessions TBA
Location: Cyrus Peirce Middle School, Nantucket
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Patricia Haley
508-228-7283 or 508-228-4973 (July)
e-mail: haley@massed.net or haley@nantucket.net

The institute will prepare teachers for implementing the Connected Mathematics Program (CMP) as well as other standards-based materials. Participants will study five CMP units in depth focusing on key concepts including: patterns and functions, using data, tables and charts, quadratic and exponential models, other types of nonlinear equations and models. Technology such as graphing calculators, CBL, CBR and software will be used.
5 days plus 5 follow-up sessions
3 graduate credits available from Salem State College

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#31
Science and Math in the Schoolyard
Norton Public Schools
Provider: Massachusetts Audubon Society
Grade Level: Elementary
Dates: July 12-23; 4 days in October, 1999 January, March, and May, 2000 TBA
Location: Norton Elementary School, Norton
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Richard Zusman
508-285-0104
e-mail: Zusman@massed.net

This institute will increase participants' knowledge of life science and mathematics concepts using standards-based curricula: STC, FOSS and Growlab. Participants will collect, and interpret data from outdoor habitats found around schools. Field trips to the Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary and North Attleboro Fish Hatchery as well as schoolyards of three elementary schools will provide the outdoor classroom habitats.
10 days plus 4 follow-up sessions
4 graduate credits from Framingham State College

#32
Getting Physical in Science Class
Marblehead Public Schools
Providers: Tufts University, Northeastern University, and Northern Essex Community College
Grade Levels: Elementary and Middle
Dates: August 2-19, 1999; 3 follow-up sessions in January, February, and March, 2000 TBA
Location: Marblehead High School, Marblehead
Registration: 26 spaces available
Contact: Mark Greenman
781-639-3135 or Fax 781-639-3149
e-mail: greenman@marblehead.com

This physical science content institute is designed for K-9 teachers who wish to learn physical science content in physics, chemistry and earth science. The academic content in physics is centered on key concepts of motion, changes in motion, force and energy. jdoherty@massed.netIn chemistry, the focus is on the particle model of matter, physical and chemical properties, physical and chemical changes, solutions, acids, bases, simple chemical nomenclature and reactions. The earth science component will concentrate on the rock cycle, plate tectonics, the earth in space and the interplay between the earth, ocean and atmosphere.
14 days plus 3 follow-up sessions
Graduate credit TBA

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The Dynamic Earth
Cambridge Public Schools
Provider: Museum of Science, Boston
Grade Level: Middle
Dates: July 12-23, 1999 plus 5 follow-up days TBA
Location: Museum of Science, Boston and selected field sites
Registration: 20 spaces available
Contact: Henry Robinson
617-589-0361
email: hrobinson@mos.org

Participants will focus on interactions and cycles in the earth system including the rock and water cycle, rocks and minerals, weathering, erosion, landform formations and the geology of the Charles River Basin. The institute will use the exhibits, collections, and staff resources at the Museum of Science. Group work, experiments, application of technology and field experiences are planned in the Cambridge and Boston region to reinforce connections to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks in Science and Technology.
10 days plus 5 follow-up sessions
Graduate credit available from Fitchburg State College

#34
Inquiry Based Science Instruction Using FAST 2 (Foundational Approaches in Science Teaching) Program
Reading Public Schools
Provider: University of Hawaii
Grade Levels: Middle
Dates: August 9-20 plus 3 follow-up sessions TBA
Location: Walter S. Parker Middle School, Reading
Registration: 24 spaces available
Contact: John Doherty
781-942-9158
e-mail: jdoherty@massed.net

Participants will study the FAST 2 curricula, focusing on matter and energy in the biosphere. This standards-based curricula provides a comprehensive background in the biological and physical sciences for middle school science teachers. It emphasizes the development of concepts and skills for teachers to implement this curriculum. Using laboratory and field investigations, teachers will study the transfer of matter and energy through ecosystems as well as investigate the nature of light, atomic structure of matter and the kinetic molecular model of matter. Each teacher who attends will receive the complete FAST 2 curriculum. PLEASE NOTE: THE FAST 1 PROGRAM IS NOT A PREREQUISITE TO THE FAST 2 PROGRAM. ANY TEACHER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THIS INSTITUTE.
10 days plus 3 follow-up sessions
3 graduate credits available from the University of Hawaii

#35
SEA Connections
New Bedford Public Schools
Providers: UMass Dartmouth, Schooner Ernestina Commission, Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies, Pandion Consulting
Grade Level: Middle
Dates: July 26-30, August 2-6; 2 sessions: December, 1999 and May, 2000
Locations: Schooner Ernestina, New Bedford, UMass Dartmouth and Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies
Registration: 20 spaces available
Contact: Alan Lee Hankin
508-993-8861
e-mail: alhankin @aol.com

This institute provides content instruction in marine science including characteristics, diversity, adaptation and reproduction of organisms, ecosystems studies, and designing an investigation using in-depth explorations of marine biology, ecology, environmental science and oceanography. Laboratory, field and classroom examinations of the aquatic world in the labs of UMass Dartmouth and at the Lloyd Center will be followed by an on-water experience aboard the 104-year-old Schooner Ernestina.
10 days plus 2 follow-up sessions
Graduate credit available from UMass Dartmouth

#36
Introduction to the Aquatic Environment
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District
Provider: Bridgewater State College
Grade Level: Middle
Dates: August 9-13; September 19, October 16, November 6, December 4, 1999
Location: New England Aquarium, Boston
Registration: 24 spaces available
Contact: David Chuckran
508-697-6902 x 267
e-mail: chuckran@massed.net

The institute is designed to help educators understand the aquatic environment with emphasis on the following topics: currents modifying the climate, heat storage and release, reservoir for nutrients, minerals and dissolved gases, and life form modifications. Participants will spend a full week at the New England Aquarium Teacher Resource Center and have full access to materials and exhibits. Multicellular organisms in the aquatic environment will also be studied. Open-ended and open-response questions using concept maps will be developed.
5 days plus 4 follow-up days
Graduate credit available from Bridgewater State College

#37
Conservation and Transmission of Energy Using Engineering Problem-Solving Concepts
Worcester Polytechnic Institute/Massachusetts Academy
Provider: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Grade Levels: Middle and Secondary
Dates: July 18-24 with sessions in October, 1999 and March, 2000 TBA
Location: Massachusetts Academy/Worcester Polytechnic Institute Campus, Worcester
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Pauline Lamarche or Jacklyn Bonneau
508-831-5859
e-mail: lamarche@wpi.edu or bonneau@wpi.edu

Participants will study energy conservation using a problem-solving technique developed by Dartmouth College. Investigations include electromagnetic radiation, electricity, and heat in a closed system, taught through designing a conservation device. Other academic content includes the transmission of energy using investigations related to mass, nature of material, and environment. Project materials for implementation will be available.
7 days plus 2 follow-up sessions
Graduate credit available from Worcester Polytechnic Institute/Worcester State College

#38
EnviroNet and HealthNet: Using Telecommunications To Promote Interdisciplinary Science and Health Investigations
South Coast Educational Collaborative
Provider: Simmons College
Grade Level: Middle
Dates: July 6-9, 12-14; 3 sessions in September, 1999, February, and May TBA
Location: Simmons College, Boston
Registration: 24 spaces available
Contact: Randi Lite, HealthNet Director
617-521-2660
e-mail: goodrich@scecoll.org; lite@sun.simmons.edu

Participants will explore the powerful telecommunications network of the EnviroNet and HealthNet. These monitoring websites integrate elements of the Curriculum Frameworks in mathematics, science, and health as well as English language arts. Key concept objectives include: using a website for monitoring and using real time data related to hygiene, exercise and the food chain. Environmental projects in life science are related to EnviroNet's Bird Watch, Acid Rain and Road Kill Projects. Other topics include: data collection, elementary quantitative analysis, content and implementation of the HealthNet and EnviroNet projects.
7 days plus 3 follow-up sessions
4 graduate credits available from Simmons College

#39
Project SEED (Science Education through Experiments & Demonstrations)
Quincy Public Schools
Provider: Northeastern University
Grade Levels: Middle and Secondary
Dates: May 26 (half-day pre-workshop session), July 5-15 ( SEED A), July 19-29 (SEED B), SEED A and B: November 3, 1999 and March 20, 2000
Location: Northeastern University, Boston
Registration: 16 spaces available for SEED A and 16 spaces for SEED B
Contact: Michelle Gaudette
617-373-8388
e-mail: seed@lynx.neu.edu

Two SEED programs will be offered. SEED A will focus on physical science topics including force, pressure, buoyancy, simple machines, and the laws of motion. Other topics include length, time, mass, area, volume, and density. SEED B will build on concepts learned in SEED A and explore new concepts including: the earth as a planet, mixtures and compounds, temperature and heat, optics, sound, electricity, and magnetism. The institute is an inquiry/activity-based science/mathematics program with a focus on the physical sciences and a strong connection to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks in Mathematics and Science & Technology and the National Science Education Standards. Standards-based curricula will be used from FACETS, SEPUP, FOSS, and STC.
8 days for SEED A and 8 days for SEED B plus 2 follow-up sessions for each program
4 quarter hours of graduate credit or 10 CEUs from Northeastern University

#40
Project SEED (Science Education through Experiments & Demonstrations)
Lowell Public Schools
Provider: Northeastern University
Grade Levels: Middle and Secondary
Dates: May 26 (half-day pre-workshop session), July 5-15; November 3, 1999
and March 20, 2000
Location: Northeastern University, Boston
Registration: 16 spaces available
Contact: Michelle Gaudette
617-373-8388
e-mail: seed@lynx.neu.edu

Participants will explore SEED A concepts: length, time, mass, area, volume, density, force, pressure, buoyancy, work and energy (via simple machines), and the laws of motion. The institute is an inquiry/activity-based science/mathematics program with a focus on the physical sciences and a strong connection to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks in Mathematics and Science & Technology. Using a variety of measurement activities and the appropriate mathematics, learners will explore standards-based activities from FACETS, SEPUP, STC and FOSS.
8 days plus 2 follow-up sessions
4 quarter hours graduate credit or 10 CEUs from Northeastern University

#41 Bridging the Gap: Curriculum to Understanding
Holyoke Public Schools
Provider: UMass Amherst
Grade Levels: Middle and Secondary
Dates: July 6-9, 12-16, 19-21; 2 days in October and December, 1999 TBA
Location: William J. Dean Vocational Technical High School, Holyoke
Spaces available: 24 spaces available
Contact: John Mahoney
413-534-2012
e-mail: claflinc@hss.holyoke.ma.us

This institute is designed to help teachers develop conceptual understanding of motion through inquiry-based activities involving velocity, speed, mass, friction, gravity, energy conservation. Graphic representations of motion (graphing and analysis) and structures of force will be studied.
12 days plus 2 follow-up sessions
3 graduate credits available from UMass

#42
The Cambridge-Somerville High School Initiative
Somerville Public Schools
Provider: Harvard University
Grade Level: Secondary
Dates: July 19-23 plus follow-up sessions TBA
Location: Harvard University, Cambridge
Registration: 24 spaces available
Contact: Joseph Pignatiello
617-625-6600 ext. 6285 or Fax: 617-629-4763
e-mail: walczak@aol.com

This institute will provide content in AP biology for teachers using hands-on laboratory courses. Field trips to the Harvard microscopy facility are also planned. Participants will be offered three different topics to explore through formal laboratory courses. Topics include PCR technology, DNA sequencing and typing, Internet access and retrieval of public DNA sequences, cloning whole organisms, genetic and neurological degenerative diseases, and emerging antibiotic-resistant pathogens. The institute will provide afternoon laboratory study in molecular biology, cell biology and microscopy.
5 days plus follow-up sessions in the year 2000
Graduate credit pending

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#43
The Design Process: Light, Color, and Energy
Cambridge Public Schools
Provider: MIT Museum
Grade Levels: Middle and Secondary
Dates: July 20-22, 27-29; September 25, October 21, November 3, 1999 and January 27, March 1, March 23, April 8, and May 6, 2000
Location: MIT Museum, Cambridge
Registration: 25 spaces available
Contact: Melanie Barron
617-349-6790
e-mail: observe@aol.com

This science content institute will address the design process and understanding and using technology in society. Using the MIT Museum's current and future exhibits, workshop participants will study strobe photography, holograms, and the design of automated underwater vehicles to deepen their content understanding of light, color, energy, and the design process. Teachers will develop materials, strategies, activities and challenges to enable their students to: identify appropriate problems for technological design; design a solution or a product; implement the proposed design; and, evaluate the completed design or product.
6 days plus 8 follow-up sessions
4 graduate credits available from Framingham State College

#44
Technology Education Through Action Research and Classroom Practice
Agawam Public Schools
Provider: Springfield Technical Community College, Northeast Center for Telecommunication Technology, Westfield State College, Hampshire Educational Collaborative
Grade Levels: Middle and Secondary
Dates: July 6-9, 12-16; September 25, October 23, November 20, 1999
Location: Agawam High School, Agawam; Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield
Registration: 20 spaces available
Contact: John T. Burns
413-821-0542
e-mail: jtburns@massed.net

This institute will provide participants with hands-on design technology exploration in electronics, photonics, fiber optics, computer networking and wireless communication. The focus will be on emergent technology design issues such as digital electronics, bar codes, environmental safety, and total internal reflection. Classroom applications using these technologies and assessment strategies will also be developed.
9 days plus 3 follow-up sessions
Graduate credit under negotiation

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#45
Regional Alliance Institute
PALMS Principals Institute for Reform in Mathematics and Science Classrooms
Funded by the Regional Alliance for Math and Science Education (TERC)
Coordinated by Central Massachusetts PALMS
Providers: EDC, TERC, and Wheelock College
Grade Levels: Elementary and Middle
Dates: August 24-25, 1999
Location: Hoagland Pincus Center, UMass Shrewsbury
Registration: 30 spaces available
Contact: Mary Wermers
508-856-5348
e-mail: mary.wermers@banyan.ummed.edu

This 2-day institute is designed to help principals and administrators with professional development in mathematics and science education, and will enable them to acquire a deeper understanding of education reform, standards-based classroom curricula and implications for supervision. Effective classroom strategies for teaching, assessing and supervising will also be explored.
2 day institute

#46
Raytheon/University of Massachusetts Engineering Institute
Provider: University of Massachusetts
Funded by Raytheon and the University of Massachusetts
Grade Level: Secondary
Dates: 5 days TBA
Location: Summer institute at Worcester location with follow-up sessions at 5 campuses of UMass system
Registration: 50 spaces available-teams of 10-12 educators
Contact: Kate Harrington
617-287-7046
e-mail: kharrington@email.umassp.edu

The 5 campuses of the University of Massachusetts, with support from Raytheon Corporation, offer a summer institute for high school teachers of science and technology. High School teachers, university faculty and engineers from Massachusetts businesses will form teams to create, test and evaluate project-based modules for learning based on the Mathematics and Science & Technology Curriculum Frameworks. The 5-day institute will initially focus on identifying current curriculum resources and areas for further development. During the following year, the teams will refine the modules, test them in classrooms and share evidence of their effectiveness in supporting science and technology learning. This summer's Engineering Institute will become the basis for partnerships and an interchange of events among schools, UMass campuses and high technology businesses.
5 days plus follow-up sessions

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#47
Project MEET Teacher Summer Institutes
Grade Levels: Elementary, Middle, and Secondary (restricted to Project MEET grant recipients)
Locations and Dates
Middle School Meline Kasparian Professional Development Center, Springfield Public Schools, Springfield July 12-16, 1999 Middle School Framingham State College, Framingham July 26-30, 1999
Elementary School Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater August 16-20, 1999
High School -Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater August 23-27, 1999
Registration: Registration is limited to school-based teams selected as part of the Project MEET grants program.
Contact: Kurt Paul, WGBH, 617-492-2777, x 3879
WGBH
e-mail: kurt_paul@wgbh.org

These 1-week summer institutes will train school-based teams of teachers to use the Internet as a tool for inquiry-based curriculum development, teacher and student research, project-based instruction, and publication of teacher and student work. Teacher teams will design and develop a technology-rich curriculum unit aligned to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.

#48
Project MEET Institute for Technology Professional Development Specialists
Grade Levels: Elementary, Middle, and Secondary (restricted to Project MEET grant recipients)
Dates: June 28-July 2, 1999
Location: Meline Kasparian Professional Development Center, Springfield Public Schools, Springfield Registration: Registration is limited to Technology Professional Development specialists selected as part of the Project MEET grants program.
Contact: Alan Feldman, TERC, 617-873-9633
e-mail: alan_feldman@terc.ord

Technology Professional Development specialists will develop leadership, curriculum integration, and planning skills. These skills will enable them to understand and use models of technology professional development that support school reform and align to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. Strategies that will be examined include: principles of curriculum development, universal design, and effective technology integration, co-teaching, coaching, effective workshop skills, and systems thinking.
Follow-up will occur 2 days per month during the school year.

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#49
Scoring for English Language Arts in the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education/Advanced Systems
Grade Levels: Elementary, Middle, and Secondary
Dates and Locations: July 6-10, 1999, Sheraton Tara, Framingham
July 19-23, Mont Marie Conference Center, Holyoke
July 26-30, Colonial Hilton, Lynnfield
Registration: 300 spaces available in each session, 100 for each grade level
Contact: Advanced Systems - MCAS Support Services, 1-800-737-5103
e-mail: dcarter@asme.com

In this institute participants will learn to evaluate and score the compositions written by students during the spring 1999 administration of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) test in English Language Arts. Participants will receive training to score compositions from students in Grades 4, 8, and 10 and will gain information and skills to improve their teaching and evaluation of writing. They will also become part of a network of teachers who can serve as writing resources for their local schools and the state.
5 days, no follow-up sessions
Professional Development Points will be awarded; graduate credit not available; Stipend provided; mileage, travel, and lodging expenses will not be reimbursed.

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