West Virginia Teachers in 22 Kanawha County Schools to Attend Carnegie Learning® Math Academy

PITTSBURGH--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--More than 150 middle school, ninth grade, and special education teachers from 22 schools in Kanawha County near Charleston, West Virginia will participate in five days of intensive math content training delivered by Carnegie Learning. The program is part of Kanawha County Schools’ 2010 professional development objective to help prepare students for high school mathematics.

“Kanawha County takes our teachers seriously. We have dedicated, hard-working teachers and are very excited to support them with a week of professional development with meaningful and rich content.”

Teachers will participate in Carnegie Learning® Developing Algebraic Thinking, one of six Carnegie Learning® Math Academies designed to deepen teacher understanding of math and to provide the experience of learning math in a student-centered classroom. These five-day academies create a targeted learning experience in specific content areas and grade levels to give teachers a better understanding of the connection between early math concepts and algebraic thinking.

Carnegie Learning® Developing Algebraic Thinking addresses key algebra concepts including analyzing mathematical tasks; the meaning of fractions, equivalent fractions, and comparing and ordering fractions; and ratio, rates, and proportional reasoning.

“I look forward to seeing the math teachers of Kanawha County come together at the Carnegie Learning Content Academy,” said Crystal J. Godbey, mathematics 6-12 curriculum specialist for Kanawha County Schools. “Kanawha County takes our teachers seriously. We have dedicated, hard-working teachers and are very excited to support them with a week of professional development with meaningful and rich content.”

In addition to five days of instruction, Carnegie Learning will deliver 40 days of In-Classroom Support following the course, providing 1:1 instruction to help teachers transfer instructional practices from the academy to the classroom. In-Classroom Support also focuses on curricula implementation fidelity, classroom management, program monitoring, and data-driven instruction.

Carnegie Learning Managers of School Partnerships (MSPs) observe classrooms and labs, provide relevant feedback to teachers based on the Carnegie Learning Standards-Based Implementation Rubric, make specific recommendations to teachers and school leaders to strengthen implementations, and help them to analyze report data to support accountability.

Carnegie Learning® Math Curricula are adopted in West Virginia and are currently implemented in Barber, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Doddridge, Jackson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Marshall, Mason, Mingo, Nicholas, Ohio, Putnam, Summers, and Wayne County Schools in the state.

About Carnegie Learning, Inc. (www.carnegielearning.com)

Carnegie Learning, Inc. is a leading publisher of innovative, research-based math curricula for middle school, high school, and post-secondary students. Our curricula – Bridge to Algebra, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and Integrated Math programs – provide differentiated instruction to 500,000 students in nearly 2600 schools in the U.S., helping them to succeed in math as a gateway to graduation and preparation for the 21st century workforce. Carnegie Learning® Blended Math Curricula integrate interactive software, text, and collaborative classroom activity for core, full-year math instruction. Carnegie Learning® Adaptive Math Curricula Solutions feature Cognitive Tutor® Software that may be customized for Response to Intervention programs. All solutions are supported by Carnegie Learning® Professional Development Services. In independent studies, Carnegie Learning® Curricula consistently show significant effects on student learning resulting in improved math achievement. Based in Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Learning was founded by cognitive and computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University in conjunction with veteran mathematics teachers.