Spring 2012

• EDCI 5830: Math Content and Leadership

This course was designed specifically for participants of the UConn Math Leadership Academy. Prerequisites are EDCI 5830: Math Pedagogy and Leadership; EDCI 5830: Curriculum Laboratory: Content and Pedagogy, and Math 5800: Algebraic and Proportional Reasoning for Secondary Teaching. This course is the final in set of four courses. The main focus of this course is integrate participant's knowledge from the summer and fall MLA courses and apply it to this course as part of a collaborative math leadership community within and across school districts. Teachers will continue to gain in-depth knowledge of proportional and algebraic reasoning; strengthen ability to analyze and interpret related student work; and develop pedagogical strategies to support related student learning.

The following link contains more details about UConn MLA: Math Leadership Academy.


• 2012 MLA Conference

MLA teachers will lead this exciting conference that will highlight their activities throughout the school year. These teachers have been involved with UConn in an intensive training program in mathematics content, pedagogy, and leadership. The teacher-leaders will offer several sessions including a special session featuring a "live" model of collaborative leadership. Program and sessions descriptions, as well as online registration are available at the 2012 MLA Conference website.



MLA Featured articles

The Hartford Courant (link may no longer be available) featured an article about our MLA summer work.
This is a link to another article realted to MLA that was published in the Vernon Patch.
Pictures have been posted on the Neag School of Education official facebook page.