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Mathematics
Welcome to the Title III Mathematics Team section! Here, you will
find updates, meeting minutes, and important resources for educators to
address the needs of the developmental level student population here at
DeAnza College.
If you're looking for the meeting minutes, don't forget to scroll
down to the bottom of this page to find these important documents!
Updates
- June, 2009--
The team continued to meet throughout the quarter. Main work consisted
of planning which interventions to track, designing a successful
retreat, recruiting new permanent and interim members of the Title III
Math Team, and providing input on the July 16, 2009 developmental
education retreat. More details can be found by contacting the Activity
Director, Gregory Anderson.
- May 13, 2009--
Job Descriptions for replacements for Bambhania and Fink were prepared
for recruiting committee. Due to the upcoming Title III audit, team
members will need to submit participation hours. Research and Assessment
discussions included a look at current ongoing interventions,
especially in Enable Math and MPS, and the challenges faced by these
programs due to funding reductions. The team may look at trying to
invigorate Enable Math. Guest Andrew Lamanque will explore individual
student progress after completion of developmental classes.
- May 6, 2009 -- Team discussions revolved around
charting the committee's progress and developing the job description for
Barbara's replacement.
- April 29, 2009 -- Gregory led a team of 10 from
various campus divisons to the BSI Regional Meeting. Veronica was one of
the attendees along with representatives from Language Arts,
Counseling, Senior Adminstration, Instruction, and Student Services.
Gregory and Veronica reported on the BSI Regional Meeting. They both
validated the fact that a lot of good is being done on DeAnza campus,
but the efforts here need to be more cohesive and have greater
continuity. Gregory noted that the transformative experiences of
learning about other college's efforts as well as recent intensive staff
training have made a positive impact. Veronica shared that MPS
promises exciting possibilities but is intensive. Rotating among
programs might be valuable to prevent burnout. Discussions ensued about
Math faculty spending more time in the lab. Recruiting for Barbara's
replacement is to begin.
- April 22, 2009 -- The Team looked ahead to the
upcoming BSI Regional Meeting which Veronica will attend, the Math
Retreat (Fran Lathers), and the Teaching & Learning Conference
(Diand Mathios will be presenting). Charting the committee's progress
was begun. Suba Marti will research the transition to Math My Way at
Foothill.
- April 8, 2009 -- This meeting was the kickoff
meeting for this new Spring quarter. Herminio Hernando is now on PDL
and his replacement is Veronica Avila. Team members gave updates on
each of their projects: TA pilot project, the Math Department Retreat,
the Teaching and Learning Conference, and the modules project. Carolyn
Keen, Title III Project Director, also was in attendance at this
meeting, and provided valuable feedback and questions for the group to
move forward with.
- March 11, 2009 -- Barbara Illowsky was the guest at
the 03/11/09 meeting. Her expertise and passion for developmental
level math infused the Title III Math Team with lots of new ideas and
energy! Illowsky reported on the findings of her pilot project and
shared her experiences and challenges regarding tutoring and student
outcomes.
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March 4, 2009 – With two guests at this week's
meeting, Jerry Rosenberg (current Division Dean) and Anne Leskinen
(former Division Dean), many hot topics were discussed. The
developments in the Math Modules was shared by Anne, as she prepares to
pilot her idea in the Summer. With a Counseling representative as an
important part of the Title III Math Team, a dialogue was initiated to
figure out better ways for the Counseling Department and Mathematics
Department to collaborate.
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February 25, 2009 – The Math Team is currently
working on organizing a Math Faculty Retreat covering various topics
regarding Developmental Math Basic Skills students from content, to
pedagogy, to relevant issues in Math Education. In addition, we are also
in the process of hiring a Supervisor for the Math and Science Tutorial
Center to provide strong leadership for programming and innovation. The
Math Modules initiative, a computerized adapted learning tool, is
currently underway with the leadership of Anne Leskinen, who has
received tremendous support and interest from the Math department and
faculty. Also, the Teaching & Learning Conference Committee has held
their first meeting; time, location and content discussions were
started. To also enhance transparency efforts, all necessary documents
will be reviewed, revised and posted to the Title III website.
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February 18, 2009 – Diana Alves de Lima was the
guest of this week’s meeting. The purpose of her visit was to share with
her, the progress and initiatives of the Title III Math Team. Diana
also provided valuable feedback and suggestions for ways to improve and
enhance the projects currently in the works. Discussed in detail was the
role and charge of the Team.
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February 11, 2009 – During this meeting, a Teaching
and Learning Conference Title III Math Representative was chosen—Barbara
Fink will lead the efforts this quarter and Doli Bambhania will take
over in the Spring. Doli also shared her progress with regards to her
interventions in the classroom. She has observed progress in student
work, although challenges still exist regarding student “buy-in” and
self confidence.
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February 4, 2009 – Anne Leskinen was the guest of
this week’s meeting. The purpose of her visit was to share with the Team
her idea of utilizing a computerized adapted learning tool or module
for developmental Math students. This tool will help to troubleshoot
each student individual needs and adapt a module for the students to
remedy the holes that exists with each students’ unique abilities in
math.
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January 28, 2009 – The Math Department Retreat will
be funded by Title III. Jefferson and Loraine will be in charge of
organizing and coordinating this retreat. Initial discussions began also
to conduct a qualitative study of the tutors serving students in S43.
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January 14, 2009 – Jefferson informed the group of
the results from Lenore Desilets class when her students used an online
module before the start of the quarter; 80% of those who completed the
module were passing with an A or B. Doli updated the group regarding
responses from the teaching assistant program where a former student
will be utilized as a tutor within the classroom setting. Barbara
informed the group that the cohort of EnableMath for next year with Anne
is on track.
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January 6, 2009 – The role of the Title III Math
Team was discussed. It was confirmed that there will be compensation for
three quarters of work beginning this Winter 2009. One of the first
projects will be a developmental math sequence for 3 consecutive
quarters beginning in the Spring 2009.
Math Team Meeting Minutes
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