Teachers are strongly encouraged to take advantage of additional opportunities through involvement in PCMI's Professional Development and Outreach groups. These groups, based at cooperating university sites around the country, meet regularly throughout the school year and are usually composed of (although not limited to) teachers living in the same geographic region of the country. Other PDO groups may be formed from common professional interests, rather than geographic proximity, and would utilize technology for virtual meetings.
Teachers in the PDO groups meet regularly to
- deepen their understanding of mathematics,
- develop their skills in and understandings of effective teaching of mathematics,
- prepare professional development workshops for high school teachers and conference presentations.
The classic PDO group is facilitated by a cooperating university or college faculty person.
Professional Development and Outreach groups currently active:
- PDO facilitator(s) in italics
Boston University, Boston, MA (PROMYS for TEACHERS); Glenn Stevens, ghs@bu.edu
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA; Darryl Yong, http://www.math.hmc.edu/pdo
Math for America, New York City, NY; Jon Schweig – Program Director, jon@mathforamerica.org, Kelly Gaddis ( Bard College), Joe Malkevitch (York College/CUNY), website: http://www.mathforamerica.org/outreach
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM; Susana Salamanca-Riba, ssalaman@nmsu.edu
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; Joanne Becker; website: http://www.math.sjsu.edu/sfbapdog
St. Peter’s College, Jersey City, NJ; Brian Hopkins, bhopkins@spc.edu
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Harvey Keynes, Keynes@math.umn.edu
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Peter Trapa, website: http://www.math.utah.edu/teacherscircle
University of Washington, Seattle, WA; James King, king@math.washington.edu
Utah State University; Brynja Kohler, brynja.kohler@usu.edu
Alumni groups:
California State University at San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA
Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA
Duke University, Durham, NC
Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Ross Summer Mathematics Program for Teachers)
Purdue University; West Lafayette, IN
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
Rice University, Houston, TX
Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
Rutgers University-Newark Campus, Newark, NJ
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
University of Michigan at Dearborn, Dearborn, MI
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
PCMI is always interested in forming new Professional Development and Outreach groups and invites teachers or university faculty to consider forming such a group for future involvemenet in PCMI. Groups of 5-10 teachers and 1-2 university support persons are invited to apply.
Groups interested in applying should contact Catherine Giesbrecht, PCMI Program Administrator, at 609-734-8290 or by email: giesbrec@ias.edu.