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Consortium Goals

  • Provide professional development opportunities to improve mathematics and science education
  • Provide standards-based activities in mathematics and science
  • Provide mathematics and science site-based assistance to consortium schools
  • Partner with Yavapai College to provice a mobile science and mathematics lab
  • Provide parent, student, and community workshops related to mathematics and science
  • Serve as a mathematics and science resource center for consortium schools
  • Develop collaborative efforts with other groups to improve mathematics and science education
  • Promote student enhancement programs in mathematics and science

Consortium Objectives

  • To identify, select, and train teachers to serve as trainers and mathematics and science resource personnel in each district.
  • To expand and improve pre-service training, in-service training, and re-training of teachers in the fields of mathematics, science, and technology applications.
  • To train teachers in instructional use of computer, video, and other technologies as part of their mathematics, science, and technology applications training.
  • To assist teachers in further incorporating higher order analytical and problem-solving skills as an instructional methodology.
  • To provide teachers with incentives to undertake projects for the improvement of their teaching and development of more effective instructional materials.
  • To develop collaborative efforts with higher education, private foundations, and other private and community resources.
  • To make site-based assistance available to member schools in mathematics, science, and technology applications.
  • To serve as a mathematics and science resource center for member schools

Three Major Emphases


Delivering quality comprehensive standards-based professional development including pre-service and in-service training of teachers in the fields of mathematics, science, and technology.

Developing collaborative efforts with schools, higher education, private foundations, state agencies, and private and community agencies that share common goals.

Serving as a regional team that identifies common areas of need and focuses on specific strategies that improve the teaching of mathematics and science and ultimately the quality of our educational product--the student.

Broad Goals for 2010-11

The following broad goals for 2010-11 were established along with the related action plans:

1.

Promote Student Enhancement Programs in Mathematics and Science

a)

Cosponsor the Yavapai County Math Contest with ERAU, NAU, and Yavapai College

b)

Cosponsor the County Science Day with Yavapai College, ERAU and Yavapai County Tech Prep Consortium

c)

Sponsor an annual AP Calculus and AP Statistics Camp during the spring with assistance from other partnership organizations.

d)

Cosponsor the County 6th Grade Math Challenge with the Arizona Association of Teachers of Mathematics (AATM)

e)

Promote the Arizona Science Fair
  f)

Promote and encourage formation of mathematics and science clubs

g)

Promote the Tri City Prep Mathematics Day for grades 6-8

2.

Maintain Systems of Communication which promote Mathematics and Science
  a)

Hold quarterly Advisory Board Meeting to provide networking opportunities and sharing of information.

b)

Distribute information via e-mail to member educators and Advisory Board members through the list serve

3.

Maintain the Mathematics and Science Resource Center

a)

Check in and out materials from the Math/Science Resource Center to classroom teachers. (A summary of materials housed in the center may be found on the Teacher Resources page)

b)

Maintain a web site with mathematics and science resources/links and a list of materials available in the library. (Web site includes NCAMSC goals and objectives, a list of advisory board members, teacher resources, math/science related web sites, grant opportunities, and available workshops.)
4. Provide Professional Development in Mathematics and Science Education
  • to member districts
  • non-member to schools on a fee per workshop basis

  • in partnership with math/science related organizations
 

Types of Professional development include:

a)

Math and Parent Partnerships (MAPPS) two-hour sessions for parents, educators, and paraprofessionals

b)

Family Math/Science workshops for teams of one parent and one child

c)

Science Fair project workshops for parents to learn strategies to help their children

d)

Math/Science workshops for educators related to the Arizona State Standards in Mathematics and Science as well as workshops related to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Curriculum and Evaluation Standards and the National Science Standards