The teacher's professional plan aims to help students communicate mathematical reasoning fluently. Students will learn by teaching each other in cooperative activities and explaining their work to the teacher through extended tasks. A variety of activities are outlined, including lab work, group sessions, team tests, research buddies, and notebooks, to reinforce students teaching each other and communicating mathematics through graphical, numerical, analytical and verbal means. The teacher will evaluate the plan's effectiveness by keeping a weekly log.

1. Professional Plan
To: Jeffrey L. Hollman, Principal Baldwin SHS
From: A. Jorge Garca, Teacher of Calculus and Comp Sci
Date: 9/28/98
Re: Professional Plan
Goals:
To help students effectively and fluently communicate mathematical
reasoning.
Objectives:
A student learns a topic best when required to teach it to another
person. We will implement the activities listed below in order to reinforce
this experience. The students in my Calculus BC class will learn to
communicate fluently in mathematics as a language. They will instruct each
other in cooperative activities and explain their results to me via extended
tasks. I will emphasize the importance of making mathematical arguments
graphically, numerically, analytically and verbally. We will also learn to use
a Computer Algebra System to write mathematical reports.
Activities:
Cooperative Activities
Lab Work (extensive use of Math Lab 429 Applications)
Group Review Sessions
Team Tests
Research Buddies
Extended Tasks and Alternative Assessments
Self­Paced Calculus&Mathematica Notebooks
Take Home Exams
Board Work
Class Participation
Self Evaluation:
I will keep a weekly log of activities used in class and their
effectiveness.
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