Summer Workshop for Teachers

July 19 - July 23, 2010

The Department of Mathematics is planning a summer workshop for Utah teachers. If you are a teacher and would like to spend some time with other teachers, mathematicians and mathematics educators talking about mathematics and other topics relevant to your profession we encourage you to apply to our program. We promise an intellectually stimulating, friendly and engaging atmosphere filled with challenging problems both mathematically and pedagogically.

This year we will attempt to more closely align our summer workshop with our year long program, Utah Teachers' Math Circle. Mornings will be once again devoted to interesting problems. The topic for this year will be "Teaching through problems". The afternoons will be devoted to adapting and modifying the problems to the grade level you are interested in and in such a way that they address topics covered in the core curriculum. Algebra has long taken the central place in the mathematics curriculum in grades 7-12. While we do not necessarily hold that view we appreciate the fact that most of our teachers are interested in algebra instruction. In order for this workshop to be relevant to you, we will put on it a broad umbrella of algebra. However, we will attempt to make connections with other disciplines by choosing problems whose solutions cross the existing artificial divide in the curriculum.

We hope that our program will inspire you to continue mathematical conversations as well as collaborations with your colleagues in your home town. We will remain a resource for you after we finish our mini course, but our real hope is that you will become a resource to your colleagues, both to those who shared your experiences during this week as well as to those who had not.

This program is supported by a grant from the Park City Mathematics Institute (PCMI), the University of Utah's NSF-VIGRE grant, and the Department of Mathematics at the University of Utah.

To apply, fill out the application form.

Please mail a $50 check to Della Rae Riker, Math Department: 155 S 1400 E Room 233, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090. The check should be written out to the CSME. This check will be returned to you upon completion of the workshop. In the event that you choose not to attend, it will cover the necessary fees. Applications will be reviewed starting June 1st and will continue to do so until early July or until all the openings are filled. Since applications will be considered on a rolling basis, make sure to apply early.

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