What is the PDO Group?
2010-2011 Course Info
P-credit Information
Dates of Sessions
Register
Directions
What is the PDO Group?
Sponsored by Math for America and the IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute, the New York City-based Professional Development and Outreach (PDO) Group supports secondary school mathematics teachers through mathematics workshops and other outreach activities. The NYC PDO Group was created in 2008, and there are other PDO Groups around the country.
There is no registration fee for participants, and all materials are provided by MƒA. Monthly meetings are located at the Math for America office, 160 Fifth Ave. (entrance on 21st St.), New York, NY. Coffee and refreshments are served, and for full-day sessions, lunch is included.
Sample daily schedule:
9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Refreshments
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Invited Guest Session
10:30 - 12:00 p.m. Session 1: Introductory exploration
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 - 3:30 p.m. Session 2: Open-ended exploration
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2010-2011 Course Information
The theme of the 2010-2011 NYC PDO is “Mathematics and Fairness." Sessions will be facilitated by Kelly Gaddis, Associate Professor of Math Education at Bard College and Joseph Malkevitch, Professor of Mathematics at York College (CUNY) and will involve presentations by many experts on fairness issues. Participants will explore how new and traditional mathematics can be used to explore fairness issues that come up in everyday urban life, including the fairness of mathematics in gambling, bankruptcy, voting, elections, health care and auctions. Most sessions will contain a presentation by an invited guest speaker, and participants will have the opportunity to engage in interesting problems, discussions, and related classroom-based explorations. For more information about the specific workshop sessions, take a look at the session abstracts.
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P-Credit Participants
"P" In-service courses are high quality, convenient, low-cost alternatives to traditionally offered college courses for public school teachers and secretaries that may be applied toward salary differential requirements and towards the New York State 175 hour professional development requirement. This year's P-credit course ("Mathematics and Fairness") will run from August 2010 through January 2011. This course consists of 8 sessions, however, to get credit for the course, you must attend at least 5 sessions. If you are a New York City DOE teacher, please register here for the course.
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Dates of Sessions
Workshops will be held on August 25, August 26, August 27, September 25, October 16, November 20, December 11, 2010 and January 22, 2011.
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Register
All PDO events are open to the public. To register for upcoming events, please visit the Events Calendar. There is no cost to attend a PDO event, but registration is required as space is limited. Registration for the 2010-2011 sessions will begin in August 2010.
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Directions
The Math for America Office is located at 160 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor (Note: building entrance is on 21st Street), New York, NY 10010. Take the 4, 5, 6, N, Q, R, L, or W train to Union Square station, or take the F, V, R, 6 or 1 train to 23rd Street Station.
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