"This training is aligned with state standards and supports standards- based instructional methods."     --Dr. Claudette Williams, Tennessee Department of Education

This three-day institute is designed to increase content knowledge and encourage the use of hands-on teaching methods among teachers of fifth- and sixth-grade mathematics.

Activities and content are aligned with the Tennessee State Curriculum Frameworks and were chosen to help teachers provide students with the Level I skills they will need before enrolling in Algebra I.

Participants will also develop an understanding of the Tennessee curriculum frameworks for the middle-grades level and how they relate to the Gateway Assessment Program.

Hands-on Teaching Activities Will Be Modeled and Discussed for These Topics

• fractions and decimals
  
• ratio and proportion
  
• patterns
  
• graphs
  
• transition to algebra
  
• algebra
  
• problem wolving
  
• mathematics in science

Dates/Times/Contact Information by Region

Please contact the team leader listed below for your region to obtain registration information about a summer institute in your area. Registration fees and deadlines vary by region.

Don't know which region you are in? Click here for districts by region.

Region 1	July 12, 13, 14, 2000 8:30-3:30 daily Indian Trail Middle School, Johnson City, Tennessee Rhona H. Cummings, 423-439-7588, cummingsr@charter.net
Region 2	August 7, 8, 2000--8:30-4:00 August 9, 2000--8:30-1:00 Pellissippi State Technical Community College Knoxville, Tennessee Jim Kelley, 865-694-6695, jkelley@pstcc.tn.us
Region 3	July 24-26, 2000 9:00-3:30 daily The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Deborah McAllister, 423-755-5376, Deborah-McAllister@utc.edu
Region 4	June 6, 7, 8, 2000 8:15-3:00 daily Livingston Academy, Livingston, Tennessee Margaret Phelps, 931-372-3791, mphelps@tntech.edu
Region 5	July 10, 11, 12, 2000 8:30-2:30 daily Tullahoma High School, Tullahoma, Tennessee Paul Lee, 615-898-5833, plee@physics.mtsu.edu
Region 6	June 28, 29, and 30, 2000 Times TBA Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee Mary Lou Witherspoon, 931-221-1005, witherspoonm@apsu.edu
Region 7	June 6, 7, 8, 2000 8:30-3:30 daily Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro,     Tennessee James E. Tarr, 615-898-2402, jetarr@mtsu.edu
Region 8	June 26, 27, 28, 2000 8:30-3:30 daily University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, Tennessee Iris Hubbard, 901-587-7207, ihubbard@utm.edu
Region 9	July 12, 13, 14, 2000 Times TBA Shelby State Community College, Memphis, Tennessee Sandra Murrell, 901-333-5249, smurrell@sscc.cc.tn.us