Lin and Lindsey became involved in the PMI last summer. They were invited to participate in the institute being offered at University Park in order to observe and prepare to run the workshop here at Greater Allegheny. In addition to Greater Allegheny and University Park, workshops were also offered at the Brandywine campus earlier this summer.
Fran Arbaugh, associate professor of mathematics education at University Park, joined the group this week to lead discussions of math pedagogy. Andrew Baxter, lecturer in mathematics at University Park and the mastermind behind the PMI, was at the workshop on Monday and Tuesday to help get things started.
The workshops are held for five days from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and focus on kindergarten through fifth grade threads of number, operation and algebraic thinking, and include discussions on research-supported classroom practice for mathematics. Teachers and teacher leaders from throughout the region are attending the workshops, including six teachers each from the Mt. Lebanon School District and Pittsburgh Public Schools, four teachers from the Woodland Hills School District, three from the Greater Latrobe School District, and one from the Rockwood Area School District.