K-12 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR MATHEMATICS FROM THINK IT BY HAND
Our professional development brings together hands-on and interactive resources with proven instructional practices that will provide significantly improved outcomes for at-risk, special education, ELL, and general education students, K-12.
Our professional development is comprehensive and will gain the support and dedication of teachers and administrators in addressing and meeting the instructional challenges and potentials within elementary and secondary math education.
All of our teacher trainers are credentialed and experienced in math and science education.
Our professional development is versatile to meet the needs of individual schools and districts. Any of the training phases below can be arranged in single or multiple sessions. Sessions can range in length from 90 minutes to 5 hours per group for K-6 and 90 minutes to 3 hours per group for secondary. Back to back training is welcome.
Please note that classroom observation lessons can be arranged. In-class lessons enable teachers to observe a grade level lesson within a host classroom. This feature provides a valuable opportunity for teachers to see the strategies as well as the content of a grade level lesson carried out within an actual classroom setting. In-class lessons can be arranged for any grade level and school within your district.
Each training phase is designed to build on the skills and strategies learned in the previous training phase, as well as on the existing strengths of the participants. Each phase will provide all participants with significant growth in their teaching skills and strategies. Below is an outline of the three professional development training phases, resource options, and costs.
You will find Think It By Hand to be an effective and important partner in education.
Please call us if you would like letters of recommendation from district heads of instruction, need further details, or would like a Professional Development quotation, (888) 723-4402.
TRAINING PHASES, K-12
$2,475 per phase (1 to 60 teachers)
Phase I - Foundations for Success
Introduces participants to models of instruction that connect abstract computational skills to the hands-on development of conceptual understanding. Participants will be able to effectively introduce this hands-on and interactive model of instruction immediately within their classroom. Tailored to your specification of grade range, this interactive model will address all educational levels (special ed, general ed, gifted ed, ELL).
Phase II - Building On Success
Now that the participants have begun to implement phase one, this second phase constructively builds on that experience. The instructional insight and experience of both the group and the trainer are coordinated to build on the momentum and success that the participants began in the first phase through shared examination of answers to specific instructional questions and situations. This phase profoundly deepens the model of hands-on and interactive instruction.
Phase III - Mastering and Sharing
Mastery of any subject or skill comes from sharing that talent with others. This phase is designed to develop the instructional skills, techniques, and pedagogical language to versatilely meet the teaching needs of other educators throughout your school and district. The ability to impart and evaluate these instructional elements will be the goal of this phase.
Each of the three phases of training includes:
· Consulting and pre-planning
· Six hours of training with a qualified and teacher credentialed trainer (195.00 per additional hour up to eight hours per day per trainer)
· Travel expenses
*Optional teacher and student instructional resource kits. See grade level kit options below.
Kindegarten - 2nd Grade
Teacher's Classroom Resource Kit. Provides each teacher with the interactive materials for hands-on math instruction. $619.00 or $557.00 for 20 or more kits. Includes: Foam Facts123 Combination set, See-Touch-Know Number Line, Katie Clock, Gallon Guy, Tactile Ten Frames, and complete lesson guides: Basics and Beyond with Base Ten, Fraction Action: Hands-On Activities and Lessons.
Student Resource Kit for $337.00 Provides students with hands-on materials for each classroom of up to 30 students. Includes: 15 Fraction Action Desk Top sets (2 students per set is ideal) and 15 Base Ten Desk Top sets.
3rd - 6th Grade
Teacher's Classroom Resource Kit. Provides each teacher with the interactive materials for hands-on math instruction. $600.00 or $540.00 for 20 or more kits. Includes: Foam Facts123 Combination set, See-Touch-Know Number Line, Gallon Guy, Graphing and Coordinate Grid, and complete lesson guides: Basics and Beyond with Base Ten, Fraction Action: Hands-On Activities and Lessons.
Student Resource Kit for $405.00 Provides students with hands-on materials for each classroom of up to 36 students. Includes: 18 Fraction Action Desk Top sets (2 students per set is ideal) and 18 Base Ten Desk Top sets.
Middle School
Teacher's Classroom Resource Kit. One kit for each teacher to provide fully interactive math instruction. $835.00 or $751 for 20 or more kits. Includes: Foam Facts123 Combination set, Graphing and Coordinate Grid, Algebra-Geometry Combination set, Perfect Pythagoras Presentation set, and complete instruction and lesson guides: Algebra Alive Teacher's Guide, Angle On Geometry: Connecting Skill with Understanding, Perfect Pythagoras: A Hands-On Understanding of the Pythagorean Theorem, Fraction Action: Hands-On Activities and Lessons, Basics and Beyond with Base Ten.
Student Resource Kit for $697.00 Provides a complete set of hands-on materials and study guides for classrooms of up to 36 students. Includes: 18 Algebra Alive Desk Top sets, 18 Angle On Geometry Desk Top Sectors sets, 18 Perfect Pythagoras Desk Top sets(2 students for each desk top set).
High School
Algebra Teacher's Resource Kit. One kit for each algebra teacher. $308.00 or $277.00 for 20 or more kits. Includes: Algebra Alive Presentation Tiles set, Algebra Coordinate Grid with 20 coordinate points in two colors, and complete instruction and lesson guides: Algebra Alive Teacher's Guide for x variable, Algebra Alive Teacher's Guide for y variable.
Algebra Student Resource Kit for $405.00 Provides each student in classrooms of up to 36 students with complete hands-on, non consumable materials for one and two variable algebra. Includes: 18 Algebra Alive Desk Top Tiles sets (standard x variable set), 18 Algebra Alive Desk Top Tiles sets (second variable set). Each set serves 2 students.
Geometry Teacher's Resource Kit. One kit for each teacher. $342.00 or $308.00 for 20 or more kits. Includes: Angle On Geometry Presentation set, Coordinate Grid with 20 coordinate points in two colors, Perfect Pythagoras Presentation set, and complete instruction and lesson guides: Angle On Geometry: Connecting Skill with Understanding, Perfect Pythagoras: A Hands-On Understanding of the Pythagorean Theorem.
Geometry Student Resource Kit for $495.00 Provides a complete set of hands-on materials and study guides for each student in classrooms of up to 36 students. Includes: 18 Angle On Geometry Desk Top Sectors sets, 18 Perfect Pythagoras Desk Top sets. Each set serves 2 students.
