Building Connections Between Middle and Secondary School Mathematics Through Co-Created Professional Development

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Abstract

The quality of teacher support during middle to secondary school transitions in mathematics is crucial to student success. However, there seems to be a lack of communication between institutions and thus a disconnect between the support provided. This paper describes a professional development (PD) project that aimed to provide secondary and middle school educators with a collaboration forum. Participant feedback allowed the authors to develop a PD series that responded to the needs identified by the educators themselves. These sessions allowed the educators to collaborate across grade-panels, and learn that despite their grade differences, they shared many common perceptions. We argue that the value the educators found during these sessions was a result of the co-creation of the PD sessions.

Authors

• Gurpreet Sahmbi, University of Toronto - OISE

• Cynthia Sijia Cynthia Zhu, University of Toronto

• Douglas E. McDougall, University of Toronto