Calculating Changes Involvement

To discuss any of these options contact:
Doug Williams
Tel: +61 3 9726 8316
Fax: +61 3 9727 4644
Email: doug@blackdouglas.com.au
All prices include GST for Australian clients.
Prices are in Australian dollars.
Prices may change without notice.

Our services are available outside Australia.
Please ask about prices for these services.

Email Ideas Service

Receive our eNews to keep yourself informed or share ideas from the site with colleagues.

We call this newsletter Pot Boiler because it helps you to keep the pot boiling in the school with respect to Calculating Changes principles and activities. Of course it will also stimulate you to try things in your own classroom. Staff from Member schools have full access to all the links in Pot Boiler. For non-members each issue also usually includes links to public access material.

To register, simply send an email to doug@blackdouglas.com.au.

Cost: Zero

Web Site Membership Only

This option provides all staff with access via Username/Password to the Members' Section of the Calculating Changes site. A list of currently available services can be found at the Membership Services link.

To join this service, fax or email a Purchase Order for Calculating Changes Web Site Membership to Black Douglas Professional Education Services as above. Membership is a one-off payment for permanent access and on-going information flow through our eNews above.

NOTE: Please supply the names and emails of at least two staff members who will receive eNews updates so that as staff move on the school is still kept up to date.

Permanent Site Membership
Australia - $330
Overseas - $300

A time payment plan for small schools (50 or fewer students) could be arranged. Please ask.

Taste & See

Use the ideas, activities and principles in the public access section of this site as you will. Explore any influence they have on your children's learning. In your classroom, try to establish the environment described in Calculating Changes in Brief.

Or go a small step further and purchase the Sample Pack which supplies a teachers' manual and 10 each of the preferred calculator and manipulative. This is sufficient material for group work and includes six months membership of the Calculating Changes site FREE.

You receive an access code for the site with your materials, followed six months after delivery by an invoice for permanent Membership as described above.

Cost: $396 per pack

Mini-PD

Arrange a short session professional development (1.5 - 2 hours) so your staff can experience the materials and ideas. This will provide the basis for staff discussion about future involvement.

Alternatively, purchase site membership and arrange this workshop to initiate its use.

Cost: Negotiated

Full Participation (School Level)

Full participation requires whole school focus and commitment to achieving the objective of enhancing children's number sense by engineering 'aha' moments in their learning. You will need to: Evidence that Calculating Changes works is provided at the following links: Another approach to full participation is to use the six day program Engineering 'aha' Moments K-8 from the Maths on the Move workshop library to develop key teachers in your school (at least two from each of infant, middle and upper school) who become in-house leaders of curriculum shift and teacher change. This program can be used very successfully by two or three neighbouring schools with a common objective.Engineering 'aha' Moments K-8 links the work of Calculating Changes, Mathematics Task Centre & Maths300 through the framework of all students learning to work like a mathematician in best practice classrooms.

Cost: Negotiated

Self-Directed Leadership (System Level)

This option is intended to support systems, districts and school clusters wishing to encourage teacher change. A program to train local leaders can be negotiated to suit your needs. Our strong preference is for at least two staff from each school to be involved. Details can be found in Leading Calculating Changes.

Cost: Negotiated

This information has been printed from the Calculating Changes site:
http://www.blackdouglas.com.au/calchange
Please visit the site for more detail.