Calculating Changes Involvement

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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.

• In the subject line write: Subscribe CCh
• In the body of the message write: Your email address

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:

• purchase Poly Plug and make a decision about calculators (see Preferred Materials).
• arrange a minimum of two days professional development, one of which could be as Discussion Lessons (our consultant takes the class, teachers observe the children learning, we debrief after the lesson).
• appoint a school leader for Calculating Changes who will 'keep the pot boiling' following the professional learning and encourage teachers to share their new classroom experiences with the network through the web site.

Evidence that Calculating Changes works is provided at the following links:

• Information
• Evaluations

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.

• Engineering 'aha' Moments K-8: details
• Nic Dale's Story: one teacher's shift in practice

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