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Greater Allentown Math Science Partnership Check out the GAMSP section of the  Da Vinci Center website!

//__November 7,__// __2016:__ Please use [|this link] to submit information regarding your PLC for this year. You will get an email with a copy of the information you submitted. Please note that in order to submit the form, you will need to include the first meeting, date, time and location for your PLC. If you have already met for the first time, please substitute this information with your NEXT meeting information. //__November 7, 2016:__// Your thoughts on how you could make the Math Midway 2 Go exhibit a part of your classroom are attached in the file below. This file, because it is large, will only be available for a finite amount of time. //__October 18, 2016: PLC Form Update__// You can use the link to the left (under PLC Resources) to record your PLC meetings. Those of you who have used last year's link to record this year's hours, you are fine, as I am using the same spreadsheet as last year for ease of tracking. I just changed the dates in the link. June 13, 2016: Status Update on Summer 2016 We have won our most recent grant competition and been granted funding for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 GAMSP - Yay!  The workshop topics will be biology and algebra again, but we will be polling participants to see what areas they may want to address. In addition, based on feedback, we are looking at two tracks - one intended for people who really want to beef up their basic skills and knowledge, especially folks who might not have earned a science or math degree as part of certification, and one intended for folks who want to push their content knowledge out beyond their learning edge, especially folks who already have some upper level course work in their discipline, but want to know more about what is now cutting edge and about complex real-world applications. Both tracks will be hands-on and active learning, but they'll build on different amounts of pre-existing knowledge.  The workshops will run M-F, 8 AM to 4 PM, from August 1st-12th. In addition, there will be two 4-hour follow up sessions during the school year and a 16-hour professional learning community commitment. Please email Dave at david@davincisciencecenter.org with any questions.

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=Overview of GAMSP=

The Greater Allentown Math Science Partnership (GAMSP) is a high-quality, Pennsylvania standards-based professional development program for Allentown School District and Diocese of Allentown educators of math or science content in grades K-12. GAMSP was created in 2010 by the Allentown School District and the Da Vinci Science Center.

GAMSP programming provides educators deeper math and science content, a greater ability to teach though the inquiry method, powerful cross-connections, and the ability to empower their students with a deeper understanding of concepts, reasoning, and process skills. GAMSP programming includes a ten-day summer workshop, a teacher-led Professional Learning Community, and workshops held after school throughout the year. Participants also play an important role in the GAMSP planning process. Educators are invited to participate voluntarily in optional focus groups and planning sessions to provide input throughout the school year.

Cohort Group Assignments
Registrants are assigned randomly to one of three participant groups – Math Cohort Group, Science Cohort Group, or the June Cohort Group, a control group. Math and Science cohorts participate in all workshops and professional development opportunities. June Cohorts participate in selected offerings.