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Our guest
speaker was Ira Cooper, Coordinator of Mathematics. Mr. Cooper comes to the
Glen Cove School District from his position as Mathematics AP at a Long
Island City High School. He is applying his expertise and experience as a
teacher and administrator to address the specific issues and concerns of our
Glen Cove K - 12 students. Mr. Cooper's first challenge was to overhaul the
district math curriculum, updating it to meet the needs of our students and
the demands of the state assessments. In recognition that there was too
much repetition in our curriculum from year to year, our program was
"compressed" to challenge our students and prepare them to successfully
pursue mathematics through their high school years. Mr. Cooper expressed a
need to bring our math classes alive by helping our teachers to find ways to
inspire our students by showing them how it applies to their lives. "We are
changing how we teach as well as what we teach." Students who need extra
help will be given AIS Instruction and those that are ready to move on to
new concepts will be able to progress at a faster pace. All students are
expected to complete Regents Level Math so the demands on teachers are
greater than in the past. They must find ways to teach which will work for
all ability levels so that everyone can be successful. |