Mathematics Overview

The Mathematics Unit of the Consultant Services Department makes a difference in Macomb County Schools by providing:

Leadership

• Work collaboratively with the Michigan Department of Education through the Macomb Math Steering Committee.
• Provide opportunities to collaborate with business, industry and universities.
• Establish and coordinate focus groups and standing committees to assess needs and determine direction.

Curriculum Support

• Organize and help chair local curriculum committees.
• Provide ongoing revision of a county curriculum guide.
• Design and conduct surveys on programs of study for 21 local districts.
• Maintain web page dedicated to K-12 curriculum support.

Professional Development

• Offer in-service training seeking best practices K-12, all grades every year.
• Provide project-driven staff development opportunities on a long-term basis.
• Maintain publishing center that provides supplemental materials on a cost recovery basis.
• Review and distribute instructional materials including software.

Student Services

• Provide direct contact through interactive TV and classroom visits.
• Provide interactive web lessons.
• Develop courses to meet special needs.

Community Involvement

• Tele-cooperation using interactive TV and web to bring the world into the classroom and the classroom to the world.
• Collaborate with business, industry and universities to review and transfer information.

A Resource Clearinghouse

• Provides a publishing center with supplemental material
• Developed and tested by teachers-authors
  • Designs and distributes teaching kits
  • Makes available current instructional materials (text books, CD's, DVD's)
  • Provides computers, calculators, and software for long term project driven staff development activities