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

Leadership

• Work collaboratively with local, state, and national organizations 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.

• 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 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