Date: August 14th 2008

Hi all, this is a forward on behalf of the ETS
LM

Good Morning –

Your name was forwarded to me as a resource for help in contacting possible presenters for our Saturday Mathematics Workshops. I have attached a brief overview of an ETS – Tennessee State University project entitled – Strengthening Instruction in Tennessee Elementary Schools: Focus on Mathematics (SITES-M). One component of the project is a series of Saturday Mathematics Workshop in Tennessee (Nashville, Jackson, Memphis, Knoxville and Chattanooga) where K-4 elementary school teachers come together to “unwrap” TN standards for elementary school mathematics, learn to teach the standards and assess the standards within the classroom.

We are looking for experts in K-6 mathematics education to act as facilitators at the workshops and present the information in the format which ETS math specialists have put together. We are looking for dynamic facilitators who are familiar with the state standards and can convey the information to the audience in a lively, interactive manner. Our first workshop for the 2008-2009 school year is set to take place October, 18, 2008 in Memphis, TN – the topic will be geometry. I would appreciate it if you would recommend anyone you feel may meet these qualifications whereupon one of our math assessment specialists would contact him/her with detailed information about the workshop content.

Thank you very much.

Lisa D. Belfield

<<SITES-M Overview for GR report Aug 08.doc>>

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Lisa D. Belfield, Ed.D.
Associate Research Scientist/Project Coordinator
Policy Evaluation and Research Center
Educational Testing Service
Rosedale Road, MS 19-R
Princeton, New Jersey 08541
tel: 609.734.5096 fax: 609.734.5960
email: lbelfield@ets.org