National Math Foundation Summer Institute – Tuition Free
Movement-Based Learning for Today’s Children
The National Math Foundation (NMF) has a unique, creative solution to support teaching children entrenched in a sedentary lifestyle. We invite you to learn about our curriculum, Math & Movement and consider submitting an application for our Summer Institute, July 14th-19th in beautiful, Upstate New York.
Math & Movement is a multi-sensory approach to teaching math that incorporates physical exercise, stretching, cross-body movements and visually-pleasing floor mats that allow children to practice using visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning modalities.
We Invite You to Apply
The National Math Foundation invites you to submit your application to attend our Summer Institute in beautiful, Upstate NY.
We are looking for passionate educators who understand the value of kinesthetic learning and engaging the child through child-centered learning activities.
NMF Summer Institute Program Details
Location: Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
Dates: July 14th-July 19th, 2013
Cost: $231.64 per person (participants pay only for meals in dining hall and to stay in a dorm room)
Steps to Completing your Application
1. Complete the individual application
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUMMER INSTITUTE
National Math Foundation Summer Institute
Movement-Based Learning for Today’s Children
Today’s children spend after-school hours playing on the computer, i-Pad or cell phone, playing video games, or watching television. Yesterday’s children played outside and used their imagination. Our modern-day, sedentary lifestyle contributes to epidemic levels of childhood obesity rates, low academic achievement in mathematics and poor graduation rates among identifiable sub-groups.
Some changes are necessary to meet the demands of today’s children. The National Math Foundation (NMF) has a unique, creative solution. We invite you to learn about our curriculum, Math & Movement, and consider submitting an application for our Summer Institute.
Math & Movement is a multi-sensory approach to teaching math that incorporates physical exercise, stretching, and cross-body movements. The program uses visually-pleasing floor mats that allow students to practice basic skills while using visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning modalities.
Math & Movement leads students through a series of movement-based learning exercises that result in the mathematical competency and fluency necessary to achieve the requirements of the Common Core State Standards. Students gain math confidence and have fun while learning.
Math & Movement utilizes a kinesthetic, artistic approach designed to build number sense by including movement and counting with varied voice levels. The “math-movements” improve students’ basic math and reading skills, critical thinking and their ability to focus and learn. For additional information, please see the website (
http://mathandmovement.com/)
Recent research
Research links exercise with brain development. In the book, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, the author, John Ratey, says that exercise works like “Miracle-Gro” for the brain.
NMF Summer Institute Program Details
Location: Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
Dates: July 14th-July 19th, 2013
Cost: $231.64 per person (participants pay only for meals in dining hall and to stay in a dorm room)
We Invite You to Apply
The National Math Foundation invites you to submit your application to attend our Summer Institute in beautiful upstate, NY. We are looking for passionate educators who understand the value of kinesthetic learning and engaging the child through child-centered learning activities.
Steps to Completing your Application
The steps to applying are very simple! Complete your individual application.
Your Responsibilities
Your responsibility is to attend the NMF Summer Institute (July 14th-19th in Oneonta, NY), to complete follow-up professional development (monthly phone calls, online training and optional additional onsite training), to pre-and post-test your students and share the results with the National Math Foundation, and to create a learning environment that encourages your students to engage in 60 minutes of movement-based learning daily (this can include before school, after school, recess and during transition times).
Upon your return from the Summer Institute, we ask that you train the other teachers in your school, share the training with teachers in your community, organize evening Math Nights for your school and schools in your community and continue your involvement in the National Math Foundation initiatives.
Benefits
Have Loads of Fun
You will be a part of an enjoyable, fast-paced week of engaging, fun, kinesthetic, math activities. You will soar to higher levels in mathematical confidence, understanding and enjoyment. You will learn kinesthetic teaching techniques, collaborate with NMF participants on developing activities and actively engage in the math learning.
Have Time for Collaboration
After extensive training in the existing Math & Movement strategies, you will collaborate to identify existing best-practices for kinesthetic learning and to build a repertoire of movement-based learning activities applicable to individual students. Your contribution is crucial. During the institute, you will have opportunities to share best practices and creative ideas which will enrich and strengthen the movement-based learning programs for all the schools.
Integrate New Learning with Practice
The NMF Summer Institute training will integrate professional development with opportunities to teach children. The Summer Institute will work in conjunction with local day camps to provide young learners for our teachers to practice.
Self-Development and Miscellaneous topics
Additional topics include gratitude, positive thinking, integrity, creating a positive school culture, the benefits of exercise, and movement-based learning, health and overall wellness, increasing parental involvement and beginning a school garden.
Learn New Strategies
You will learn high-impact strategies for
- Strengthening your students’ math and reading ability.
- Boosting your students’ understanding of “hard to learn” math concepts including telling time, place value, money, Cartesian coordinates, multiplication, division, factoring, odd/even numbers, algebra and fractions.
- Increasing math-confidence in students.
- Supporting risk-taking in problem solving.
- Helping your students achieve mastery learning in ALL math concepts.
- Utilizing Math & Movement as “energizers” to wake-up the sleepy brain before school, throughout the day, during transitions and after-school.
- Increasing critical thinking and problem solving ability.
- Meeting the Common Core State Standards.
- Increasing the health and well-being of your students.
- Improving misbehavior and classroom management.
- Boosting math retention.
- Increasing focus, concentration and attention-span.
- Reaching the kinesthetic learner.
- Supporting students with special needs.
- Decreasing the cost of RTI, and auxiliary services.
- Maximizing learning readiness in students.
- Increasing parental involvement.
- Teaching your students about gratitude, positive thinking, integrity, and community service.
- Promoting a positive school culture.
- Utilizing the support of NMF corps members as teaching assistants.
- Maximizing the help of parent volunteers.
- Gaining parental support for a school garden
Receive over $20,000 of Math & Movement Materials (as funding permits)
In addition to the training, the National Math Foundation will work to either secure funding to provide your school the Math & Movement movement-based learning materials, write grants for your school or collaborate with organizations to offer unique fundraisers for your school to fundraise to obtain the materials.
APPLY NOW
Individual Application
