Forwarded from BRILEYM@GTCC.CC.NC.US
SMITHB@MANAGEMENT.MCGILL.CA
Mon, 6 Jan 1997 18:02:14 -0500
>Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 11:13:12 -0500
>From: BRILEYM@gtcc.cc.nc.us
>To: mathedcc@vm1.mcgill.ca
>Subject: School-to-Work Project
>
>Colleagues,
>
>I teach Developmental Math at Guilford Technical CC in NC. I, along with
>several others, have been assigned to a school-to-work project. Our
>charter is to develop some supplemental math materials that we can use
>in our developmental math classes [basic arithmetic through intermediate
>algebra]. We have been given some release time to visit local industries
who are in partnership with the school to ascertain how math and
>technology are presently being used in various local workplaces. Also,
>we are looking at what math skills our students need in order to better
>function in the workplace. We want to develop practical lab materials
>that use math, technology, critical thinking and problem solving skills with
>the AMATYC and NCTM standards in mind. We are developing labs for
>our math courses as we re-engineer from the quarter to the semester
>system beginning in the summer of 97.
>
>Many of you are probably involved in similar projects as we consider
>workforce preparedness as an issue. I have been in touch with several
>of you but there are probably many others from whom I could glean
>some very valuable information. Perhaps you have developed an
>information gathering tool such as a form to use when making workplace
>interviews, etc. Perhaps you have already developed some basic
>materials which would be a model from which we could work. Any help
>or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. As we develop relevant
>lab materials we would be happy to share our work.
>
>This ability to network with colleagues in a timely way and expedite work
>is truly wonderful. Thanks for your input folks...look forward to hearing
>from you all.
>
>Jacquelyn [Monty] Briley, Math Instructor
>Guided Studies Department
>Guilford Technical CC
>P.O. Box 309
>Jamestown, NC 27282
>
>brileym@gtcc.cc.nc.us
>910-334-4822 ext. 2436
>
>"To teach is to touch a life forever."
>