Post-Baccalaureate Certificate: Mathematics for Educators
Description
This program is currently open only to District of Columbia Public School employees. Please check back for updates as Trinity opens admissions to non-DCPS applicants.
The Mathematics for Educators Certificate is designed for those who teach mathematics or who coach or supervise mathematics instruction. The course sequence is based on the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics series Developing Mathematical Ideas, which takes a case-study approach to learning both mathematical concepts as well as understanding how PK-12 students make sense of mathematics. Mathematics for Educators students will understand how mathematical ideas are developed from early elementary through middle school and beyond.
Gaining a certificate from an accredited university can advance one’s career and is a step toward earning a degree. All coursework can be transferred and applied towards a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction (Mathematics for Educators concentration) at Trinity.
Courses are taught by faculty with extensive experience in mathematics education and are designed to provide content knowledge and skills needed to effectively teach, coach or supervise mathematics instruction.
Program Requirements
Certificate Requirements (12 credits)
EDCI 661 Developing Mathematical Ideas Part I: Number Systems and OperationsFocuses on the structure of the base-ten number system and how K-8 learners develop and expand comprehension of base-ten, including whole numbers and decimals. Explores the four basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) with both whole numbers and fractions. Examines how learners? understanding of the number system and operations scaffolds to their development of computational fluency and flexibility in math classes.
3 credits
EDCI 662 Developing Math Ideas II: AlgebraExplores properties of the number system and arithmetic operations. Investigates how the study of repeating patterns and number sequences can lead to concepts of functions, how to use the learning of reading tables and graphs to interpret phenomena of change, and how to use algebraic notation to write function rules.
Prerequisite: EDCI 661
3 credits
EDCI 663 Developing Math Ideas III: GeometryExamines different attributes of size, develops facility in composing and decomposing shapes, and applies these skills to make sense of formulas for area and volume. Explores the conceptual issues of length, area, and volume and their complex interrelationships. Investigates the features of 2-D and 3-D shapes.
Prerequisite: EDCI 662
3 credits
EDCI 664 Developing Math Ideas: Stats & DiscInvestigates questions concerning real-world contexts by collecting, representing, describing, and analyzing data. Examines how various graphs and statistical measures reveal features of the data. Learns how to summarize data and to reflect on whether the data provide a model that illuminates the original questions. Defines mathematical discourse learns why it is essential to students? learning and how to support it for all students.
Prerequisites: 663
3 credits
Program Policies
Transfer Credit Policy: Transfer credits may be accepted for a post-baccalaureate certificate program if they meet the student’s planned degree program just as they are for graduate degree programs. Students may transfer up to six total credits in alignment with the certificate curriculum. All other Trinity transfer credit policies apply.
Stackable Credentials: Trinity certificate courses may be applied to degree programs depending on the graduate degree program. Students enrolled in degree programs at Trinity may simultaneously pursue a certificate and these courses will count toward both credentials.
Academic Standing: Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the post-baccalaureate certificate program and may count no more than one course in which a “C” was earned toward the post-baccalaureate certificate. Courses in the certificate programs are repeatable. Satisfactory academic progress is a criterion for the award of financial aid. Students not making academic progress will be referred to their academic advisor for academic counseling. All other Trinity academic policies and procedures apply to certificate courses.
Course Descriptions
EDCI 661 Developing Mathematical Ideas Part I: Number Systems and OperationsFocuses on the structure of the base-ten number system and how K-8 learners develop and expand comprehension of base-ten, including whole numbers and decimals. Explores the four basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) with both whole numbers and fractions. Examines how learners? understanding of the number system and operations scaffolds to their development of computational fluency and flexibility in math classes.
3 credits
EDCI 662 Developing Math Ideas II: AlgebraExplores properties of the number system and arithmetic operations. Investigates how the study of repeating patterns and number sequences can lead to concepts of functions, how to use the learning of reading tables and graphs to interpret phenomena of change, and how to use algebraic notation to write function rules.
Prerequisite: EDCI 661
3 credits
EDCI 663 Developing Math Ideas III: GeometryExamines different attributes of size, develops facility in composing and decomposing shapes, and applies these skills to make sense of formulas for area and volume. Explores the conceptual issues of length, area, and volume and their complex interrelationships. Investigates the features of 2-D and 3-D shapes.
Prerequisite: EDCI 662
3 credits
EDCI 664 Developing Math Ideas: Stats & DiscInvestigates questions concerning real-world contexts by collecting, representing, describing, and analyzing data. Examines how various graphs and statistical measures reveal features of the data. Learns how to summarize data and to reflect on whether the data provide a model that illuminates the original questions. Defines mathematical discourse learns why it is essential to students? learning and how to support it for all students.
Prerequisites: 663
3 credits