PIMMS Receives Platinum Award for Excellence

Shelly Jones Joins PIMMS

PIMMS Develops District Leaders

Bayer Honors New Haven Fellows

Science Teachers Explore Technology

PIMMS Presidential Awardees

Accolades

Recalde is All-USA Today First Team All-American Teacher

Other PIMMS Newsletters:
Fall 2002, Issue #21 Spring 2002, Issue #20
Fall 1999, Issue #18

   On October 5, PIMMS received the CT Innovation Platinum Award at the CT Quality Improvement Awards (CQIA) Partnership 13^th Annual Conference. One hundred eighty representatives from business, industry, health care, and educational organizations in Connecticut attended the conference.
   For the first time in history, CQIA examiners awarded the Platinum CT Innovation Prize. PIMMS joined City Bank and the CT Department of Labor as the 2000 Winners. PIMMS was awarded this recognition for its five-year professional development program in Bridgeport that resulted in significant increases in student achievement on the mathematics section of the CT Mastery Test. The program, which began with one workshop in 1996 with an enrollment of 28 teachers, increased to six workshops and academic year follow-ups sessions for 140 teachers in 1999. The percentage increase for Bridgeport students achieving the state goal more than doubled the statewide percentage increase in each of grades 4, 6 and 8. See "Platinum Award",  page two.

PIMMS Develops District Leaders    The first summer program for the two-year PIMMS Mathematics and Science Leadership Institute was held from July 10-27, 2000. Forty teachers comprising twelve district teams ranging in size from two to six were selected to attend the program. All areas of the State were represented and district size ranged from small (New Hartford) to large (Bridgeport). One regional team included teachers from a high school, middle school, and two elementary schools.   The instructional team consisted of four PIMMS Fellows: Eileen Bengtson, Elementary Science Leader in Weston; Heather Giancola, Elementary Mathematics Director in Darien; Frank Corbo, District Mathematics Coordinator in Westport; and Fred Myers, Science Department Chairman at Farmington High School. The three-week summer program included seminars and lectures on important topics in mathematics and science education, workshops on strategies for integrating technology, and selected mathematics and/or science classroom activities. See "District Leaders". , page two

Shelly Jones Joins PIMMS Shelly M. Jones recently joined the PIMMS staff and now serves as the Assistant Director of Mathematics Programs. Shelly received a degree in computer science from Spelman College in 1986 and then worked for several years as a computer programmer in Nebraska. While working at Southern New England Telephone (SNET) Company, she learned about a master of education program specifically designed for people in industry. She enrolled at the University of Bridgeport, received a masters degree in mathematics education in 1991, and then taught middle school mathematics in Bridgeport for five years. See  "Jones", page two. Grants Available for Teachers of Mathematics and Science Back to Top