Nadina Duran-Hutchings & George Tintera Receive Teacher Quality Grant

With the exception of 1994, when she did not submit, Nadina Duran-Hutchings has received Teacher Quality grant funding every year since 1994.

The title of her 2008 project is "Quantitative Experience for Decision Making". The co-PI for the project is George Tintera.

The goal of the project is to prepare high school teachers to deliver a new course for high school students entitled "Advanced Quantitative Methods for Decision Making". The first pilot course will launch during the 2009-2010 school year, and Duran-Hutchings plans to use the grant to prepare the teachers of the new course ahead of time to develop the experience needed to teach new content. The use of the grant differs from traditional changes in school curriculum in that instead of changes being followed by late professional development so that teachers are on their own for some time before receiving training, the teachers receive needed training beforehand. Says Duran-Hutchings: "We wanted to operate in a different form by providing the professional development early. The selected teachers will enroll in three graduate level courses that will provide in-depth knowledge and implementation experience."

Project Director: Nadina Duran-Hutchings
Project Co-Director: George Tintera