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hundreds of unit and lesson plans, problem based assessments, classroom videos, and teacher interviews. All of these products are published on the project website and are freely available for use by teachers across the Commonwealth. Several examples will be discussed later in this paper. The online PD model for secondary teachers was developed through a collaborative effort with public schools, state universities, and other institutions across the Commonwealth such as Virginia Commonwealth University, the College of William and Mary, Longwood University; the Virginia Math and Science Coalition; and NASA’s Langley research facility. Courses are transferable between partnering institutions. Online classes were designed to be hands-on and interactive, see an example at http://lecture-play.radford.edu/ Mediasite/ Play/84c88e2983c44e4eb35189c4f6e4ee911d . The focus of the model was to improve secondary mathematics teachers’ subject matter knowledge in Algebra 1, Algebra 2, AFDA, Geometry, Modeling, and Probability and Statistics. Since 2010, six grant projects have been conducted, serving 352 teachers, and providing more than 700 hours of instruction. The number of partners each grant year varied between 25 and 52. The complete list of partners and details on each project are available on our website at http://www.radford.edu/ rumath-smpdc/PartnersMap.html . Teachers’ subject matter knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge have long been widely acknowledged as essential components of teaching expertise (e.g., Shulman, 1986). The Literature Review and Research Overview

Figure 3 . Sample of student work

Mathematical Education of Teachers II (AMS/ CBMS, 2012) report recommended continual improvement of mathematical knowledge and teaching skills, with such improvement promoted by regular interactions between teachers, mathematicians, and mathematics educators in the creation and analysis of mathematics lessons, texts,

Figure 2 . Rubric for student evaluations

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