Workshop helps teachers use everyday situations to make math easier for students

Submitted on March 16, 2010
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By Megan Myers | meganmyers@stlouisreview.com
During a March 9 professional development workshop at the Drury Inn near Forest Park, Julie Hesed, principal of St. Margaret of Scotland School, watched as Holy Trinity math teachers Christine Holladay and Joseph Keopke worked on a classroom activity together
During a March 9 professional development workshop at the Drury Inn near Forest Park, Julie Hesed, principal of St. Margaret of Scotland School, watched as Holy Trinity math teachers Christine Holladay and Joseph Keopke worked on a classroom activity together

For some city Catholic school teachers, improving students' understanding of math is a piece of cake ... or a sub sandwich, to be exact.

"Teaching Mathematics in Grades 3-8: A Human Endeavor" is a professional development project that helps educators learn to use everyday situations -- such as dividing a few sub sandwiches fairly among class members -- to develop the problem-solving skills of individual students.

The project was spearheaded by Gloria Openlander, principal of St. Roch Parish School in the West End of St. Louis.

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