Development of Teacher Educators to Prepare Teachers to Teach Statistics and Data Science

Oregon Convention Center 

The ESTEEM Project started in 2016 with a focus on preparing individuals to teach statistics and data science. Through curriculum creation and professional development for teacher educators (e.g., webinars and live workshops), we have supported and trained a diverse set of mathematics teacher educators (MTEs) using a multifaceted approach. Our unique curriculum design embeds content directly into learning management systems that are shareable and editable by MTEs. In our current work, we seek to build on the practices of improvement science to create fundamental changes in the practice of statistics teacher education. Our work is informed by 4 system studies that have revealed barriers facing MTEs, such as curriculum limitations, and characteristics and practices of early career teachers. Looking forward, we are developing a networked improvement community (NIC) that includes MTEs, professional organizations, research projects, and existing communities. Future opportunities for learning will allow NIC participants to exchange ideas and communicate within a Slack community and an online Statistics Teacher Education Hub.