Detroit Mathematics and Science Centers
Overview

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OVERVIEW OF REGION SERVED

The Detroit Mathematics and Science Centers serve the School District of the City of Detroit, with a population just over a million people. Detroit includes the eighth largest district in the Nation and the largest in the State of Michigan. Students in the Detroit Public Schools are a microcosm of diverse talent upon which the United States will depend in the not too distant future.

MISSION

The Detroit Mathematics and Science Centers will function to improve the quality of mathematics and science education for all Detroit Students and will provide a foundation of skills, knowledge, and attitudes that will enable them to function and live successfully in a technological society.

LEADERSHIP

The centers provide support in the form of consultants, resource teachers, and supervisors in mathematics and science education. The staff provides support, technical assistance, and access to the latest developments in mathematics and science education. The centers function to create an infrastructure with human and financial resources to coordinate and disseminate mathematics and science programs designed to improve mathematical and scientific literacy for all students.

STUDENT SERVICES

The Centers offer systems that provide students with academic and emotional support. The Centers' efforts proceed from the expectation that all students can and will succeed. Programs include Saturday and summer academies, research apprenticeship programs, Gifted and Talented Super Saturdays, advanced studies, academic gaming, science fairs, Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program and Science Connection. The following outreach sites are used to maximize learning: Northwestern High School Science Center, Breithaupt Career & Technical Center, Golightly Career & Technical Center, Randolph Career & Technical Center, Randolph Career & Technical Center, Kellogg Resource Science Center, and Golightly Horticulture Center (Belle Isle).

CURRICULUM SUPPORT

The Detroit Mathematics and Science Centers' programs support core curriculum and alignment activities that are informed by national and state standards in mathematics and science. Curricula offered in mathematics and science are comprehensive, challenging, engaging and technically sound.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

The centers provide services to parents and the broader community. Parents are engaged as essential partners in the learning process. Meaningful and varied roles are available for parents actively to support their children's learning in mathematics and science. A variety of community partners provide services necessary for sustained support of Center programs, including resources and contexts for real-world applications of content learned.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The Detroit Centers provide coordinated programs of sustained staff development to mathematics and science teachers that promote the delivery of quality instruction for all students. Teachers are prepared in content and strategies that facilitate improved student achievement.

RESOURCE CLEARINGHOUSE

The Detroit Centers provide resources to teachers, parents, and the community. Minigrants are provided to teachers to assist in implementing learned strategies. Databases are maintained which include Center programs and best practices.

GOVERNANCE

The Centers are a program of the Detroit Public Schools. Administrative responsibility for the Centers' programs lies in the Division of Educational Services. The Office of Mathematics and the Office of Science has responsibility for program development, with input from Area and school, staff, parents, and the community.