2010 NCSM Annual Conference
Wednesday Sessions
Session information last updated: 4-16-2010
| Wednesday Sessions, April 21, 2010 | |||||
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| 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM | Douglas CD | ||||
Wednesday Breakfast - Sponsored by America's Choice, Common Core Standards: Make the Difference | |||||
| Nothing is easier than agreeing on what others should do, especially others' children. If that's all standards were, we should be ashamed. Standards must also be a promise to students of mathematics they can take with them. We haven't kept our old promise and now we make a new one. What difference will it make? | |||||
Lead Speaker: Phil Daro | |||||
| 8:45 AM to 9:45 AM | Manchester GHI | General | |||
The Mathematics Studio Classroom: A Promising Context for Transforming Mathematics Teaching, Coaching, and Leadership | |||||
| This session will provide an overview of the Mathematics Studio Program, the research that grounds its design, and the practices and tools that are surfacing as most promising for leveraging high-cognitive engagement for K-12 math students, teachers, coaches, and administrators alike. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Mike Shaughnessy Co-Presenter: Linda Foreman Co-Presenter: Jill Board | |||||
| 8:45 AM to 9:45 AM | Elizabeth AB | General | Equity and Access | ||
Creating Mathematic Openings for Children of African Descent | |||||
| This session will provide some examples of Mathematizing Opening to start off the class activities. The session is designed for mathematic educators to realize the need for a paradigm shift in order to bring students of African descent into mathematics. The Opening will include various topics in mathematics. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Kwame Anthony Scott | |||||
| 8:45 AM to 9:45 AM | Mohsen | General | Equity and Access | ||
A Tiered Model for Mathematics Success | |||||
| Utah's 3 Tier Model of Mathematics Instruction is a framework designed to facilitate mathematical success for all students. The 3 tiers describe a process for quality instruction for all learners and targeted interventions for those who need additional support. Instruction, assessment, research, and evaluation work together for success for all. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Diana Suddreth | |||||
| 8:45 AM to 9:45 AM | Edward CD | Intermediate (3 - 5) | Developing Coaches - Developing Teachers | ||
Building Effective Relationships That Lead to Instructional Change in Mathematics Classrooms | |||||
| Initiating, facilitating, and sustaining change in mathematics teaching and learning in a large urban district is a challenge. Come hear how the Milwaukee Mathematics Partnership (MMP) has established an effective model of distributive leadership that has impacted classroom practice and student achievement! | |||||
Lead Speaker: Pandora Bedford Co-Presenter: Melissa Hedges Co-Presenter: Beth Schefelker | |||||
| 8:45 AM to 9:45 AM | Madeleine AB | Middle (6 - 8) | Equity and Access | ||
PD to Strengthen Collaboration Between Math Teachers and Special Educators: A Key to Improving Math Learning by Students with Special Needs | |||||
| What are ways to help mathematics teachers and special education educators collaborate to effectively teach students with special needs? What works well in different school contexts and what challenges can get in the way? Participants will experience professional development activities that they can use with teachers in their own districts. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Fred Gross Co-Presenter: Amy Brodesky | |||||
| 8:45 AM to 9:45 AM | Elizabeth F | Secondary (9 - 12) | Putting PRIME into Practice | ||
New PRIME Leaders: Where Do We Start? | |||||
| Are you new to a math leadership position? This session will "navigate through the sea" of math leadership, focusing on three things math leaders can do to create a culture of adult learners focused on student achievement. Session will include handouts and resources for new math leaders to get started. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Mona Toncheff Co-Presenter: Juli Schexnayder | |||||
| 8:45 AM to 9:45 AM | Elizabeth H | Secondary (9 - 12) | Developing Coaches - Developing Teachers | ||
Coaching Teachers to Ask Questions That Provide Just Enough Help to Move Students Forward | |||||
| How can teachers be encouraged and prepared to ask questions that provide "just enough" help so that student thinking is supported but not supplanted? In this session, participants will engage in a questioning approach to be used with teachers to enhance their questioning techniques. Secondary examples will be used. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Denisse Thompson Co-Presenter: Charlene Beckmann | |||||
| 8:45 AM to 9:45 AM | Molly AB | Secondary (9 - 12) | Teaching and Learning Leadership | ||
The Leader's Role in Charting Successful Intervention Strategies in the Secondary School Using Algebra I Examples | |||||
| With increased requirements and advanced standards, more special-needs students are in mathematics classrooms. Leaders need researched-based instructional intervention resources to support teachers with quality instruction to help all students. The presentation will include placement and assessment, concept-development activities, practice and problem-solving activities using the content of Algebra I. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Larry Bradsby | |||||
| 8:45 AM to 9:45 AM | Annie | ||||
Tom Snyder Productions Sponsor Showcase: Critical Foundations for Algebra– Implications for Intervention | |||||
| According to the National Math Panel report, the key to helping all students be successful with algebra is ensuring that the critical core foundations of mathematics are thoroughly mastered: Fluency with Whole Numbers and Fluency with Fractions. In this interactive session, we will explore the implications this has for intervention. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Marilyn Trow | |||||
| 8:45 AM to 10:15 AM | Randle A | General | Assessment Leadership | ||
Dynamic Data Analysis: Moving a District from Stagnant Assessment Gathering to Informed Instructional Decision-Making | |||||
| Curriculum coordinators will share how using TinkerPlots and other data-analysis protocols have changed the assessment culture of the Champaign Unit 4 School District. How data is used at the district, building and teacher level will be shared. Handouts will be provided. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Polly Hill Co-Presenter: Leslie Knicl Co-Presenter: Jim Linnenburger | |||||
| 8:45 AM to 10:15 AM | Randle E | General | Teaching and Learning Leadership | ||
A Lesson Study Learning Trajectory: How Do Novice and Experienced Teams Differ? How Can Leaders Help Teams Deepen Their Practice? | |||||
| We will share a model for strong, sustainable lesson study, looking closely at developmental growth of teams from novice to experienced at several key moments in the lesson study process. Discussion and activities will help participants reflect on how leaders support team development and mathematical learning at these points. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Jane Gorman | |||||
| 8:45 AM to 10:15 AM | Randle D | Middle (6 - 8) | Equity and Access | ||
Too Much Content, Too Little Time: What Can I Do? How Does Technology Help? | |||||
| Participants will investigate strategies to enable the content rich mathematics course to be effectively taught within the required time. Strategies for constant revision, integrating spreadsheets to enable investigations, improving examination performance, and increasing student confidence and understanding will be provided. | |||||
Lead Speaker: John Ley | |||||
| 8:45 AM to 10:15 AM | Windsor BC | Secondary (9 - 12) | Developing Coaches - Developing Teachers | ||
Lessons Learned from the Back of the Room: Leading Teachers to a New Vision | |||||
| The view from the back of the room offers a new perspective on what's really happening in math classrooms. Hear about how lessons learned and coaching conversations facilitated teachers and departments to change the culture of math teaching and learning. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Janet Bryson | |||||
| 8:45 AM to 10:15 AM | Elizabeth G | Secondary (9 - 12) | Teaching and Learning Leadership | ||
Exploring the Potential of Narrative Cases in Developing Teachers Capacity to Reason and Prove | |||||
| In this session, participants will engage in a discussion and analysis of a narrative case designed to develop teachers' proficiency related to the teaching and learning of reasoning and proving in secondary mathematics classrooms. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Margaret Smith | |||||
| 8:45 AM to 10:15 AM | Randle B | Secondary (9 - 12) | Curriculum Leadership | ||
Changing the Course of High School Mathematics Class rooms: More Than One Teacher at a Time | |||||
| What support is needed when implementing a standards-based curriculum? Come and share our district's journey in implementing the Discovering Mathematics program. Participate in activities designed for math teacher leaders and administrators to advance their classroom instruction, improve content knowledge, and deepen their understanding of a discovering approach. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Mary Mooney Co-Presenter: Laura Maly | |||||
| 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM | Manchester GHI | General | |||
Achievement Gap or Opportunity Gap? Changing the Perspective About School Performance in Mathematics | |||||
| Persistent differences in performance in school mathematics among students of different ethnic groups and socioeconomic levels are discussed by focusing on unequal distribution of factors that have a bearing on opportunities to learn. The factors discussed are access to experienced and qualified teachers, high expectations, and equitable per student funding. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Alfinio Flores | |||||
| 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM | Madeleine AB | General | Putting PRIME into Practice | ||
How to Achieve the Vision of the PRIME Teaching and Learning Principle: From Words to Action | |||||
| This fast paced workshop will present key ideas on how to implement the three PRIME Indicators for teaching and learning in order to bring rigor, meaning and relevance to the teacher planning and student learning experience. Audience interaction and PRIME sharing will be part of this session as well. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Gwen Zimmermann Co-Presenter: Darshan Jain | |||||
| 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM | Mohsen | General | Equity and Access | ||
Comprehensive Mathematics: Connecting Concepts and Context for America's First Children | |||||
| The National American Indian, Alaskan & Hawaiian Educational Development Center works from a comprehensive mathematics framework to deliver professional development and sustained support to elementary teachers who serve Native populations in primary education, with the expectation that Native children will reach, over time, the achievement levels of their peers. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Bob Simpson Co-Presenter: Terry Martin | |||||
| 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM | Elizabeth F | Intermediate (3 - 5) | Assessment Leadership | ||
Supporting Students to Develop Learning Behaviors in Mathematics Class | |||||
| In order to support students who struggle with mathematics to think of themselves as capable learners, it is important for teachers to keep track of students' progress in developing learning behaviors. In this session we will introduce and describe the use of an assessment tool, the Learning Behavior Observation Record. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Judy Storeygard Co-Presenter: Christina Myren | |||||
| 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM | Edward CD | Middle (6 - 8) | Curriculum Leadership | ||
Exploring Middle Grades Mathematics: Setting the Course for the Future | |||||
| A rigorous, engaging middle grades mathematics curriculum can be the key to student success. In this session, participants will investigate activities from a grant designed to improve student performance on the EXPLORE assessment and prepare students for high school mathematics and beyond through the implementation of such a curriculum. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Linda Sheffield Co-Presenter: Janet Tassell | |||||
| 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM | Elizabeth H | Secondary (9 - 12) | Teaching and Learning Leadership | ||
Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Secondary Mathematics: Classroom-Based Scenarios and a Framework | |||||
| By identifying and studying opportunities for the use of mathematics that occur in teaching secondary mathematics, groups at Penn State and University of Georgia have developed descriptions of and a framework for mathematical knowledge for teaching secondary mathematics. The framework can provide support in supplementing mathematical learning of secondary teachers. | |||||
Lead Speaker: M. Kathleen Heid Co-Presenter: Patricia Wilson | |||||
| 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM | Molly AB | Secondary (9 - 12) | Teaching and Learning Leadership | ||
Lessons Learned in Leadership for Classroom Change | |||||
| We will share examples of key activities that in hindsight lead to lasting change in the culture of some and not other high school mathematics departments. Possible reasons for change in some departments and not others and issues of sustaining momentum and continuing progress in improving learning and teaching will be discussed. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Judy Kysh Co-Presenter: Diane Resek | |||||
| 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM | Elizabeth AB | Secondary (9 - 12) | Curriculum Leadership | ||
States Moving Towards Common Core Standards | |||||
| In implementing a set of common core, state-led standards in mathematics, states aim to increase the equity and access to rigorous curriculum for all students. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Laura Slover | |||||
| 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM | Annie | ||||
Texas Instruments Sponsor Showcase: Changing Opportunities and Changing Lives by Moving MathForward | |||||
| Come learn how mathematics test scores have risen year after year for students in the TI MathForward program in the Richardson Independent School District in Dallas, Texas. This session shows how the program helps increase student achievement by combining professional development, curriculum enhancement, and technology to engage students. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Paula Haney Co-Presenter: Kristen San Juan | |||||
| 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM | Windsor BC | General | Teaching and Learning Leadership | ||
Integrating Curriculum, Assessment, and Teacher Professional Development: Singapore and the United States | |||||
| This session will go beyond the popular but oversimplified views of Singapore's successes. A panel of collaborators, two from Singapore's National Institute of Education and two from SRI, will discuss Singapore's integrated system of leadership in teacher professional development and key success factors that can be applied in the United States. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Jeremy Roschelle Co-Presenter: Charles Patton Co-Presenter: Ban Har Yeap Co-Presenter: Khoon Yoong Wong | |||||
| 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM | Elizabeth G | General | Equity and Access | ||
Transforming Mathematics Classrooms: Teaching Mathematics Equitably to All Students | |||||
| How can mathematics education leaders help teachers adapt instruction based on student needs and supporting learning for diverse populations? The key is focusing on a rich treatment of mathematics content and to differentiate instruction. We will share ideas for implementing equitable instruction, including a multi-tiered approach and strategies for ELLs (English Language Learners). | |||||
Lead Speaker: Jennifer Bay-Williams Co-Presenter: Karen Karp | |||||
| 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM | Randle A | General | Developing Coaches - Developing Teachers | ||
Diary of a Not-So Wimpy Coach | |||||
| Participants will identify their current work, assess their needs, and plan action steps to facilitate change within the framework of this session. An experienced Mathematics Instructional Coach, certified in the Heart of Change Coaching for Excellence model, will share her expertise, specific coaching maps/tools, and her personal experience. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Marilyn Cannon | |||||
| 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM | Randle B | General | Equity and Access | ||
Strategies for Enhancing English Language Learners' Success with Mathematics – They Can Be Included in Any Professional Development | |||||
| Several practical strategies, such as Use Visual Tools, and Provide Scaffolds, increase ELLs (English Language Learners) access to mathematics content. Routines and strategies that increase student participation, use of language, and achievement will be explored within an algebra context. Ideas for incorporating experiences with ELL strategies into professional development situations will be shared. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Debra Coggins Co-Presenter: Grace Davila Coates | |||||
| 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM | Randle E | General | Putting PRIME into Practice | ||
PRIME-ing Mathematics Teacher Mentors (MTMs) for Leadership | |||||
| Interested in developing K-12 teacher leaders? This session shares a collaborative project between higher education and a regional education service center to prepare teacher mentors. MTMs explored the PRIME framework through interactive videoconferencing. How the document was used to initiate discussion revolving around the four principles will be presented. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Mary Swarthout Co-Presenter: Susan Bohan | |||||
| 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM | Randle D | General | Assessment Leadership | ||
We're Assessing, Now What?: Findings from Longitudinal Assessment Data and What They Mean for K-3 Math Instruction | |||||
| IES-funded research examining 3 years of longitudinal assessment data reveals patterns in student learning that hold significance for early math education. Learn and discuss the relevance of these findings to your math program. Profiles and lesson plans will be shared, as well as effective implementation strategies. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Herb Ginsburg Co-Presenter: Doug Moore | |||||
| 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM | Manchester GHI | General | |||
Learning to Do Mathematics as a Teacher | |||||
| This session will explore the special challenge of learning (and teaching) mathematics in ways needed for the work of teaching. Using case examples, we will examine three special demands of teaching mathematics to teachers: unpacking mathematical ideas, developing horizon knowledge, and practicing mathematics for teaching. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Deborah Loewenberg Ball | |||||
| 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM | Elizabeth H | General | Developing Coaches - Developing Teachers | ||
What Do Math Coaches Need to Know and How Do They Learn It? | |||||
| Participants will engage in discussion and activities designed to elicit new ideas about essential elements of the coaching role, to consider the implications for coaching knowledge, and to investigate means for engaging in meaningful learning about coaching. Come work with coaches' writing as a lens for examining important ideas about teaching and learning. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Amy Morse | |||||
| 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM | Madeleine AB | General | Teaching and Learning Leadership | ||
Motivate Your Faculty by Connecting Culture and Mathematics | |||||
| How can you get your entire faculty (not just mathematics teachers) behind an idea? Ask them to discover the mathematics in the cultures of your students. This NASGEm presentation documents how one school successfully incorporated this strategy to motivate its entire faculty to participate in a family math night program. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Chadd McGlone Co-Presenter: Jim Barta Co-Presenter: Meghan Hern Co-Presenter: Jenni Harding-Dekam | |||||
| 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM | Elizabeth AB | Primary (PK - 2) | Equity and Access | ||
Kindergarten and First Graders from Poverty Schools Can Achieve Like East Asian Children and Older U.S. Children | |||||
| Kindergarten and first graders from backgrounds of poverty learned place value, money, and word problem solving. They performed as well as East Asian children and/or better than U.S. children from more-advantaged and/or from older samples. Student learning paths and teaching activities that give access to all students will be described. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Karen Fuson | |||||
| 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM | Elizabeth F | Intermediate (3 - 5) | Curriculum Leadership | ||
Is Your Instructional Program Really Effective? Guidelines for Designing and Evaluating Curriculum Effectiveness Research | |||||
| Educational leaders are demanding evidence of the effectiveness of school curricula. This session will provide background for this movement. A research study that meets the gold standard for curriculum research will be described. The session will end by having participants evaluate the quality of brief research reports using research-assessment guidelines. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Randall Charles Co-Presenter: Mariam Azin | |||||
| 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM | Edward CD | Middle (6 - 8) | Developing Coaches - Developing Teachers | ||
Building a Mathematics Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) Using Enhanced Journal Articles | |||||
| Participants will actively engage in exploring journal articles that have been enhanced by NCTM's Professional Development Services Committee. Session leaders will model the use of enhanced journal articles to build school-based, professional learning communities of mathematics teachers. The selected article is middle-school focused, but the process is transferable to other levels. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Monique Lynch | |||||
| 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM | Molly AB | Secondary (9 - 12) | Teaching and Learning Leadership | ||
Radical Reform for the Teaching and Learning of Algebra I | |||||
| Frustration with a 65% failure rate in Algebra I prompted several districts to become involved with an initiative that includes extensive professional development, 80-90 minute per day student contact, coaching, use of hands-on discovery-based lessons, TI -Nspire technology, Smart Board technology, and data driven decisions through uniform assessments. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Paul Lawrence | |||||
| 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM | Mohsen | Secondary (9 - 12) | Equity and Access | ||
Amy's Story – Taking on the Hard Issues of Equitable Student Access to Mathematics in a Freshman Algebra I Class | |||||
| Student stories and a teacher's journey around the challenges, struggles, and successes of applying Best Practices in Mathematics in a "studio" classroom, establishing socio-mathematical norms, and trusting her students to become problem solvers will be shared. This story will show how mathematics became meaningful, accessible and challenging through the use of visual models and multiple representations. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Murrel Hoover Co-Presenter: Amy Salmons Co-Presenter: Cathy Walker | |||||
| 11:15 AM to 12:15 PM | Annie | ||||
America's Choice Sponsor Showcase: The Common Core Standards–Getting Ahead of the Curve for Implementation | |||||
| Phil Daro, a member of the Mathematics Work Group for the Core Standards, and James Williams will discuss the impact of the Core Standards on teaching and learning mathematics. This discussion will focus on implications for professional development and student resources as we help schools move to the Core Standards. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Phil Daro Co-Presenter: James Williams | |||||
| 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM | Douglas CD | ||||
Wednesday Luncheon - Sponsored by Casio and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Transforming Teaching: From Dissonance to Depth | |||||
| The idea of teaching for depth is widely supported, however, what it means to teach for depth is somewhat elusive. Our challenge is to guide teachers in charting their course to teaching for depth through examples that contrast common practices and practices that cultivate deep conceptual understanding. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Juli Dixon | |||||
| 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM | Manchester GHI | ||||
Many Roads: Mathematics Model Pathways and the Common Core State Standards | |||||
| Achieve, Inc and a diverse advisory group drafted model course descriptions to illustrate pathways leading to college and career readiness and readiness for STEM majors and careers. Attendees at this session will learn more about the pathways and have the chance to discuss with two panel members. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Laura Slover Co-Presenter: Brad Findell | |||||
| 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM | Elizabeth F | ||||
Equity in Mathematics Education: TODOS | |||||
| Are you looking for assistance and support in making your mathematics instruction accessible to all kids, in particular Latino/Hispanic students? Do you want to learn with us and about us? We invite you to participate in the TODOS business meeting and dialogue in shaping future discussions. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Nora Ramirez Co-Presenter: Jose Franco | |||||
| 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM | Elizabeth H | ||||
Urban Mathematics Leadership Network Forum | |||||
| The Urban Mathematics Leadership Network (UMLN) is composed of the mathematics directors and other mathematics leaders from 21 large urban school districts. UMLN invites leaders from urban districts to join this open, participatory forum about issues that are of particular interest to mathematics leaders and teachers in urban school districts. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Martin Gartzman Co-Presenter: Susan Hull | |||||
| 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM | Molly AB | ||||
Nuances and Complexities of Teaching Mathematics for Cultural Relevance and Social Justice | |||||
| Attention has been given to underrepresentation of minority students in the mathematics pipeline. However, little consideration has been given to these students as learners or the context where their learning occurs. We argue that culturally relevant instruction coupled with teaching for social justice can motivate minority students to learn mathematics. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Jacqueline Leonard Co-Presenter: Roni Ellington Co-Presenter: Lorraine Howard | |||||
| 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM | Elizabeth AB | ||||
Leading Mathematics Education of Marginalized Students: Debunking Stereotypes, Teaching Measurement, Applying the CREDE Model and Ethnomathematics with Native American Learners | |||||
| North American Study Group on Ethnomathematics (NASGEm) presents Richard Sgarlotti and California Tribal members for the 11th Reunion, emphasizing contextualization of mathematics applying work from Berkeley's Center for Research in Education, Diversity & Excellence. Hands-on, conceptually based activities show Native American measurement knowledge, thus debunking stereotypes of nonexistent measurement systems. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Fredrick "Rick" Silverman Co-Presenter: Richard Sgarlotti | |||||
| 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM | Edward CD | ||||
Improving Mathematics Education for Students with Special Needs | |||||
| Is your school district grappling with how to improve mathematics learning for students with disabilities? Share your strategies and challenges with mathematics leaders from other districts. Discuss common themes and gain new perspectives and resources on ways to address this pressing need. Join us! | |||||
Lead Speaker: Fred Gross Co-Presenter: Amy Brodesky Co-Presenter: Emily Fagan | |||||
| 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM | Madeleine AB | ||||
Educational Consultants: A Networking Opportunity | |||||
| Join our discussion to share expertise and strategies. Hear from others as to how they got started and marketing techniques they may have used. This is our time to gain from our collective knowledge and support our work. Come and join the discussion. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Kit Norris | |||||
| 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM | Mohsen | ||||
Mathematics Content Coaching | |||||
| Coaching in the mathematics content area continues to spread to schools and districts in the United States. Although the term math coach is often used, the roles, duties, and vision for the position vary greatly. We welcome interested participants the opportunity to share findings, exchange knowledge, and explore challenges. | |||||
Lead Speaker: David Foster | |||||
| 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM | Annie | ||||
Lessons Learned from Experiments in Mathematics Education in Our Charter Schools | |||||
| One purpose of Charter Schools is to create incubators where new ideas are implemented and lessons learned shared. We welcome teachers, administrators, and others to share how they have worked to improve student achievement and to consider how to partner with organizations like NCSM in sharing results with the education community. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Louis Tamler | |||||
| 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM | Windsor BC | ||||
Math 2.0: A New Vision for Using Dynamic Math Software with Web 2.0 Tools | |||||
| The Internet, Web 2.0, and dynamic math software make possible new venues for teaching and learning math that incorporate powerful ways of collaborating, exploring, and sharing of ideas. This session will highlight some examples of how this next generation of math education is happening now. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Ihor Charischak Co-Presenter: David Weksler | |||||
| 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM | Elizabeth G | ||||
Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) | |||||
| AMTE's focus is on the improvement of mathematics teacher education. Join us in this session for a discussion of important and timely topics of mutual interest, such as mathematics specialists in the elementary grades, teacher preparation policies and practices, and K-12 mathematics education leadership development. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Nadine Bezuk Co-Presenter: Barbara Reys | |||||
| 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM | Randle A | ||||
Emerging Leaders: Focus Question/Answer Time | |||||
| After a day of learning about how to transform into a PRIME Leader, this session will allow for an open discussion regarding the "how to". Collaborate with other new mathematics leaders to create a network of support. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Mona Toncheff | |||||
| 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM | Randle B | ||||
Lesson Study Networking: An Opportunity for Practitioners, Researchers, and Leaders to Share Lesson Study Resources, Findings and Questions | |||||
| Lesson study is growing rapidly in the U.S., yet most teams have few opportunities to share work with others. This SIG is a chance to meet and identify common interests and challenges. Share resources: bring a poster, lesson plan, research question, etc. Those new to lesson study are welcome. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Jane Gorman | |||||
| 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM | Randle E | ||||
Math Contests Build Better Students — and Teachers | |||||
| Good contests offer a four-pronged approach: rich problems that deepen mathematical thinking and improve high-stakes test scores, a monthly series of contests that build and reinforce student (and teacher!) interest and knowledge, an inclusive structure that welcomes many students, and multiple strategies for many problems that foster creativity. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Richard Kalman | |||||
| 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM | Randle D | ||||
Nurturing Mathematically Promising and Creative Students | |||||
| Research shows that our most promising mathematics students frequently make the least academic progress. Come join us for diverse and active roundtables on research, curriculum, the "Common Core State Standards", and NCTM's new book, "The Peak in the Middle". Together we can make a difference for these promising students. | |||||
Lead Speaker: Linda Sheffield Co-Presenter: M. Katherine Gavin | |||||
