Workshop Title: Make & Take: Meaningful Math for Grade 3-5 Classrooms
Date: 1/7/2026
Time: 8:30 am – 3 pm
Location: West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District
Facilitator(s): Kristine Venneman
Description: Attendees will collaborate to create instructional resources, enrichment and extension activities, student choice boards, and so much more! I’m often asked, “Can we do another workshop where we make a whole bunch of these?” The answer is YES! In this session, we’ll create: Digital choice boards for each math topic, Easy to differentiate math games, Google Slides and hands-on activities that encourage learners to create their own projects, A collection of warm-ups and reasoning routines, A slide deck of state-released test samples organized by standard.
Workshop Title: Building Data Literacy in your Elementary Classroom (K-5)
Date: 1/14/2026
Time: 8:30 am – 3 pm
Location: West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District
Facilitator(s): Debra Gulick
Description: Data literacy is not only a mathematical concept, but a necessary life skill. Students need to learn what the data tells them and what questions to ask in order to build the foundations for a later understanding of statistics. Informed citizens are flooded with data at every turn, making data literacy vitally important. Building an understanding of data can be built throughout the school year by building on students’ curiosity and developing a culture of drawing conclusions from data. Teachers will learn how to build visual displays to organize data and guide students’ questions.
Workshop Title: Make & Take: Meaningful Math for K–2 Classrooms
Date: 2/3/2026
Time: 8:30 am – 3 pm
Location: West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District
Facilitator(s): Kristine Venneman
Description: Let’s spend a full day doing what teachers love most: creating things we’ll actually use! In this hands-on, highly collaborative workshop for Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade teachers, we’ll explore essential early math concepts and create engaging and meaningful resources that work for you all year long.
Workshop Title: Elementary Math Labs: How to Transform your Math Classroom into an Inquisitive and Investigative Classroom (3-5)
Date: 2/11/2026
Time: 8:30 am – 3 pm
Location: West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District
Facilitator(s): Allison Gimeli and Charlene DiDonato
Description: We will provide educators with an overview of how to turn an (upper) elementary classroom into an inquisitive math lab in which students are active participants throughout every step. After all, math is more fun when the children are part of the action! Utilizing strategies learned from Building Thinking Classrooms and presentations from the prior AMTNJ conferences, we will explain our journey. In our research, we have recognized that many more secondary classrooms are transforming into math labs but not as many elementary rooms. We will provide educators with a glimpse into how we transformed a 4th-grade classroom into a place where students can feel safe to explore, solve problems in unique ways, and challenge their thinking.
Workshop Title: Fluency Beyond Fast with Cheryl Fricchione (K-2)
Date: 2/17/2026
Time: 8:30 am – 3 pm
NEW Location: Rahway Public Schools (Use Rahway 7th & 7th Grade Academy, 1139 Kline Pl, Rahway, NJ 07065 for GPS. Use Door 8 to gain entrance )
Facilitator(s): Cheryl Fricchione
Description: This session takes a closer look at how fluency develops in the early grades by examining the progressions of counting, number relationships, and operations. Educators will explore fluency beyond speed—focusing on accuracy, flexibility, and efficiency—and learn how to support conceptual fluencythrough research-based strategies, structured routines, and student thinking.
Workshop Title: Cracking the Code: Practical Strategies for Supporting Students with Dyscalculia (3-8)
Date: 2/26/2026
Time: 8:30 am – 3 pm
Location: Rutgers University, Busch Campus Piscataway
Facilitator(s): Lauren Fullmer
Description: This workshop provides educators with the tools to better support students with dyscalculia and other math learning differences. Participants will explore the cognitive roots of dyscalculia, practice intervention strategies, and discover tools for reducing anxiety while building number sense. Through simulations, case studies, and hands-on stations, educators will gain empathy for student experiences while building a resource toolkit for their classrooms. The day culminates in collaborative lesson planning and peer coaching, ensuring participants leave with strategies they can apply immediately to promote equity and access in mathematics learning.
Workshop Title: Big Ideas for Littles! Early Numeracy (K-2)
Date: 3/3/2026 (NEW DATE)
Time: 8:30 am – 3 pm
Location: MOESC, Tinton Falls
Facilitator(s): Kristine Venneman
Description: Learn many small ways to develop big ideas in early mathematics! Examine the trajectory from counting to additive thinking to multiplicative thinking (Did you know you already do that in kindergarten?) Level up your counting routines and try some fun group games. Learn why and how to place a greater emphasis on the tasks that build number sense along with fluency.
Workshop Title: Fractions to Functions (4-12)
Date: 3/10/2026 (NEW DATE)
Time: 8:30 am – 3 pm
Location: Rutgers University Hill Center , Busch Campus Piscataway
Facilitator(s): Pam Brett and Anne Paoletti Bayna
Description: This professional learning opportunity for grades 4-12 math teachers delves into the connections between fractions and algebraic thinking through interactive, hands-on experiences. Participants will engage with model-based, inquiry-driven lessons using manipulatives, visual models, and technology. Teachers will collaborate to co-create classroom-ready strategies, with time to share ideas and resources during “expert hours.” The workshop is designed to build a network of math educators who can support and build on each other’s ideas. Two virtual follow-up sessions will provide additional opportunities to reflect, share successes, and refine teaching practices.)
Workshop Title: Modeling in the Middle: Proportional Reasoning and Algebraic Thinking (6 – 8)
Date: 3/24/2026
Time: 8:30 am – 3 pm
Location: Rutgers University, Busch Campus Piscataway
Facilitator(s): Pam Brett
Description: Ever wonder how to make proportional reasoning and algebraic thinking truly click for your middle schoolers? In this hands-on workshop, we’ll explore how physical and digital manipulatives can unlock abstract middle school math concepts. Whether you’re teaching equations or comparing ratios, we’ll model strategies that deepen understanding and foster student agency. Rooted in the Standards for Mathematical Practice including: making sense of problems and persevering in solving them, modeling with mathematics, and constructing viable arguments, this session will immerse you in rich mathematical tasks and collaborative discourse.
You’ll walk away with a curated Google folder packed with lesson starters, digital manipulatives, and high-impact tasks you can implement the very next day. Perfect for teachers looking to strengthen their instructional toolbox—and for coaches and leaders ready to turnkey these ideas back to their teams.