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AMTNJ Virtual Offerings

Business Meeting

Zoom Virtual Event

Our 2020 Business meeting will take place on December 8th from 7-8pm. If you are interested in attending, please register here by Sunday, December 6th. Business Meeting Agenda

Statistical Literacy Should Not Be Optional: Gail Burrill

Zoom Virtual Event

Description: Recognizing the increasing need for statistical/quantitative thinking and reasoning in today's world, NCTM’s Catalyzing Change identifies making sense of the world as a central purpose in teaching mathematics. How can we make this vision a reality in our classrooms and why is it important to do so? How can technology help?

Friendly Factoring: Robyn Poulsen

Zoom Virtual Event

Description: Do your students struggle with factoring? Can’t keep track of which method to use and when? Come learn ONE method for factoring that even the most struggling learners can learn and understand with just a little help from technology! Even better ~ it’s beautiful mathematics ~ NO TRICKS!

Scoring a Touchdown with Football & Math: Brad Posnanski & Robyn Poulsen

Zoom Virtual Event

Description: Come learn where to get data on professional athletes (height, weight, speed, etc.) that will lead to interesting student discussions. Learn how to put large amounts of data into lists and make visual representations for students to analyze, compare and discuss measures of center and spread.

Telling The Story: Learning In A Global Classroom Through Mathematics: Susan Totaro & Melissa Pearson

Zoom Virtual Event

Description: Participants will experience strategies that empower students to see mathematics through the lens of relationship building at a global level. Using shared activities, you will be guided to engage in an empathy challenge, investigate resources such as Harvard GSE's Zero Out of Eden, and Better World Ed. in order to better understand the connections […]

Math & Inclusion Are Not Mutually Exclusive: Tanya Tenturier-Brinkley

Zoom Virtual Event

Description: Participants will learn why it’s important to acknowledge diversity, inclusion, multiculturalism, & create equitable conditions in the classroom. As they unpack the aforementioned terms, participants will engage in hands-on tasks to scaffold instructional strategies they can effectively & efficiently apply in their classrooms on the next instructional day.

BOT Meeting

Zoom Virtual Event

Microaggressions and the Classroom: Jessica Cincotta

Zoom Virtual Event

Description: Participants will be challenged to reflect on and think deeply about unconscious biases and how those biases influence our teaching, classroom environment, and interactions with families and the community. During the session the group will learn what microaggressions are, finding when they are used in the classroom and learning replacement thinking and language so […]

Equity via Coding & Fizz Buzz: Tom Steinke & Robyn Poulsen

Zoom Virtual Event

Description: Fizz Buzz is a beautiful, low-floor high ceiling coding task that all learners can be successful with! Our coding solution is a portable, offline programming solution, overcoming access issues for students without devices or high-speed internet. Our solution provides a grades 7-10 menu-driven solution that bridges the elementary block coding solutions with more sophisticated […]