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!
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Description: This session will focus on the importance of low floor and high ceiling math tasks. These tasks will be accessible to all students in a classroom while giving the […]
Description: On a daily basis educators are challenged to meet the needs of all learners in their classrooms. Understanding differentiated instruction in regards to equality vs equity can assist all educators/administrators when planning and implementing instruction. We will also discuss strategies that can immediately be implemented in the classroom.
Description: With the pandemic, educational inequity has been magnified. How can we do our part, as mathematics teachers, to provide equity in the mathematics classroom? This introductory equity session will provide the opportunity for mathematics educators and administrators to discuss equity, race, and pedagogical practices and begin reducing racial disparities in their mathematics classrooms. Participants […]