We’re happy to announce initial plans for a Fall webinar series, starting in late August. These webinars will focus on tools from the Mathematics Improvement Toolkit, including many tools that were not featured in the spring webinar series, and some tools that are being updated and modified to provide additional resources to teachers and other educators.
We will likely host these as a weekly series of webinars, with the following tentative list of topics:
- Collaboration and Co-teaching: A Workshop for Math and Special Educators
- Teaching High Level Mathematics to English Language Learners in the Middle Grades
- Using Tasks and Instructional Practice to Develop Student Understanding of Mathematics
- Improving Accessibility in Middle Grades Mathematics: Language in the Math Classroom
- Online Learning Tools to Support Teachings in Using Inquiry and Problem Solving in Mathematics
- Universal Design for Learning Strategies and Resources for Mathematics
- Family and Community Engagement Strategies and Resources to Support Mathematics Learning
- Online Professional Learning Tools: Algebraic Reasoning Considerations for Teaching
Check here for more information, and check back in July when we should be announcing dates for these sessions.
This week features our final spring series webinar, Developing Student Understanding in Mathematics: Ratios and Proportional Reasoning, which will take place on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, at 1:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.
Presented by Steve Best, from Middle Start, this webinar will address some of the mathematics specific considerations for teaching middle grades content, and will focus on a number of tools within the Mathematics Improvement Toolkit that are intended to help teachers select appropriate tasks for students and assess student understanding.
REGISTER HERE FOR THIS WEBINAR. (link to registration page)
A HANDOUT for this webinar is available HERE.
For more information, visit the Developing Student Understanding in Mathematics: Ratios and Proportional Reasoning Webinar page.
Recordings of several of the webinars from the spring webinar series have been posted on the individual pages for each webinar. Check out the recordings at the pages below.
Collaboration and Co-teaching: A Workshop for Math and Special Educators
Presented on May 26 by Emily Fagan – Educational Development Center, Inc. (EDC) Webinar recording will be posted by June 15.
Teaching High Level Mathematics to English Language Learners in the Middle Grades
Presented on May 27 by Sara Freedman – Turning Points. Webinar recording will be posted by June 15.
Using Tasks and Instructional Practice to Develop Student Understanding of Mathematics
Presented on June 2 by Stephen Best – Middle Start. Webinar recording is currently posted.
Improving Accessibility in Middle Grades Mathematics: Language in the Math Classroom
June 9, 1:00pm Eastern Standard Time
Presented on June 9 by Emily Fagan and Anna McTigue, EDC. Webinar recording is currently posted.
Developing Student Understanding of Ratio and Proportion in Middle Grades Mathematics
June 16, 1:00pm Eastern Standard Time
Presented by Stephen Best – Middle Start.
You can still register for this webinar here.
The fourth Mathematics Improvement Toolkit webinar, Improving Accessibility in Middle Grades Mathematics: Language in the Math Classroom in our spring series will take place this Wednesday, June 9, 2010, at 1:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.
Presented by Emily Fagan and Anna McTigue, of EDC (the Education Development Center, Inc.), this webinar will address the toolkit resources designed to help mathematics and other teachers understand the challenges that language and vocabulary present, and how to address these using the Mathematics Improvement Toolkit resources.
REGISTER HERE FOR THIS WEBINAR. (link to registration page)
For more information, check the Language in the Math Classroom Webinar page.
Registered individuals should download the WEBINAR HANDOUT here.
This week features our third webinar, Developing Student Understanding in Mathematics, which will take place on Wednesday, June 2, 2010, at 1:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.
Presented by Steve Best, from Middle Start, this webinar will address some of the mathematics specific considerations for teaching middle grades content, and will focus on a number of tools within the Mathematics Improvement Toolkit that are intended to help teachers select appropriate tasks for students and assess student understanding.
REGISTER HERE FOR THIS WEBINAR. (link to registration page)
For more information, including the WEBINAR HANDOUT, visit the Developing Student Understanding in Mathematics Webinar page.
This week also features our second webinar, Teaching High Level Mathematics to English Language Learners in the Middle Grades, which will take place on Thursday, May 27, 2010, at 1:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. This follows Wednesday’s webinar on Co-Teaching.
Presented by Sara Freedman, of Turning Points, this webinar will address some of the specific considerations for teaching mathematics in classrooms with English-language learners.
REGISTER HERE FOR THIS WEBINAR. (link to registration page)
For more information, including the WEBINAR HANDOUT, visit the High Level Mathematics for English Language Learners Webinar page.
The first Mathematics Improvement Toolkit webinar, Collaboration and Co-Teaching: A Workshop for Math and Special Educators will take place this Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at 1:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.
Presented by Emily Fagan, of EDC (the Education Development Center, Inc.), this webinar will address the toolkit resources designed to help mathematics and special education teachers in a collaborative, co-teaching effort to support mathematics instruction.
REGISTER HERE FOR THIS WEBINAR. (link to registration page)
For more information, including the WEBINAR HANDOUT check the Collaboration and Co-Teaching Webinar page.
The National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform is introducing a spring webinar series to help educators learn about critical issues in supporting adolescent students learn mathematics concepts. The series of five webinars starts May 26 and focuses on instructional practices and resources addressed in the Mathematics Improvement Toolkit. The webinar series includes the following presentations:
- Collaboration and Co-teaching: A Workshop for Math and Special Educators (May 26)
- Teaching High Level Mathematics to English Language Learners in the Middle Grades (May 27)
- Using Tasks and Instructional Practice to Develop Student Understanding of Mathematics (June 2)
- Improving Accessibility in Middle Grades Mathematics: Language in the Math Classroom (June 9)
- Developing Student Understanding of Ratio and Proportion in Middle Grades Mathematics (June 16)
All of the webinars are approximately an hour long, and all involve multiple activities designed to engage teachers, professional developers, and other educators in understanding these strategies and tools. ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
For more information about the webinar series, individual webinar presentations, and registration, check here.