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Tuesday, November 5
 

8:00am EST

Adding Value to PLCs with Math Strategies
Tuesday November 5, 2024 8:00am - 9:20am EST
TBA
Target Audience: K-5 teachers, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators

Explore practical strategies for enhancing your Professional Learning Community (PLC) by
integrating effective math practices! This session will focus on collaborative approaches that increase student
engagement and deepen mathematical understanding. Whether you’re a school leader, instructional coach,
or a classroom teacher, come learn how to elevate your team’s math conversations and impact student
achievement.
Participants will:
· explore optimal practices for teaching and learning mathematics.
· identify and apply math strategies that promote student engagement and deepen understanding
within a PLC framework
Presenters
DE

Dr. Erin Lehmann

Assistant Professor, University of South Dakota
Tuesday November 5, 2024 8:00am - 9:20am EST
TBA
  Mathematics

8:00am EST

Great Things Happen for Students in the Thinking Classroom
Tuesday November 5, 2024 8:00am - 9:20am EST
TBA
Target Audience: Teachers PK-5, Teachers 6-8 Teachers 9-12, Special Educators

When students stand in randomized groups at whiteboards while working on a well thought out task, they are more eager to learn, get on task faster, and are more willing to discuss their thinking than in a traditional classroom or group learning environment. I have over 7 years of Building Thinking Classroom experience and I will show you how to get started, what to avoid, and how to make this a successful change to your teaching.
Presenters
avatar for Andrew Burnett

Andrew Burnett

7th Grade Math Teacher, Newton Public Schools
Andrew Burnett has been teaching math for over 20 years and has taught every grade from 7 through 12. In 2012, a professor from Worcester Polytechnic Institute persuaded him to leave the classroom to help with a homework feedback study.  It was a transformative learning experience... Read More →
Tuesday November 5, 2024 8:00am - 9:20am EST
TBA
  Mathematics

8:00am EST

Using Free Virtual Manipulatives at Polypad in Algebra I and Geometry
Tuesday November 5, 2024 8:00am - 9:20am EST
TBA
Target Audience: Teachers 6-8 Teachers 9-12, Special Educators

Manipulatives can transform how students make meaning of important ideas by making abstract relationships visible, by teaching problem-solving, and by allowing students to explore and discover. Learn how virtual manipulatives can mirror these effects and support more complex interactions that are not possible in the physical world. Participants will learn using algebra tiles and the balance scale, working with polygons to explore transformations, using a function machine, and more. Participants will use the free virtual manipulatives available at Polypad, part of Desmos Classroom.
Presenters
avatar for David Poras

David Poras

Product Director, Polypad by Desmos Classroom, Amplify/Polypad
David Poras is the Senior Director of Product for Polypad, part of Desmos Classroom and Amplify. Prior to this role, David taught middle school math for 22 years. In 2017, David was selected as a runner-up for the Rosenthal Prize for Innovation and Inspiration in Math Teaching awarded... Read More →
Tuesday November 5, 2024 8:00am - 9:20am EST
TBA
  Mathematics

8:00am EST

Working with Essential Star Math Data
Tuesday November 5, 2024 8:00am - 9:20am EST
Target Audience: Teachers K-5, Math Teachers 6-8, Special Educators, Elementary Administrators, Middle School Administrators

Learn the basics of the data available in Star and lay the foundation for using Star data in
the classroom.
- Explain the multiple reports and data views available in Star.
- Interpret commonly used Star scores.
- Locate and navigate commonly used Star reports.
Master the art of using Star data to inform whole-group and small-group instruction.
- Explain Star’s value as an instructional planning tool.
- Use Renaissance’s learning progressions and Focus Skills when planning instruction.
- Use the Star Record Book to group students and identify skill information and resources for instruction.
- Plan targeted whole-group and small-group instruction using Star data and resources.
Presenters
avatar for Kayla Smith

Kayla Smith

Renaissance Consultant, Renaissance
Tuesday November 5, 2024 8:00am - 9:20am EST
  Mathematics, Data and MTSS

8:00am EST

Math K-12 Curriculum Review Committee
Tuesday November 5, 2024 8:00am - 10:55am EST
TBA
Target Audience:

The Committee will unpack and review work to date including but not limited to Learning Walks data and NPS curriculum documents, scope/sequence etc. Continuing the work and conversations from the 9/20 launch
Presenters
avatar for Norma Gordon

Norma Gordon

Educational Consultant and Mentor, Norma B Gordon
Norma Gordon has been involved with public school education for almost three decades in a range of roles including classroom teacher, professional learning developer, DESE regional mathematics specialist, and CAO for a mathematics education technology company.  Curiosity led her... Read More →
Tuesday November 5, 2024 8:00am - 10:55am EST
TBA
  Mathematics

8:00am EST

Supercharge your Investigations Lessons (Supporting students at/above benchmark)
Tuesday November 5, 2024 8:00am - 10:55am EST
TBA
Target Audience: Teachers K-5, Special Educators

Can your students define the term even number? This workshop will focus on surfacing connections to algebraic thinking and mathematical arguments within the K-5 Investigations curriculum. We will do math activities, study student examples, and introduce the idea of representation-based proofs. This work should be particularly helpful for supporting participants in providing extensions within existing lessons.

Finally, we will explore Ten Minute Math activities and grade level lessons and plan for questions to help deepen understanding. You will leave with a deeper understanding of the math and a list of questions to expand students' understandings.

Presenters
avatar for Michael Smalley

Michael Smalley

Math coach, Newton Public Schools
avatar for Kelly Gartside

Kelly Gartside

Math Coach, Newton Public Schools
I am passionate about math and bringing depth and joy to math for all students. This is my 4th year as a math coach in Newton. Prior to coming to Newton I taught 2nd, 4th and 5th grade in both Brookline and Boston. 
Tuesday November 5, 2024 8:00am - 10:55am EST
TBA
  Mathematics

9:35am EST

Adding Value to PLCs with Math Strategies
Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:35am - 10:55am EST
TBA
Target Audience: K-5 teachers, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators

Explore practical strategies for enhancing your Professional Learning Community (PLC) by
integrating effective math practices! This session will focus on collaborative approaches that increase student
engagement and deepen mathematical understanding. Whether you’re a school leader, instructional coach,
or a classroom teacher, come learn how to elevate your team’s math conversations and impact student
achievement.
Participants will:
· explore optimal practices for teaching and learning mathematics.
· identify and apply math strategies that promote student engagement and deepen understanding
within a PLC framework
Presenters
DE

Dr. Erin Lehmann

Assistant Professor, University of South Dakota
Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:35am - 10:55am EST
TBA
  Mathematics

9:35am EST

Class Openers, Warm-Ups, and Number Talks to Foster Numeric, Algebraic and Geometric Thinking
Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:35am - 10:55am EST
TBA
Target Audience: Teachers 6-8 Special Educators

Come learn some new class openers, games, and puzzles to spark student engagement in middle school math classes. Participants will play a variety of quick activities to see how these help promote numeracy skills, algebraic thinking, and geometric understanding. Some of the games shared will be able to be played both virtually and with physical objects, while some of the games are best suited to be played with the free virtual tools on Desmos Classroom and Polypad, a free resource with virtual manipulatives.
Presenters
avatar for David Poras

David Poras

Product Director, Polypad by Desmos Classroom, Amplify/Polypad
David Poras is the Senior Director of Product for Polypad, part of Desmos Classroom and Amplify. Prior to this role, David taught middle school math for 22 years. In 2017, David was selected as a runner-up for the Rosenthal Prize for Innovation and Inspiration in Math Teaching awarded... Read More →
Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:35am - 10:55am EST
TBA
  Mathematics

9:35am EST

Fact Fluency: The Phonics of Mathematical Thinking
Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:35am - 10:55am EST
TBA
Target Audience: Teachers PK-Grade 5, Para Professionals, Special Educators

In this session, educators will learn the developmental pathway most students follow when learning to add and multiply single digit numbers.They will learn which facts are the foundation upon which more challenging facts are learned. They will learn about to support students moving from one developmental stage to the next through the use of games, stories, and number talks.
Presenters
avatar for Andrew Guttell

Andrew Guttell

Math Coach, Newton Public Schools
 I love to spend time with my wife and our 3 adult(YIKES!) children. I enjoy woodworking, kayaking, bicycling, and cooking.I was a first and second grade teacher for 20 years before taking on my current role as math coach. As a classroom teacher, reading instruction and assessment... Read More →
Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:35am - 10:55am EST
TBA
  Mathematics

9:35am EST

Great Things Happen for Students in the Thinking Classroom
Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:35am - 10:55am EST
TBA
Target Audience: Teachers PK-5, Teachers 6-8 Teachers 9-12, Special Educators

When students stand in randomized groups at whiteboards while working on a well thought out task, they are more eager to learn, get on task faster, and are more willing to discuss their thinking than in a traditional classroom or group learning environment. I have over 7 years of Building Thinking Classroom experience and I will show you how to get started, what to avoid, and how to make this a successful change to your teaching.
Presenters
avatar for Andrew Burnett

Andrew Burnett

7th Grade Math Teacher, Newton Public Schools
Andrew Burnett has been teaching math for over 20 years and has taught every grade from 7 through 12. In 2012, a professor from Worcester Polytechnic Institute persuaded him to leave the classroom to help with a homework feedback study.  It was a transformative learning experience... Read More →
Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:35am - 10:55am EST
TBA
  Mathematics

9:35am EST

Supporting Students in Elementary Math
Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:35am - 10:55am EST
TBA
Target Audience: Unit C Educators supporting students in math

During this session, we will collaborate to examine effective support for students during the various structures of the elementary math block, including whole group instruction, small group work, independent work and ST Math.  We will explore accommodations, tools, and language that supporting adults can use to facilitate productive learning in our students.  
Presenters
avatar for Lisa Addleman

Lisa Addleman

math coach
avatar for Meran Ellis

Meran Ellis

Instructional Math Coach
Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:35am - 10:55am EST
TBA
  Mathematics

9:35am EST

Working with Essential Star Math Data
Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:35am - 10:55am EST
Target Audience: Teachers K-5, Math Teachers 6-8, Special Educators, Elementary Administrators, Middle School Administrators

Learn the basics of the data available in Star and lay the foundation for using Star data in
the classroom.
- Explain the multiple reports and data views available in Star.
- Interpret commonly used Star scores.
- Locate and navigate commonly used Star reports.
Master the art of using Star data to inform whole-group and small-group instruction.
- Explain Star’s value as an instructional planning tool.
- Use Renaissance’s learning progressions and Focus Skills when planning instruction.
- Use the Star Record Book to group students and identify skill information and resources for instruction.
- Plan targeted whole-group and small-group instruction using Star data and resources.
Presenters
avatar for Kayla Smith

Kayla Smith

Renaissance Consultant, Renaissance
Tuesday November 5, 2024 9:35am - 10:55am EST
  Mathematics, Data and MTSS

12:05pm EST

Building on Student Brilliance with Desmos Math
Tuesday November 5, 2024 12:05pm - 1:25pm EST
TBA
Target Audience: Teachers 6-8 Para Professionals, Special Educators

In this session we will do math together! After participants experience a Desmos Math 6–A1 lesson, we'll look at how the lesson structure and facilitation tools are designed to help teachers elicit, build on, and connect student drive students' math thinking.
Presenters
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Angela Rubenstein

Desmos Coach
Tuesday November 5, 2024 12:05pm - 1:25pm EST
TBA
  Mathematics

12:05pm EST

PK- 12 Math Curriculum Review Roundtable
Tuesday November 5, 2024 12:05pm - 1:25pm EST
TBA
Target Audience: Adminstrators, Teachers PK-5, Teachers 6-8 Teachers 9-12, Special Educators

We invite faculty and staff to a Mathematics Curriculum Conversations session—a collaborative space to share your ideas, insights, and questions about the current Mathematics Curriculum Review. This is an open forum with our consultants where your voice matters and your input can inform student learning experiences.
If you have specific questions or are curious about the ongoing efforts, this is your chance to engage in dialogue with the consultants and each other.
Presenters
avatar for Norma Gordon

Norma Gordon

Educational Consultant and Mentor, Norma B Gordon
Norma Gordon has been involved with public school education for almost three decades in a range of roles including classroom teacher, professional learning developer, DESE regional mathematics specialist, and CAO for a mathematics education technology company.  Curiosity led her... Read More →
Tuesday November 5, 2024 12:05pm - 1:25pm EST
TBA
  Mathematics

12:05pm EST

Supporting Your Students' Growth with ST Math
Tuesday November 5, 2024 12:05pm - 1:25pm EST
TBA
Target Audience: Para Professionals

We will lead Unit C staff through some activities to increase their comfort level supporting productive struggle with ST Math. We intend for all educators to utilize ST Math as a way to support grade level access to mathematics for all.
Presenters
avatar for Christopher McBride

Christopher McBride

Math Coach, Newton Public Schools
avatar for Jennifer Ortega

Jennifer Ortega

Assistant Coordinator for Elementary Mathematics, Newton Public Schools
Tuesday November 5, 2024 12:05pm - 1:25pm EST
TBA
  Mathematics

12:05pm EST

Using Free Virtual Manipulatives from Polypad to Enhance Math Instruction
Tuesday November 5, 2024 12:05pm - 1:25pm EST
TBA
Target Audience: Teachers 6-8 Special Educators

Manipulatives can transform how students make meaning of important ideas by making abstract relationships visible, by teaching problem-solving, and by allowing students to explore and discover. Learn how virtual manipulatives can mirror these effects and support more complex interactions that are not possible in the physical world. Participants will explore topics including equality and solving equations, a variety of geometry topics, probability explorations, and more. Participants will use the free virtual manipulatives available at Polypad, part of Desmos Classroom.
Presenters
avatar for David Poras

David Poras

Product Director, Polypad by Desmos Classroom, Amplify/Polypad
David Poras is the Senior Director of Product for Polypad, part of Desmos Classroom and Amplify. Prior to this role, David taught middle school math for 22 years. In 2017, David was selected as a runner-up for the Rosenthal Prize for Innovation and Inspiration in Math Teaching awarded... Read More →
Tuesday November 5, 2024 12:05pm - 1:25pm EST
TBA
  Mathematics

12:05pm EST

Working with Essential Star Math Data
Tuesday November 5, 2024 12:05pm - 1:25pm EST
Target Audience: Teachers K-5, Math Teachers 6-8, Special Educators, Elementary Administrators, Middle School Administrators

Learn the basics of the data available in Star and lay the foundation for using Star data in
the classroom.
- Explain the multiple reports and data views available in Star.
- Interpret commonly used Star scores.
- Locate and navigate commonly used Star reports.
Master the art of using Star data to inform whole-group and small-group instruction.
- Explain Star’s value as an instructional planning tool.
- Use Renaissance’s learning progressions and Focus Skills when planning instruction.
- Use the Star Record Book to group students and identify skill information and resources for instruction.
- Plan targeted whole-group and small-group instruction using Star data and resources.
Presenters
avatar for Kayla Smith

Kayla Smith

Renaissance Consultant, Renaissance
Tuesday November 5, 2024 12:05pm - 1:25pm EST
  Mathematics, Data and MTSS

1:40pm EST

Activators to Empower Students to Own Fractions and Decimals
Tuesday November 5, 2024 1:40pm - 3:00pm EST
TBA
Target Audience: Teachers PK-5, Para Professionals, Special Educators

Students who struggle with fraction and decimal concepts may not have used concrete models and pictorial representations as part of their learning. Instruction without modeling tends to focus on the use of equations and algorithms to abstractly represent math concepts. This workshop introduces activators which put visual models at the forefront in helping teachers and students anchor these concepts concretely.

The speaker will teach a routine of building on student thinking through visual models. Models of how to record student thinking and provide clear instructional building blocks will be shared. Participants will experience hands-on and visual models to support their thinking around these often-underdeveloped topics. Then they will practice recording student thinking that allows them to share students' ideas with the class to promote discussion.
Presenters
avatar for Heidi Sabnani

Heidi Sabnani

Consultant, Sabnani Educational Consulting and AthenaK-12
Heidi Sabnani is always surprised that she works in math education. She developed math anxiety as a young student and spent much of her school life and early career avoiding math. After teaching English in the United States and Guatemala, and earning her MA in World Literature, she... Read More →
Tuesday November 5, 2024 1:40pm - 3:00pm EST
TBA
  Mathematics

1:40pm EST

Struggle Not Suffer! Perseverance and Productive Struggle in Mathematics- Grades 3-5
Tuesday November 5, 2024 1:40pm - 3:00pm EST
TBA
Target Audience: Adminstrators, Teachers PK-5, Para Professionals, Special Educators

Workshop Description:
This workshop is designed for grades 3-5 teachers who are excited to learn and discover how adding a taste of productive struggle and rigor to math tasks helps to create deep thinkers and lovers of math.
This highly participatory workshop will provide selected tasks that will be the building blocks of allowing all students to persevere, to have aha moments and to find joy in the struggle.
Teachers will engage in various games, tasks, and experiences that will help start to young mathematician bybringing productive struggle and rigor into the classroom.


Participant Outcomes
Discuss and participate in activities that help to define and realize the importance of productive struggle
· Investigate different strategies that will help to build and provoke a culture of productive struggle in the math classroom
Discover strategies that take current-problems and infuse them with rigor.
Learn how a classroom full of productive struggle builds rich discourse, better understandings, and more confidence in mathematics
Presenters
MA
Tuesday November 5, 2024 1:40pm - 3:00pm EST
TBA
  Mathematics, Social Emotional Learning

1:40pm EST

Using Free Virtual Manipulatives at Polypad to Enhance Math Instruction
Tuesday November 5, 2024 1:40pm - 3:00pm EST
TBA
Target Audience: Teachers PK-5, Special Educators

Manipulatives can transform how students make meaning of important ideas by making abstract relationships visible, by teaching problem-solving, and by allowing students to explore and discover. Learn how virtual manipulatives can mirror these effects and support more complex interactions that are not possible in the physical world. Participants will explore topics including number sense and different numerical representations, making meaning of fraction operations, exploring area and perimeter, probability explorations, and more. Participants will use the free virtual manipulatives available at Polypad, part of Desmos Classroom.
Presenters
avatar for David Poras

David Poras

Product Director, Polypad by Desmos Classroom, Amplify/Polypad
David Poras is the Senior Director of Product for Polypad, part of Desmos Classroom and Amplify. Prior to this role, David taught middle school math for 22 years. In 2017, David was selected as a runner-up for the Rosenthal Prize for Innovation and Inspiration in Math Teaching awarded... Read More →
Tuesday November 5, 2024 1:40pm - 3:00pm EST
TBA
  Mathematics

1:40pm EST

Working with Essential Star Math Data
Tuesday November 5, 2024 1:40pm - 3:00pm EST
Target Audience: Teachers K-5, Math Teachers 6-8, Special Educators, Elementary Administrators, Middle School Administrators

Learn the basics of the data available in Star and lay the foundation for using Star data in
the classroom.
- Explain the multiple reports and data views available in Star.
- Interpret commonly used Star scores.
- Locate and navigate commonly used Star reports.
Master the art of using Star data to inform whole-group and small-group instruction.
- Explain Star’s value as an instructional planning tool.
- Use Renaissance’s learning progressions and Focus Skills when planning instruction.
- Use the Star Record Book to group students and identify skill information and resources for instruction.
- Plan targeted whole-group and small-group instruction using Star data and resources.
Presenters
avatar for Kayla Smith

Kayla Smith

Renaissance Consultant, Renaissance
Tuesday November 5, 2024 1:40pm - 3:00pm EST
  Mathematics, Data and MTSS
 
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