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Welcome to California Mathematics Council - South’s 2015 Annual Conference Program!
This year’s conference is in Fabulous Palm Springs, Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7!
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Friday, November 6
 

8:30am PST

✭ 100: Using Technology to Increase Conceptual Understanding in Algebra and Geometry
Many topics in algebra and geometry are difficult to address conceptually and tend to be taught procedurally. WeÕll explore interactive applets that let students Ònotice and wonderÓ, talk about mathematical situations, and develop conceptual understandings of triangle properties, linear equations, systems of equations, and factoring trinomials. _x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
avatar for Annie Fetter

Annie Fetter

The Math Forum at NCTM
I'm the longest-tenured staff member of the Math Forum. I worked on the project that produced the first version of the Geometer's Sketchpad® dynamic mathematics software and was a consultant for Key Curriculum Press for many years. My current work focuses on the development of children's... Read More →

Friday November 6, 2015 8:30am - 9:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose A
  G.I. 6 - 12, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

10:30am PST

✭ 200: Rigorous Teaching and LearningÑSparking StudentsÕ Passions
Rigor in mathematics classrooms should be the foundation for engaging students in high-quality teaching and learning. Find out what rigor in math classrooms is all about. Then, experience how your passion for math can fuel studentsÕ passion for learning and succeeding in life._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
LV

Lee V. Stiff


Friday November 6, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose B
  3 - 5, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

10:30am PST

✭ 203: Math Mistakes and Error Analysis: Diamonds in the Rough
Explore why error analysis can help drive our instruction, curb student misconceptions, and strengthen formative assessment. Math mistakes are a valuable window into student thinking. We will turn student mistakes into free lesson ideas connected to the Common Core and opportunities for ongoing learning.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 4373
Speakers
avatar for Andrew Stadel

Andrew Stadel

Math Instruction Coach, Tustin USD
Andrew is currently is a math instructional coach where he partners with secondary math teachers to expand their professional skill set by focusing on effective teaching practices. You can also find free resources at his widely-acclaimed website, Estimation 180. When Andrew is not... Read More →

Error Analysis CMC South 2015b.001 jpg
Friday November 6, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose A
  6 - 12, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

10:30am PST

✭ 201: Connecting Data to Instruction - Looking at Smarter Balanced Items & Responses to Inform Instruction
We'll look at several released Smarter Balanced test items and the associated performance data in order to see how this information can be used to improve instruction. Additionally, we'll look at annotated student work on recently released performance tasks to help teachers understand what constitutes acceptable responses that focus on problem solving, communicating reasoning, and modeling._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
JH

Judy Hickman

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Friday November 6, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose C
  General Aud., FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

10:30am PST

✭ 202: What is Academic Rigor in the Primary Classroom?
The subject of rigor brings up lots of questions that need to be examined. What makes a task rigorous? Is harder always better? How do we know when struggling with a task will lead to understanding and when it will not? We will look at what we need to consider to provide rigorous, yet appropriate, tasks for young children._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
KR

Kathleen Richardson


What Smarter Wants Ss to Know CMCS HD pptx
Friday November 6, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose A
  PK - 2, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

1:30pm PST

✭ 300: Teaching Mathematics: Reflections and Insights on >1000 Classroom Observations
I have been blessed with an ever growing data base of more than 1000 K-12 mathematics classroom observations since 2010. This session is an opportunity to capture and share some of what I've observed and learned. We will use specific examples to look at such issues as on-going cumulative review, homework, worksheets, saying vs. showing, formative assessment, questioning and tasks that either numb or energize our neurons - all of which can be transported to every classroom in which mathematics is taught._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
SL

Steven Leinwand


Friday November 6, 2015 1:30pm - 2:59pm PST
PSCC-Primrose B
  General Aud., FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

1:30pm PST

✭ 302: Conferring and Questioning to Spark Deeper Understanding
Questioning has become one of the biggest challenges of teachers everywhere as they rise to the challenge of transforming their classrooms into communities of mathematicians. The CCSS Standards of Mathematical Practice require that children engage in problem solving with tenacity and confidence and that teachers foster a climate conducive to the generating of mathematics rather than the explanation of it. Teachers have been told that they have a new roleÑone of a facilitator, rather than a teller. But being a facilitator is not sufficient; we are also mentors. Precisely how to question in ways that engage learners to go deeper into the mathematics at hand will be the focus of this presentation. Digital video will be used to study it in action and participants will leave with a ÒLandscape of Teacher Change on Conferring and QuestioningÓ to monitor their own growth and development. _x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
CF

Cathy Fosnot


Tasks for SCMC Conference docx
Mapping Items to Instruction pptx
Friday November 6, 2015 1:30pm - 2:59pm PST
PSCC-Primrose A
  General Aud., FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

1:30pm PST

✭ 303: Five Instructional Shifts to Orchestrate K-5 CC Classrooms
Explore five essential K-5 instructional shifts to emphasize the mathematical practices and the content they support. Engage with K-5 tasks and then with how to support them during instruction through the use of authentic video in K-5 classrooms.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 8931
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Juli Dixon, Alex and Jessica Dixon

Dr. Juli Dixon, Alex and Jessica Dixon

Title: A Stroke of Luck: A Family’s Journey a Roadmap for SupportThe Dixons offer a unique perspective on supporting children with medical issues and their caregivers and siblings. Juli provides the educator’s viewpoint as a parent of children with special needs and medical difficulties... Read More →

Friday November 6, 2015 1:30pm - 2:59pm PST
Hilton-Horizon I
  PK - 5, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

3:30pm PST

✭ 400: Facilitating Meaningful Discourse in Mathematics Classroom
According to Principles to Action, mathematical discourse should: build on and honor studentsÕ thinking; provide students with the opportunity to share ideas, clarify understandings, and develop convincing arguments; and advance the mathematical learning of the whole class. It has been argued that Òdiscussions that focus on cognitively challenging mathematical tasks, namely those that promote thinking, reasoning, and problem solving, are a primary mechanism for promoting conceptual understanding of mathematics.Ò During the session participants will: 1) watch a video clip and discuss what the teacher does to support her students engagement in and understanding of mathematics; 2) discuss how the video exemplifies the focal teaching practice; and 3) consider what can be learned from this example that could apply to teaching more broadly. _x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
MS

Margaret Smith


Friday November 6, 2015 3:30pm - 4:59pm PST
PSCC-Primrose A
  G.I. 6 - 12, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

3:30pm PST

✭ 403: Mathematical Practice In the Classroom
The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe the habits of proficient students they learn mathematics and solve problems. These habits can only be observed in the context of specific mathematical ideas and methods. We will look at examples of student work and classroom videos which illustrate mathematical practice in the classroom, at various grade levels.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 11382
Speakers
avatar for Dr. William McCallum

Dr. William McCallum

Illustrative Mathematics
Bill McCallum, one of the lead authors of Common Core-Math, has been involved in mathematics education throughout his career. In 2011, Bill began work on the Common Core aligned curriculum Illustrative Mathematics. Bill believes that teachers are key to building our students’ competencies... Read More →

Friday November 6, 2015 3:30pm - 4:59pm PST
PSCC-Primrose B
  Gen. Aud., FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

3:30pm PST

✭ 401: From Counting to Problem Solving: Supporting the development of understanding for each student
Beginning problem solving can seem challenging for students and teachers. This session will focus on how to use counting collections to support students to solve problems. The session will provide examples as well as elucidate the underlying principles that support the connection between counting collections and problem solving. _x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
avatar for Megan Franke

Megan Franke

Professor of Education at UCLA, UC Los Angeles
Megan Franke is a Professor of Education at UCLA. Megan’s research focuses on understanding and supporting teacher learning for preservice and inservice teachers. She studies how teachers’ use of research-based information about the development of children’s mathematical thinking... Read More →

Friday November 6, 2015 3:30pm - 4:59pm PST
PSCC-Primrose C
  PK - 2, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

3:30pm PST

✭ 404: Each Child is Mathematically Amazing: Learning From Students to Support Participation
Participants will learn about practices that (a) support students to explain their mathematical ideas and engage with others' mathematical ideas, (b) enable teachers to hear what the students say and (c) enable teachers to use what they hear to support learning. The session draws on Cognitively Guided Instruction research and makes use of a range of video examples of students, teachers and classrooms.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 11568
Speakers
avatar for Megan Franke

Megan Franke

Professor of Education at UCLA, UC Los Angeles
Megan Franke is a Professor of Education at UCLA. Megan’s research focuses on understanding and supporting teacher learning for preservice and inservice teachers. She studies how teachers’ use of research-based information about the development of children’s mathematical thinking... Read More →

Friday November 6, 2015 3:30pm - 4:59pm PST
Hilton-Horizon I
  PK - 5, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

3:30pm PST

✭ 402: Letting Go: Cultivating Agency and Authority in the Secondary Mathematics Classroom
In this session, I share what I learned from my dissertation video study of two high school teachers who were learning to enact Number Talks. I wanted to learn what the teachers found most challenging and how coaching supported their learning. _x000B_ In examining the videos of the Number Talks, I noticed that even when teachers use teaching strategies that are recommended for engaging students in productive mathematical discussions, it can be hard to let go of familiar practices that we think of as "teaching" (such as asking leading questions or verifying students' answers), but that when we are able to forego those habits, students' agency and authority has more space to grow. I hope these ideas will be useful for teachers and coaches alike._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
CH

Cathy Humphreys


Friday November 6, 2015 3:30pm - 4:59pm PST
PSCC-Primrose B
  Teacher Ed, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

5:00pm PST

✭ Ignite!

Watch 10 math educators light up the room with fresh ideas in teaching and learning. Each speaker gets five minutes, using 20 slides that auto advance every 15 seconds whether they’re ready or not.  Prepare to be amazed, empowered, and entertained!  

There will be a Cash Bar available! 

Moderators
avatar for Suzanne Alejandre

Suzanne Alejandre

Senior Project Manager, The Math Forum @ NCTM
I'm a native Californian (born in San Pedro) and I think of myself as a middle school mathematics and computer teacher because from 1973 – 1977 and 1987 – 2000 that is what I did! I taught at Frisbie Junior High School and later Frisbie Middle School in Rialto. I joined the Math... Read More →
avatar for Annie Fetter

Annie Fetter

The Math Forum at NCTM
I'm the longest-tenured staff member of the Math Forum. I worked on the project that produced the first version of the Geometer's Sketchpad® dynamic mathematics software and was a consultant for Key Curriculum Press for many years. My current work focuses on the development of children's... Read More →
BS

Brian Shay

Math Teacher/Chairperson, Canyon Crest Academy, San Dieguito UHSD

Speakers
AD

Alex Dixon

avatar for Dr. Juli Dixon, Alex and Jessica Dixon

Dr. Juli Dixon, Alex and Jessica Dixon

Title: A Stroke of Luck: A Family’s Journey a Roadmap for SupportThe Dixons offer a unique perspective on supporting children with medical issues and their caregivers and siblings. Juli provides the educator’s viewpoint as a parent of children with special needs and medical difficulties... Read More →
avatar for Norma Gordon

Norma Gordon

Chief Academic Officer/Math Specialist/Instructional Coach, CueThink and Brookline Public Schools
I have been an active mathematics and professional learning educator for almost 20 years. My goal is to support and foster creative, collaborative learning environments. I view this flexibly as "learners-2-learners" - meaning all students and educators! @normabgordon is my personal... Read More →
avatar for Nate Goza

Nate Goza

Teacher, Math for America Los Angeles
avatar for ROBERT KAPLINSKY

ROBERT KAPLINSKY

Consultant, robertkaplinsky.com
Robert Kaplinsky has been an educator since 2003 as a classroom teacher, teacher specialist for Downey Unified School District, instructor for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and presenter at conferences around the world. He runs the website Open Middle, has been... Read More →
avatar for Matthew Larson

Matthew Larson

Past President, NCTM
Matt Larson is Past-President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.  Prior to serving as president of NCTM, he was the K-12 mathematics curriculum specialist for the Lincoln Public Schools (Nebraska) where he currently serves as the Associate Superintendent for Instruction... Read More →
LN

Laila Nur

avatar for Nora Ramirez

Nora Ramirez

Executive Director, TODOS: Mathematics for ALL
MT

Matthew Taylor

Instructional Specialist Mathematics, New Visions for Public Schools
BT

Bill Thill

avatar for Nancy Butler Wolf

Nancy Butler Wolf

Lecturer, Supervisor of Teacher Education, UC Riverside
I am a long-time math educator with interests in algebraic thinking and reasoning, mathematical modeling, curriculum development, technology and literature in the math classroom, and student motivation and engagement. I have my PhD in mathematics education, and my book, "Modeling... Read More →

Friday November 6, 2015 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST
Renaissance-Pasadena/Madera
  Featured, FEATURED |   Gen. Aud., FEATURED
 
Saturday, November 7
 

8:30am PST

✭ 502: 'Key Words Help' 'Inquiry Won't Work' and Other Myths
Students with special needs are often taught exclusively through key words and direct instruction. Learn first-hand from a student with special needs how teaching key words and direct instruction were successfully replaced with teaching for understanding in an inclusive environment. Alex Dixon was a normal, bright, healthy girl, when a sudden onset of a mysterious illness took over her life. Months of treatments failed to provide relief from acute pain and muscle spasm. Brain surgery stopped the spasms but caused a massive stroke. Alex had to relearn everything. Alex provides a personal account of strategies for supporting a student with special needs to learn mathematics with depth. Alex's mom, Juli Dixon, a professor of mathematics education, shares her perspective on what worked for teaching students with special needs.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 12930
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Juli Dixon, Alex and Jessica Dixon

Dr. Juli Dixon, Alex and Jessica Dixon

Title: A Stroke of Luck: A Family’s Journey a Roadmap for SupportThe Dixons offer a unique perspective on supporting children with medical issues and their caregivers and siblings. Juli provides the educator’s viewpoint as a parent of children with special needs and medical difficulties... Read More →
AD

Alex Dixon


Saturday November 7, 2015 8:30am - 9:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose B
  Gen. Aud., FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

8:30am PST

✭ 500: Number Talks and the Standards for Mathematical Practice: Teachers and Students Learning Together
Number Talks develop numerical reasoning skills for students and teachers alike and are a powerful vehicle for bringing the Standards for Mathematical Practice to life in elementary through post-secondary classrooms. This session will engage participants as learners while highlighting critical aspects that make Number Talks a safe space for the having of mathematical ideas._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
RP

Ruth Parker


Saturday November 7, 2015 8:30am - 9:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose A
  General Aud., FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

8:30am PST

✭ 501: Principles for Building and Using Effective Digital Tasks
What do the most powerful digital math tasks have in common? What teacher moves allow students to get the most out of any lesson? In this session, weÕll consider answers to these questions and use the Desmos Activity Builder as a lens for exploring the intersection of computers, teaching, and math._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
avatar for Michael Fenton

Michael Fenton

Lead Instructional Designer, Desmos
Exploring the intersection of mathematics, technology, and curiosity.

Smarter Balanced Math PT Session CMCS Nov 2015 ppt
Saturday November 7, 2015 8:30am - 9:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose B
  General Aud., FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

10:30am PST

✭ 605: Digging Into Depth of Knowledge
Learn how to use rigorous Open Middle math problems at multiple Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels with your students. The problems begin with the same task and end with the same answer yet allow for multiple solving methods. Participants will complete math tasks, watch videos of students solving them, and leave with access to 100's of free problems.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 16057
Speakers
avatar for ROBERT KAPLINSKY

ROBERT KAPLINSKY

Consultant, robertkaplinsky.com
Robert Kaplinsky has been an educator since 2003 as a classroom teacher, teacher specialist for Downey Unified School District, instructor for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and presenter at conferences around the world. He runs the website Open Middle, has been... Read More →

Saturday November 7, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose C
  3 - 12, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

10:30am PST

✭ 601: Building a Coherent Teacher-Owned Middle School Curriculum
Illustrative Mathematics is writing a complete set of lesson plans, assessments, and differentiated learning supports for Grades 6Ð8 mathematics. The curriculum will be aligned to the Common Core State Standards, mathematically coherent, and attuned the daily classroom needs of teachers. It will be an open education resource released under a Creative Commons Attribution license, so that teachers will be able to adapt it to their local needs, while still preserving the basic architecture. In this presentation we will describe some of the key features of the curriculum and give participants an opportunity to work with some of the materials._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
BM

Bill McCallum


California Math Conference Activity Sheets docx
CMC South 2015 Conference 11 7 15 featured presentation pptx
Saturday November 7, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose C
  6 - 8, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

10:30am PST

✭ 603: 'In the Position of Possibility' Many Mini Lessons Teaching and Learning in the Urban Classroom
Let's explore the challenges and paths to success of teaching students "in the position of possibility" (formerly known as at risk). Textbooks, testing, mandates, decrees, and breakfast service; experience the life of a South Los Angeles teacher through addition, subtraction, multiplication and division mini lessons. _x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
DW

Dina Williams


Fetter2015CMCSouthNoticeWonderHandout pdf
Fetter2015CMCSouthNoticeWonderSlides pdf
Saturday November 7, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
Renaissance-Catalina
  G.I. PK - 5, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

10:30am PST

✭ 600: Adding Talk to the Leadership Teaching and Math Equation
How do adult interactions in school impact student interactions in schools? What do robust academic discussions sound like among teachers and among students? How do we cultivate rich, engaging, inquiries at the administrative and the teacher and the student levels in any given school or district? How do we address problems in school and how do those habits impact how we engage with mathematics problems? What does culture have to do with learning and how do we cultivate the culture we all want to live in? In this talk I will share my thinking about how to develop the kind of dialogue needed to actually improve learning. We will explore "learning communities" and the role of each player in the community to both learn and contribute to the collective and individual knowledge in the community. What habits of discourse need to be cultivated so that all of us, no matter age or rank, can engage productively in dialogue that furthers learni ng, innovation, problem solving and collaboration?_x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
LW

Lucy West


Saturday November 7, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose B
  General Aud., FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

10:30am PST

✭ 602: MAKE FAILURE CHEAP: WE ALL TAKE RISKS HERE
In a safe class with a teacher they respect, students will reason, rationalize, disagree, compare, and improve. Those environments donÕt occur by accident; theyÕre the product of a specific focus on empowering student voice. LetÕs discuss effective and ineffective questions for all grades, model openness for diverse methods, and celebrate guesses and incorrect answers. _x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
avatar for Matt Vaudrey

Matt Vaudrey

Bonita USD
A Google Certified Innovator and EdTech Coach from Southern California, Matt brings risk-taking to the forefront of the classroom. His students — kids and adults — build confidence and motivation by taking risks in a safe environment where failure is cheap. His book, The Classroom... Read More →

Saturday November 7, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose A
  General Aud., FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

10:30am PST

✭ 604: Balancing Conceptual Understanding Application and Procedural Fluency in a Common Core Classroom
Understanding what it means to have a balanced approach and the reality of implementing a balanced approach in a classroom are different. This presentation will briefly address the meaning of the elements of a balanced approach, conceptual understanding, application and procedural fluency, but the purpose of the session is to solidify what a balanced approach looks like in a Common Core classroom and to walk away with specific ideas to implement in a classroom to meet the needs of all students, including EL's. To accomplish this, participants will engage in center-type activities designed to address conceptual understanding, application, and procedural fluency while focusing on mathematical language and communication.. Discussions that keep in mind the “spirit of the standards” will culminate with the development of a sequence of the activities.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 15828
Speakers
avatar for Nora Ramirez

Nora Ramirez

Executive Director, TODOS: Mathematics for ALL

Saturday November 7, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
PSCC-Mesquite B
  PK - 5, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

1:15pm PST

✭ 702: The Whole Problem-Solving Process: Traversing Gaps Between Thinking Talking Writing and Typing
High-stakes tests are just one time we expect students to read a problem on the computer and then type an answer. ItÕs easy to lose sight of the phases involved in the process of producing a finished product. WeÕll look at samples that highlight this issue and strategies to support moving from thinking to talking to writing to typing._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
avatar for Annie Fetter

Annie Fetter

The Math Forum at NCTM
I'm the longest-tenured staff member of the Math Forum. I worked on the project that produced the first version of the Geometer's Sketchpad® dynamic mathematics software and was a consultant for Key Curriculum Press for many years. My current work focuses on the development of children's... Read More →

Saturday November 7, 2015 1:15pm - 2:44pm PST
Renaissance-Catalina
  3 - 5, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

1:15pm PST

✭ 700: Boost Conceptual Understanding & Procedural Fluency with Rich Number Sense Tasks
Would your students benefit from rich number sense tasks connected to ratios, proportions, expressions, solving equations, functions, and more? Come participate in hands-on tasks that provide students with opportunities to use their own reasoning strategies and methods for solving problems that coherently build conceptual understanding and procedural fluency. _x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
avatar for Andrew Stadel

Andrew Stadel

Math Instruction Coach, Tustin USD
Andrew is currently is a math instructional coach where he partners with secondary math teachers to expand their professional skill set by focusing on effective teaching practices. You can also find free resources at his widely-acclaimed website, Estimation 180. When Andrew is not... Read More →

Saturday November 7, 2015 1:15pm - 2:44pm PST
PSCC-Primrose A
  6 - 8, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

1:15pm PST

✭ 701: From Arithmetic to Algebra - And Beyond
What can teachers in the elementary grades do to prepare their students to be successful in algebra? What can teachers in middle school and high school do to take advantage of those early investments and teach algebra successfully? In this talk, I'll share ideas about the progression from arithmetic to algebra, the central pillar of any college- and career-ready mathematics curriculum._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
JZ

Jason Zimba


Saturday November 7, 2015 1:15pm - 2:44pm PST
PSCC-Primrose C
  General Aud., FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

1:15pm PST

✭ 703: Equally Important as Real World: Proof and Reason
A lot of emphasis has been placed on mathematical modeling in the last few years. Explanation of mathematical reasoning is an equally important activity in mathematics and students should grow in their ability to explain their reasoning over their years in school. In this talk we investigate a different ways to elicit mathematical reasoning from students at various grade levels and the standards for what constitutes a full explanation of reasoning at various grade bands on the Smarter Balanced exam._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
avatar for Heather Dallas

Heather Dallas

Director/lecturer, UCLA Math

Saturday November 7, 2015 1:15pm - 2:44pm PST
Renaissance-Andreas
  General Aud., FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

1:15pm PST

✭ 707: ÊLeadership and Classroom Pedagogy Leading to Student Proficiency for ALL in Mathematics
Teachers and teacher leaders must focus on both equity and excaellence. This requires a paradigm shift to a leadership pedagogy, where equity and excellence are at the center of all efforts. This pedagogy includes the following knowledge, beliefs, and actions: mathematics content knowledge, equity, advocacy, and outcomes focused._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
SH

Susie Hakansson


Saturday November 7, 2015 1:15pm - 2:44pm PST
Renaissance-San Jacinto
  General Aud., FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

1:15pm PST

✭ 704: Course and Unit Blueprints
Tour a new resource on Illustrative Mathematics! These free tools will illustrate how the standards can be structured into mathematically and pedagogically coherent units and courses with sample activities to inform and elucidate curricula.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 19621
Speakers
avatar for Patrick Callahan

Patrick Callahan

Co-Director of the California Mathematics Project, Callahan Consulting
I'm a mathematician who is passionate about making the world a better place by improving mathematics education for all students and teachers. I am the statewide co-director of the California Mathematics Project and have recently founded a consulting company to help teachers, administrators... Read More →
KU

Kristin Umland

University of New Mexico

Saturday November 7, 2015 1:15pm - 2:44pm PST
Renaissance-Mojave Lrng Ctr
  PK-12, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

3:15pm PST

✭ 803: The Problem is We Need Better Problem-Solving
Students often lack opportunities to strengthen their problem-solving skills. Dive deeper into why problem-solving is absolutely necessary for all students in math class by exploring accessible tasks, instructional strategies, and scaffolds.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 176838
Speakers
avatar for FAWN NGUYEN

FAWN NGUYEN

Math TOSA, Rio School District
Fawn is a third-year Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) with Rio School District in Oxnard, California. She was a middle school teacher for 30 years prior. Fawn was the 2014 Ventura County Teacher of the Year. In 2009, she was awarded the Math Teacher Hero from Raytheon. In 2005... Read More →
avatar for Andrew Stadel

Andrew Stadel

Math Instruction Coach, Tustin USD
Andrew is currently is a math instructional coach where he partners with secondary math teachers to expand their professional skill set by focusing on effective teaching practices. You can also find free resources at his widely-acclaimed website, Estimation 180. When Andrew is not... Read More →

Saturday November 7, 2015 3:15pm - 4:44pm PST
PSCC-Primrose B
  6 - 12, FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

3:15pm PST

✭ 800: Math is Power not Punishment
We often offer students shortcuts, strategies, and skills before students understand their origin, their value, and the millions of hours of work theyÕve saved mathematicians throughout history. WeÕll look at techniques for putting students in a position to need these challenging skills so they feel like power, not punishment._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:
Speakers
DM

Dan Meyer

Desmos

Saturday November 7, 2015 3:15pm - 4:44pm PST
PSCC-Primrose A
  General Aud., FEATURED |   Featured, FEATURED

3:15pm PST

✭ 801: Sense Making? Aren’t We Already Doing That In Literacy?
The very first Mathematical Practice, "make sense of problems", includes many ideas that have long been foci of literacy instruction. Yet when “math” starts, both teachers and students often leave those good habits behind. We’ll look at examples of this and explore how to translate literacy routines into good mathematical practices.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 26099
Speakers
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Annie Fetter

The Math Forum at NCTM
I'm the longest-tenured staff member of the Math Forum. I worked on the project that produced the first version of the Geometer's Sketchpad® dynamic mathematics software and was a consultant for Key Curriculum Press for many years. My current work focuses on the development of children's... Read More →

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Saturday November 7, 2015 3:15pm - 4:44pm PST
PSCC-Primrose C
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