CMC - South 2015: Full Schedule

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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CMC-S Annual Conference Program Committee

8:30am PST

101: Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All

Principles to Actions is NCTM’s latest landmark publication. This session will provide an overview of the six principles and the actions needed to overcome the obstacles that have stood in the way of making mathematics work for all students.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 48038

Speakers

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 →

Friday November 6, 2015 8:30am - 10:00am PST
PSCC-Primrose A

PK-12

Strategies Eq, Asmt, I-SpEd
Session Number 101
Location ( Hotel ) PSCC

8:30am PST

102: Supporting Students in Agency Identity and Authority

Research shows importance of students as owners of their learning, with a positive disposition to math, and engaging in high cognitive discourse. We’ll examine how to foster class culture to enable students to develop agency, identity and authority.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 48501

Speakers

David Foster

Executive Director, Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative

David Foster is the executive director of the Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative (SVMI) comprised of over 160 member districts in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Besides the intensive work in California, SVMI consults across the country including New York, Illinois, Massachusetts... Read More →

Handouts Agency, Identity, Authority DFoster pdf

Build It #2 pdf

CMC South Palm Springs Nov 2015 pptx

Friday November 6, 2015 8:30am - 10:00am PST
PSCC-Primrose B

PK-12

Strategies Asmt, I-SpEd, ELL
Session Number 102
Location ( Hotel ) PSCC

8:30am PST

105: Choosing a Task for Orchestrating Classroom Discussions

How do I select a task to teach common core math to my students? Join us as we investigate criteria for choosing a math task to engage students in the common core. We will use number line tasks for K-12 to illustrate.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 48160

Speakers

Melanie Maxwell

Mathematics Coach, Riverside Unified School District

Choosing a Task for Orchestrating Classroom Discussions pdf

algebra number line rev. pdf

decimal number line with instructions pdf

Number line fractions copy pdf

Number line whole numbers pdf

Selecting a task rev. step 0 Number line ex pdf

Friday November 6, 2015 8:30am - 10:00am PST
Renaissance-Chino B

PK-12

Strategies Asmt, ELL, Eq
Session Number 105
Location ( Hotel ) Renaissance

8:30am PST

106: Steam into Common Core

Use STEM, Arts and traditional project based learning to deliver Common Core content K-8 and Algebra I.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 49027

Speakers

Maz Wright

President, TPS Publishing Inc.

Curriculum development has traditionally followed the mechanical standardization format found in the industry. Schools look for the "machine" that is most likely to produce the final "product" of acceptable quality and train their teachers how to run it. Teachers start on page one... Read More →

Friday November 6, 2015 8:30am - 10:00am PST
Hard Rock-Roxy

PK-12

Strategies Asmt, STEM, I-SpEd
Session Number 106
Location ( Hotel ) Hard Rock

1:30pm PST

305: Starting a Math Fight

Gone are the days of a "One Right Answer" math classroom. We will explore free resources that you can use to ignite an argument in your class without doing much frontloading. Prepare to justify and critique the reasoning of others!

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 9043

Speakers

John Stevens

Chaffey JUHSD

John is an instructional math and technology coach in Southern California. He is the author of Table Talk Math and co-author of The Classroom Chef, blogs about his passions at http://fishing4tech.com, and would love to create more opportunities for kids to love mathematics.

Friday November 6, 2015 1:30pm - 3:00pm PST
Hard Rock-Roxy

PK-12

Strategies Tech
Session Number 305
Location ( Hotel ) Hard Rock

1:30pm PST

306: Monitoring a Task for Orchestrating Classroom Discussions

What does a teacher do while students are engaged in a Common Core task? What role does questioning play in monitoring students during such an activity? We will engage participants in creating questions to probe and deepen student thinking.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 9119

Speakers

Bruce Arnold

Director, UCSD

Common Core Circles Committee

A Tasks for K 2, 3 5 and 9 12 pdf

A Candy jar problem Updated pdf

A Jolly ranchers the mathK HS pdf

Common Core Circles Monitoring Part 3 Arnold FINAL ppt

A Student Solutions Candy jar prob docx

Friday November 6, 2015 1:30pm - 3:00pm PST
Renaissance-Chino B

PK-12

Strategies Eq, Asmt, ELL
Session Number 306
Location ( Hotel ) Renaissance

3:30pm PST

405: Let's Talk About Tests

New curricula, new pathways, etc. But what about your tests? Are yours very different than what you used before? Would they be considered rigorous? Come find out. Let's talk about tests (and grades), it's BYOT (Bring Your Own Tests)!

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 11484

Speakers

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 →

Friday November 6, 2015 3:30pm - 5:00pm PST
PSCC-Primrose A

PK-12

Strategies Eq, Asmt, Gift
Session Number 405
Location ( Hotel ) PSCC

3:30pm PST

407: Engagement Through Student Created Math Videos

I’ve never seen my students so engaged! Find out how students can create videos on their phone for your math classroom to teach CCSS-M. Student videos, a rubric, student directions, follow-up questions, and tips for implementation will be provided.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 11569

Speakers

Sean Nank

Adjunct Professor/Researcher/Author, American College of Education

I am a mathematics educator, Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipient, author, researcher, and consultant. I am a core faculty member at the American College of Education, adjunct professor at California State University San Marcos, and... Read More →

Mathematics Video Project docx

Nank Engagement through student created math videos, CMC pptx

Link for one of the student created videos we will watch more than this! docx

Friday November 6, 2015 3:30pm - 5:00pm PST
Hard Rock-Woodstock Two

PK-12

Strategies Eq, Asmt, Tech
Session Number 407
Location ( Hotel ) Hard Rock

8:30am PST

506: Transforming Your Class Culture to be Positive & Engaging

Using Three Key Ideas, you can Transform the Culture in your classroom. Build a team atmosphere welcoming mistakes and rewarding questioning. This consistent process will result in a dynamic learning environment and restore students’ love of math

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 13021

Speakers

Eric Shulman

Math Teacher, Irvine USD

Eric has worked at IUSD for the past 26 years. While he enjoyed his valuable experience working at the district office as a Teacher on Special Assignment, he is excited to be back in his role at UNI with the students. His role as a PLC Facilitator/Coach has been enriching and engaging... Read More →

Saturday November 7, 2015 8:30am - 10:00am PST
PSCC-Mesquite B

PK-12

Strategies Eq, Asmt, Gift
Session Number 506
Location ( Hotel ) PSCC

8:30am PST

507: Bringing Parents Into the Learning Community

The shift to CCSSM is a change for everyone, including parents. Negative press and social media have left parents with valid concerns. They need a reliable forum where they can ask questions to understand what CCSS is and why we are changing.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 12929

Speakers

Kelli Wasserman

Math Consultant, CSU San Bernardino

Saturday November 7, 2015 8:30am - 10:00am PST
PSCC-Smoke Tree F

PK-12

Session Number 507
Location ( Hotel ) PSCC

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

Patrick Callahan

Co-Director of the California Mathematics Project, Callahan Consulting

Kristin Umland

University of New Mexico

Saturday November 7, 2015 1:15pm - 2:44pm PST
Renaissance-Mojave Lrng Ctr

PK-12, FEATURED | Featured, FEATURED

Strand FEATURED
Strategies STEM, Tech
Session Number 704
Location ( Hotel ) Renaissance
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3:15pm PST

806: Research Can Impact Curricular Decisions in a K-12 Classroom

"One sees what one is ready to see." Making decisions based on what you notice in a child's approach is only effective if you know what you are looking for. Using video we will discuss how even a minimum of reading can improve our skills of noticing.

EVALUATION POLL CODE: 27143

Speakers

Elizabeth Gamino

Research Associate, AIMS Center for Math & Science Edication

Lori Hamada

Executive Director, AIMS Center for Math & Science Education

Is It Counting... tcm pdf

Saturday November 7, 2015 3:15pm - 4:45pm PST
Hard Rock-Roxy Two

PK-12

Strategies Eq, I-SpEd
Session Number 806
Location ( Hotel ) Hard Rock