Featured Speakers

Jo Boaler

  • Breakout Session 1: Math-ish – Enchant your students with the ish version of maths!

    In classrooms math is almost always precise but in the world it is almost always ish. When we bring ish into our classrooms it allows students to think freely, and connect with the world. Come and hear and experience some ish classroom ideas, and learn about a ‘big ideas’ approach to teaching.

  • Breakout Session 2: Struggly: Supporting a Growth Mindset in Math Learning through Creativity, Persistence, and Strategic Thinking

    Neuroscience research says that when we struggle it is the best time for our brains to learn and grow. Learn how to use Struggly tasks to support students to embrace struggle and have fun developing a deep conceptual understanding of fundamental math topics. Please bring your laptop/tablet and be ready to do some fun math tasks!

Fawn Nguyen

  • Breakout Session 1: Doing Right by the 8 Mathematical Practices
    What the Common Core gets right is the 8 Mathematical Practices, and these competencies depend on instruction and curriculum that expose students to mathematics as a way of thinking and solving problems. That the real utility of mathematics lies in the habits of mind. Let’s engage in these tasks ourselves and have conversations about practical ways to embed problem-solving into students’ everyday interaction with mathematics.

  • Breakout Session 2: How Non-routine Tasks Help Foster the 8 Mathematical Practices

    In the widely implemented The 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions, Practice 0 is about selecting a rich task that invites students to reason and problem-solve. It is doing rich tasks that promote student discussion that enable students to make connections between mathematical ideas. As a learner, you will engage in several non-routine tasks and experience how these tasks can foster the 8 Mathematical Practices.

Cathy Williams

  • Breakout Session 1: Every Student is a Number Explorer
    Number Sense is the foundation – join me for a maths party where we will discuss number sense, how it develops, and how we keep the learning going through middle school and high school. Research-based activities and strategies will be shared. The goal is to help every student see themselves as a number system explorer.

Kevin Dykema

  • Breakout Session 1: Leading Math Education through Challenging Times
    Too many times and for too long, we have seen that not every student experiences success in math. Let's explore what is needed to support educators in better meeting the needs of each and every student as well as look at how we can effectively advocate for policies, structures, and teaching practices to dismantle the inequities that exist.

  • Breakout Session 2: Increasing Opportunities for Students in Mathematics

    What policies, processes and practices need to be examined to increase student opportunities during and after their PK-12 education?  Let’s identify the purposes of learning math, consider the existing structures and what changes should be made, examine how to equitably teach mathematics, and help our students see themselves as capable of learning mathematics.

Jennifer Bay-Williams

  • Breakout Session 1: A Better “Game Plan” for Teaching Addition Facts

    Every child must have automaticity with addition facts, but traditional drill and memorizing just doesn’t work for many students. A better ‘game plan’ builds on students’ strengths, using interesting stories and strategic visuals to support student number sense, and then games to provide meaningful and enjoyable practice. This game plan prepares students beyond basic facts and builds positive mathematics identities! In this session, we will engage in exploring and designing such stories and visuals, and in playing games that support addition strategies and automaticity with addition facts.

  • Breakout Session 2: A Better “Game Plan” for Teaching Multiplication Facts

    Fluency with multiplication facts is necessary for life and for all math post-grade 3! Every child must have automaticity! But traditional drill and memorizing is not effective and does not set students up for success beyond basic facts. A better ‘game plan’ builds on students’ strengths, using interesting stories and strategic visuals to support student number sense, and then games to provide meaningful and enjoyable practice. In this session, we will engage in exploring and designing such stories and visuals, and in playing games that support multiplication strategies and automaticity with multiplication facts.