Math and Science
Professional Learning Opportunities
Beliefs: Focusing on Students
Are you getting ready to kick-off a new school year and don’t know how to move forward? Teaching and learning in the spring may have been different than expected. There are lots of questions. How do we start? What should we do? What concepts do we target? How do we make sense of it all? In this session, we will focus on getting grounded on how to start the year successfully. Audience: K-12 Math/Science Teachers, Coaches
Tuesday, August 25 from 3:15 - 4:15 pm
Connecting with All Students in a Virtual Environment
Teachers know that the classroom environment plays a crucial role in how students connect and interact with one another. Cultivating a caring and supported environment allows students to thrive in positive ways, both academically and socially. This session will provide participants with strategies for connecting and building a social environment within a virtual classroom. We will explore how to foster the beliefs that are important in shaping a virtual community in which each and every student is positioned as a doer of mathematics and science, truly believes their thinking is valued and understands that they can collectively help shape others’ thinking in supportive and collegial ways. Audience: K-12 Math/Science Teachers, Coaches
Wednesday, August 26 from 3:15-4:15 pm
Sense-Making in Science in a Remote Environment
A student-centered approach to science instruction positions learners as sense-makers, engages students in authentic tasks and collaborative inquiry, and ensures every child engages in meaningful high-quality work in a way that is equitable and responsive. Join us in this session to explore different methods for engaging students in authentic and collaborative science within a virtual environment and learn practices that lead to students building identities as competent science learners. Audience: K-12 Math/Science Teachers, Coaches
Thursday, August 27 from 3:15-4:15
Student-Centered Mathematics in a Virtual Environment
A student-centered approach to mathematics instruction positions learners as sense-makers, engages students in authentic tasks and collaborative inquiry, and ensures every child engages in meaningful high-quality work in a way that is equitable and responsive. Join us in this session to explore different methods for engaging students in authentic and collaborative mathematics within a virtual environment and learn practices that lead to students building identities as competent mathematicians. Audience: K-12 Math/Science Teachers, Coaches
Thursday, August 27 from 3:15-4:15
