Ticketed Sessions
Below you will find a list of the 3 hour mini courses. There will be no additional fee to attend one of these sessions. Each conference delegate may sign up for only one session per day. No one will be admitted without a ticket and seating is limited. Sessions are Thursday, November 5th from 9:15am to Noon and Friday, November 6th from 12:45pm to 3:30pm. If you would like to secure a ticket to attend one of the following sessions, please click on the link at the bottom of the page. Pre-Registration is required.
Thursday, November 5th, 9:15am to Noon
Session A: Thinking Through A lesson Protocol presented by LuAnn Malik
Level K - 12: Suggestions on ways in which the protocol can be used as a tool for collaborative lesson planning will be used tto motivate a discussion of the potential benefits of using the TTLP.
Session B: Lesson Study-Public Lesson presented by Corinne Murawski
Level General Interest: Experience the presentation to a group of students of a lesson developed by a district lesson study team. Following the lesson, participants will discuss progress toward the goals.
Session C: Exploring the Standards Aligned System Science Curriculum Framework presented by Barbara Lease
Level General Interest: Participants will trace the development of the Big Ideas of Science and related concepts K-12 as they become familiar with the newly developed SAS Science Curriculum Framework using released Science PSSA items and related activities.
Session D: Uncovering Student Ideas in Mathematics & Science
presented by Gabriela Rose and Sandra Fowler
Level K - 12: This session will explore how assessment probes can be used to support teaching and learning and deepen our understanding of K-12 students’ commonly held ideas in mathematics and science.
Session E: Current research-based curriculum developed at National Institutes of
Health presented by Barbara Biglan
Level General Interest: Explore the curricular materials and experience inquiry-based investigations from the National Institutes of Health integrating mathenmatics and science in current research topics; cancer and the environment.
Session F: Engage High School Parents as Partners presented by Andrea Miller
Level 9 - 12: Come and learn how to help parents support their high school student in mathematics and science through opportunities to explore the new high school parent handbook for mathematics and science.
Session G: Data Collection, Representation and Analysis in Math and Science
presented by Ruth Martin and Nancy Jacqmin
Level 6 - 8: This session will explore the essential role of mathematics in inquiry as we investigate how charts and graphs are used for communicating results. Various data collection, representation and analysis modes appropriate when solving problems and investigating phenomena in science and math will be explored.
Session H: K-12 Math Curriculum Framework and Connecting to the Standards
Aligned System presented by Michael Fierle
Level General Interest: Participants will explore a regionally developed mathematics curriculum framework for grades K-12 and learn how it supports the Standards Aligned System.
Session I: Leadership to Begin and Sustain Professional Learning Communities
presented by Sam Shaneyfelt
Level General Interest: What does an administrator need to do to get all staff effectively involved in ongoing math and science professional learning communities? How is student achievement affected?
Session J: Becoming a Leader in Mathematics Education
presented by Michele Burgess
Level General Interest: Come explore the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics newly published PRIME Leadership Framework which serves as a tool to focus and guide our development as leaders in mathematics education.
Friday, November 6, 12:45pm to 3:30 pm
Session M: Multiplying in Clumps presented by Michael Fierle
Through written and video cases, participants will explore several models of multiplication an conceptual issues students confront and consider how understanding of the Distributive Property can deepen from Grade 3 to Grade 9.
Session N: What’s the Big Idea in Middle School Math? Proportional Reasoning!
presented by LuAnn Malikpresented by LuAnn Malik
Considered by many as a unifying theme in middle school mathematics, proportional reasoning goes well beyond using cross-multiplication to solve a missing value problem. In this hands-on session, we will work with mathematical concepts, contexts, representations, and ways of thinking that will support our students’ development of proportional reasoning.
Session P: Examining and Experiencing Elementary Mathematics & Science
Parent Handbooks presented by Sandra Fowler, Ed.D.
Parent Involvement is an essential component to student success in school. During this session, participants will have the opportunity to review elementary mathematics and science parent handbooks while experiencing a variety of activities as described in each.
Session R: Beyond the Scientific Method: Data and Inquirypresented by Jeff Jordan
Level General Interest: RiverQuest presents an interactive session exploring the versatile role of data collection and measurement in place, situation, or object-based open ended inquiry lessons. RiverQuest’s river-based onboard ecology student programs and teacher workshops are used as “case studies.”
