Online Courses & Workshops

High school math teachers face continued pressure to raise ACT scores, which play a critical role in the assessment of both students and schools. How do you balance the expectations between developing conceptual understanding and reaching proficiency? A closer look at the ACT College and Career Readiness Standards and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (WI State Standards), including middle school standards, reveals critical connections.

In this virtual workshop, you will compare these sets of standards and consider implications for your classroom instruction. How do the Standards for Mathematical Practice come into play? Explore sample items. Collaborate with colleagues around ways to address student achievement on this assessment.

Teams of middle and high school teachers are encouraged to attend, as well as administrators.

$159

Formative assessment is often defined as assessment for learning. But what does assessment for learning look like in a math classroom? What should teachers be doing? How are students positioned as active and engaged self-assessors to monitor and guide their own learning? This workshop will explore classroom-based formative assessment techniques and tools (including virtual options!) which can be used to plan, implement, and reflect on both teaching and student learning in your classroom.

$259

• Deepen understanding of formative assessment
• Understand the role formative assessment plays in supporting all learners
• Leave with more practices to use in your classroom

Why do teachers have a negative reaction to professional development?

We’ve all been in professional development that felt like a waste of our time. The kind of PD that feels like it was being done “to” you instead of “with” or “for” you.

How do you design better learning for your colleagues that honors what they already know? How do you communicate through your PD design that you know they are busy and you value their time?

Time is valuable – make it count! Walk away with ideas to create professional development that engages teachers deeply in the content of the learning while building on their expertise.

$159

In this three part series with Student Achievement Partners, you will experience and understand the tools, practices, and processes for completing a teaching and learning cycle of inquiry to determine and act on where students are in their mathematical understanding in order to finish the school year strong.

Part one (sessions 1 & 2) will guide you through a cycle of inquiry examining priority content in your grade or course and planning for assessment that makes student thinking visible so you will know what students understand and what understanding they need additional instruction on.

Part two (session 3) will include time to consider strategies that support student learning using student work.

Part three (session 4) concludes with analyzing the results of instruction based on evidence of student learning so next steps can be taken. In this session participants will also reflect on the teaching and learning cycle of inquiry and how it can be incorporated into regular practice throughout the school year.

During all sessions participants will engage with ideas to support students’ social, emotional and academic development. After attending all sessions you will walk away with a practical process to understand student thinking, plan instruction, and analyze student learning.

$318

• Session 1: Tuesday, April 13, 2021
• Session 2: Thursday, April 15, 2021
• Session 3: Tuesday, April 20, 2021
• Session 4: Tuesday, May 4, 2021

We all aim to create learning environments where all students thrive, but have we been avoiding one of the biggest factors that impacts the learning opportunities that we offer our students? Join us for a conversation about identity and how our experiences play a role in our classroom community and our students’ personal math identities.

$209

Schools must function to provide each and every student with the opportunity to engage in rigorous and relevant mathematics in such a way that they become confident and successful doers of math. What structures and supports provide equitable math instruction for students? What do teachers need to enhance instructional practice? What established practices are currently in place within your system to ensure all students are learning mathematics?

Join the Math Institute and the WI RtI center to discover answers to these questions. Examine systems and structures that support students and teachers in a high quality math classroom. This two day virtual workshop will focus on strong Tier 1 instruction in mathematics. Utilize this learning opportunity to look closely at district structures to see where changes are needed to achieve positive, equitable mathematics learning experiences for all students. Discover school and classroom based strategies that promote student understanding of mathematics in Tier 1 instruction.

$318