Middle Math: Strategies, Tasks, Assessments, and Interventions for Math in the Middle Grades (6-9)

Day 1 - Best Practices with Authentic Tasks and Assessments

Participants will learn about research-based best practices in mathematical instruction, focusing on a student-centered classroom. Participants will experience examples of authentic tasks and assessments based on the math practices of the Common Core State Standards and learn how to develop and use authentic tasks and assessments to increase student engagement and understanding in middle school classrooms. 

Day 2 - Catching Them Before They Fall

Leverage strategies to identify and react to common struggles in Tier 1 universal curriculum of middle school math.  Learn about interventions being used in local school districts and the greater math community to serve students.  Participants will also be sharing their best practices with colleagues.

Presenter: Tammy Moynihan has been teaching high school math at Oconto Falls High School for the past 20 years. She is the Oconto Falls School District math specialist (6-12) and the head of the high school math department. She is a College Preparatory Mathematics (CPM) Teacher Leader and conducts training sessions for the CPM curriculum. As a teacher leader for the Wisconsin Core Mathematics Initiative, she assisted teacher participants in the development of their understanding of the 6 - 8 Common Core Standards. She has presented the topic Formative Assessment in the Mathematics Classroom at several conferences for the Wisconsin Mathematics Council. She is a 2015 Kohl Fellowship recipient.

Cost: $175.00 for CESA 8 - CIA Member School Districts, $350.00 for all other participants. Price includes continental breakfast, lunch, and the following two books:

• Becoming a Problem Solving Genius: A Handbook of Math Strategies
  by Edward Zaccaro
• Accessible Mathmatics: Ten Instructional Shifts That Raise Student Achievement
  by Steven Leinwand

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