CANCELED: Illustrative Mathematics Grades 6-12: Virtual Teach & Learn Academy

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Develop your instructional practices through Illustrative Mathematics

Presenters: Steven Mijajlovic

Description: Set the stage to teach and learn with the Illustrative Mathematics four-part Virtual Teach & Learn series. This offering provides a foundational understanding of IM and sets you up for success with the two-day introduction.

Professional learning that is deeply integrated with the curriculum to support your teachers, coaches, paraeducators, and math leaders in developing, refining, and reflecting on their instructional practice. Gain first-hand experience and fluency with the IM curricula at this online teach & learn event led by an IM certified facilitator.

This session features grade-appropriate examples from the Illustrative Mathematics resource for grades 6-12. It is the same content as the series on June 1st & 2nd, 2022.

Learning Goals

• Describe the structure of a lesson and the purpose of each component
• Locate teacher and student resources in the curriculum.
• Describe multiple opportunities for assessment and their purposes.
• Describe what instructional routines are and how they are used in the curriculum.
• Strengthen questioning strategies through planning.
• Describe how the math language routines provide options to support language development for all students.
• Locate resources and opportunities to support access for English learners and students with disabilities.
• Recognize the progression of understanding across the unit and how it is assessed.
• Describe a process that helps make visible the mathematical story during unit and lesson planning.
• Recognize classroom norms that make problem-based lessons successful.

Maximum number of participants is 25. All sessions are in Central Time. Recordings of the session will not be available.

Price: $800 for each participant for all four sessions

About the Facilitator:

Steven Mijajlovic is a Curriculum and Coaching Consultant with CESA 2. Steven came to CESA 2 with ten years of experience in Mathematics and STEM across all grades. He taught mathematics in Chicago Public Schools and the suburbs, and most recently was working as a STEM Curriculum and Instructional Coach in the Chicago suburbs. Steven received his Master of Science in Education with a focus in Secondary Mathematics Education at Northwestern University. His research focused on developing student thinking through writing and discourse. In 2021, Steven became a certified facilitator in Illustrative Mathematics, one of only four in Wisconsin.

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