Math Symposium Spring 2024

This free, five-hour virtual professional development symposium will give you all the tools you need to help strengthen math instruction, bolster student agency, and build math proficiency for life.

Join us to learn:

What we know—and what we don’t—about how best to teach math.
Why curiosity-driven instruction is critical in the math classroom.
What practices can help create dynamic problem-based learning experiences in math that leverage student ideas and build math fluency and proficiency.

Agenda

Agenda
Time	Session
12:00 p.m.	Welcome: What We Know and Don’t Know About How to Best Teach Math–and Build Math Proficiency for Life Jason Zimba, Chief Academic Officer of STEM at Amplify
12:15 p.m.	How Students’ Personal Narratives Shape Math Learning Gerardo Ramirez, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at Ball State University
1:00 p.m.	Bringing Math to Life: How Games Build Fluency and Engagement Jennifer Bay-Williams, Ph.D., Author and Mathematics Education Professor at University of Louisville
1:45 p.m.	Choice of: Building a Culture of “Math People”: Leveling Up Engagement in Your K–8 Math Classroom James Oliver, STEM Product Specialist at Amplify or Class Openers That Foster Numeric, Algebraic, and Geometric Thinking Oscar Perales, Math Teaching and Learning Specialist
2:30 p.m.	Choice of: Math That Motivates: Centering Student Ideas in the Math Classroom Kristin Gray, Executive Director of the Math Suite at Amplify or Discover, Describe, and Develop Ways of Thinking about Math for Grades 6–8 Kurt Salisbury, Director of Math 6–12 Core Curriculum at Amplify
3:15 p.m.	How to Invite Students into More Effective Math Learning Dan Meyer, Educator and Dean of Research at Amplify Stephanie Blair, Vice President of Desmos Coaching
4:00 p.m.	Developing Young Children’s Identities and Competencies as Mathematicians Akimi Gibson, Senior VP of Multiplatform Global Education Planning & Integration at Sesame Workshop
4:45 p.m.	Closing Jason Zimba, Chief Academic Officer of STEM at Amplify

Dr. Kymyona Burk

Senior Policy Fellow at ExcelinEd

Kareem Weaver

Co-Founder and Executive Director at FULCRUM

Dr. Sonia Cabell

Associate Professor of Education at Florida State University

Claude Goldenberg

Professor of Education at Stanford University

Natalie Wexler

Author, The Knowledge Gap

Mitchell Brookins

Education consultant and former school administrator

Time	Session
12:00 p.m.	Welcome Susan Lambert, Host of Science of Reading: The Podcast
12:10 p.m.	Leading the Shift to High-quality Literacy Instruction Dr. Kymyona Burk, Senior Policy Fellow at ExcelinEd
1:00 p.m.	How Building Knowledge Narrows Gaps Natalie Wexler, Author, The Knowledge Gap
1:45 p.m.	How Teachers Shape Learning: Content-rich Literacy Instruction in the Elementary Grades Dr. Sonia Cabell, Associate Professor of Education at Florida State University
2:30 p.m.	Choice of: Literacy Instruction Supporting English Language Learners Claude Goldenberg, Professor of Education at Stanford University or Making the Content Stick: Knowledge-building in the Classroom Mitchell Brookins, Education consultant and former school administrator
3:15 p.m.	Equity 2.0: Rethinking the Who, What, and How Kareem Weaver, Co-Founder and Executive Director at FULCRUM

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2024 Math Symposium

Akimi Gibson

Gerardo Ramirez, Ph.D.

Jennifer Bay-Williams, Ph.D.

Dan Meyer, Ph.D.

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Dr. Kymyona Burk

Kareem Weaver

Dr. Sonia Cabell

Claude Goldenberg

Natalie Wexler

Mitchell Brookins

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