--- title: Math Symposium Spring 2024 description: Mark your calendar for our exciting new Math Symposium on March 12, 2024! This FREE four-hour professional development event will give you the tools you need to strengthen math instruction for all students and build math proficiency for life. image: https://go.info.amplify.com/hubfs/AM_Symposium_LP-Header_112123-1.png --- [Skip to content](https://go.info.amplify.com/fy24_math_spring-symposium_national_springsymposium_symposium_getintouchoption_optin#main) [Skip to footer](https://go.info.amplify.com/fy24_math_spring-symposium_national_springsymposium_symposium_getintouchoption_optin#footer) Loading, please wait... Amplify Desmos Math ###### WATCH ON DEMAND # 2024 Math Symposium Building math proficiency for life Recorded on March 12, 2024 | 12–5 p.m. EDT ![AM\_Symposium\_LP-Header\_112823](https://go.info.amplify.com/hubfs/AM_Symposium_LP-Header_112823.png) 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.  Watch 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. ![Akimi Gibson](https://go.info.amplify.com/hubfs/Akimi%20Gibson%20round.png) #### Akimi Gibson Senior VP, multiplatform global education planning & integration, Sesame Workshop ![Gerardo Ramirez round](https://go.info.amplify.com/hubfs/Gerardo%20Ramirez%20round.png) #### Gerardo Ramirez, Ph.D. Associate professor of educational psychology, Ball State University ![Jennifer Bay-Williams, Ph.D.](https://go.info.amplify.com/hubfs/JenniferBay-Williams_round.png) #### Jennifer Bay-Williams, Ph.D. Mathematics education professor and author, University of Louisville ![DanMeyer\_round-1](https://go.info.amplify.com/hubfs/DanMeyer_round-1.png) #### Dan Meyer, Ph.D. Dean of research and Math Teacher Lounge co-host, Amplify Viewers will receive a certificate.  #### 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 | ![Burk Headshot](https://go.info.amplify.com/hubfs/Burk%20Headshot.png) #### Dr. Kymyona Burk Senior Policy Fellow at ExcelinEd ![Kareem-Weaver\_round](https://go.info.amplify.com/hubfs/Headshots/Kareem-Weaver_round.png) #### Kareem Weaver Co-Founder and Executive Director at FULCRUM ![sonia](https://go.info.amplify.com/hubfs/sonia.png) #### Dr. Sonia Cabell Associate Professor of Education at Florida State University ![ClaudeGoldenberg\_round-1](https://go.info.amplify.com/hubfs/Headshots/ClaudeGoldenberg_round-1.png) #### Claude Goldenberg Professor of Education at Stanford University ![Natalie-Wexler\_round](https://go.info.amplify.com/hubfs/Headshots/Natalie-Wexler_round.png) #### Natalie Wexler Author, The Knowledge Gap ![Bookins\_Mitchell\_round](https://go.info.amplify.com/hubfs/Bookins_Mitchell_round.png) #### Mitchell Brookins Education consultant and former school administrator ## Fill out this form to watch the recording on-demand now! ## Agenda | 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 | **Register now** and you will instantly receive **a personalized workbook** that will guide you through the live event and help you bring the Science of Reading to life in your school long after the symposium is over. 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