This time of year my inbox is flooded with ideas for creating a welcoming space for students and staff, my Twitter feed is full of Pinterest-inspired classroom designs and first day activities, and my thoughts are filled with anticipation and hope for the year ahead.
Whether you are in your first year of a new position, watching your retirement clock count-down, or anywhere in between, we want to create a welcoming space for each of you to flourish this year. The San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) Math team continues to refine and redesign our math leaders supports based on your feedback, with opportunities to connect in-person in informal spaces with one another, network around important topics and questions, investigate a community project together, and more. We’re also investigating questions that keep bubbling up in our community, such as what should high-quality math intervention look like and how do we use Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to design inclusive and rigorous math lessons.
We know that to create a space for you, we need your voice. In one of the back-to-school tweets that circulates, I’ve seen the push to ask students “what they wish their teacher knew.” The problematic framing of that question in this blog post has me thinking how we might pose the right question to hear from you, your needs and insights into how we might best support you. To that end, we’d love to hear your thoughts on “what you wish the SDCOE Math team would (or wouldn’t) do this year.” We invite you to respond to this prompt by sending one of us a quick email or using this anonymous Google form. While we don’t have any magic wands or silver bullets, we do want to do everything we can to support each and everyone of you, and we invite you to share what that might look like to you.
As you embark on this new school year, we look forward to seeing the amazing things you do, learning together from the mistakes and failures along the way, and finding new ways to support each other in this critical work in education.
Welcome back!
Audrey Mendivil
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Tech Sessions for Math Teachers
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Teaching Fractions Through Ratio Reasoning - Investigate more effective ways to teach fractions in this two-part course, deepening your understanding of fraction ordering, comparing, adding and subtracting, and focusing on multiplication and division of fractions.
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Fostering Ratio and Proportional Reasoning - Learn effective strategies to transition students into proportional reasoning though percent, ratio comparisons, and rate of change, followed by a second series on developing proportional reasoning through division of fractions, sampling, probability, slope, similarity, and geometry.
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National Math Conferences Come to Southern California
National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM) announces the 54th NCSM Annual Conference in Anaheim on Sept. 26 to 28. Join NCSM for three exciting days focused on important issues for leaders in mathematics education. Directly following the NCSM conference, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2022 Annual Meeting and Exposition will be held Sept. 28 to Oct. 1 in Los Angeles. Participate in inspiring workshops and sessions from leading mathematics educators.
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CANMEE Lesson Study Facilitators Online Course
The California Action Network for Mathematics Excellence and Equity (CANMEE) is offering a Lesson Study Facilitators Online Course beginning in September to deepen one's understanding of effective ways to start, facilitate, and support a CANMEE lesson study team with a dual focus on equity and math.
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California Mathematics Council - Southern Annual Conference
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Elementary Computer Science TOSA Network
SDCOE is launching a new professional network for elementary TOSAs to further engage with computer science. The network will support TOSAs in expanding their understanding and implementation capacity around the California computer science standards, offer opportunities to learn from each, and explore interesting technologies. Take this five-minute survey to express your interest and preferences, and forward to others who may be interested.
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Building Thinking Classrooms
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Join us for the Sum of It All podcast from SDCOE’s Audrey Mendivil and Mark Alcorn, as they embark on a brand new season exploring UDL as a tool for equity. Grab a copy of UDL Now (3rd edition) and explore practical insights and savvy strategies for helping all learners succeed.
Looking for something different? Designed as an asynchronous book club for educators to accompany you as you read along, learn, and explore, check out one or more of our previous seasons of the Sum of It All podcast and join in the conversation:
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San Diego Math Leaders 2022-23
Designed with variability in mind, San Diego Math Leaders events provide opportunities to connect with other math leaders, hear about strategies and research, share best practices, learn from each other, and get the support you need to coach and lead professional learning at your site or district.
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Revised Mathematics Framework Updates
The 2021 Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve has had the timeline adjusted again, with action by the State Board of Education (SBE) now slated for 2023. It is not yet clear the impact of moving the SBE action on the framework will have on the instructional materials adoption, currently planned for 2024. You can review the drafted chapters, and keep informed of the timeline and updated events by joining the listserv.
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These grants are for 6th through 12th grade teachers at public schools to enhance science, technology, engineering ,and math (STEM) learning. Funding is intended to increase student success rates in STEM fields by introducing creative project-based learning experiences that will make STEM instruction innovative and fun. Note: summer projects or after school programs are ineligible.
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Grants from the Greater San Diego Mathematics Council are available to local educators and awarded on a rolling basis to support teachers during the pandemic. From integrating technology to providing manipulatives and supporting access and equity for all students, GSDMC has a grant or scholarship for you.
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TODOS and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics are cosponsoring the 6th annual professional development grant, providing financial assistance to preK-12 schools for in-service to increase understanding of and expertise in fostering support of multi-language development when teaching mathematics. Grant maximum is $4,000. Deadline is Nov. 1.
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Can infants learn math? The California Early Math Initiative is working to boost the confidence of early childhood educators, child care providers, and elementary school teachers to teach math, by building on the natural capacity and curiosity of our youngest learners to develop their mathematical understanding.
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Ben Orlin’s Math Games with Bad Drawings is so much more than a list of math games. Clearly described, along with humorous illustrations, Orlin includes the history and mathematical impact, along with variations and extensions for each of the 75 (and a fourth) games included.
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In a tribute to curiosity, Jenna Laib offers this insightful blog post about Secret Squares and Stop Signs, documenting a third grade lesson where a teacher’s contagious curiosity led to students’ delightful exploration of shapes.
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The revised California Mathematics Framework is still in draft form. The SBE recently revised the timeline, and EdSource polled experts to talk about the delay, the new framework, and the potential impact on our teachers and students.
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Three Ways to Enhance Tasks for Multilingual Learners, by Sarah Roberts, Zandra de Araujo, Craig Wiley, and Bill Zahner, offers a clear description of each enhancement and why it is important for our multilingual learners with examples and considerations to guide work with students.
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Looking for ways to build community and play math at the same time? We’ve curated a collection of math play things and are loaning them out for use in your community events. Check out our growing lending library and let us know how we can help get your families and students playing math!
The Mathematics for Social Justice Toolkit was designed to initiate conversations and reflection with scenarios and prompts that can be used individually or within a professional learning community. Included reading and resources offer a way into examining current practices and beliefs and then take steps towards change.
If you’re not planning to head to Minnesota for the annual Math-on-a-Stick event, you can still get a dose of what Christopher Danielson has to say about talking math with children in this blog post. Danielson shares three important messages about children and math that you won’t want to forget.
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A beginning of the year must — Sara Van der Werf offers insightful activities for the first days of school, including name tents and activities you will want to include in your welcome back week.
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Always a local favorite, You Cubed has brought back their Week of Inspirational Math as a way to kick start your year with a positive mindset and engaging activities.
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Numberless Word Problems have a new website, making it easier to find problems and learn to make your own.
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Math for Love’s new Upscale Pattern Blocks might just be the thing to reignite a love of patterns in your classroom. But how do you design lessons around them? Check out this resource with ideas for how to use them in your classroom.
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Geoff Krall has curated a years-worth of Algebra warm-ups for Geometry teachers (it’s also a great fit for Integrated Math 2 folks), thoughtfully combining routines and prompts to support students.
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30 Math Mystery Boxes come from a recent , but are also ready to use with students to get them curious about the mystery in the box.
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