“Summer Daze”

May 28-29, 2015

The Forum - McDaniel College

Welcome Principals!

May 28, 2015

8:30-9:00 AM        Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM                 Greetings, Introductions, Project Overview – Skip, Jon, Beth

ems&tl - What we have done and where are we going?

• June 2009 – McDaniel College’s MSDE EMIL certification, ems&tl - NCSM and NCTM planning
• June 2010 – Release of the CCSS-M, early ems&tl case work; ems&tl Leadership Framework
• June 2011 – ems&tl focus on the Mathematical Practices, Look For’s, early work with pencasts, Doing What Works (DWW) materials
• June 2012 – ems&tl work on Progressions documents, DWW 2
• June 2013 – The Assessments are Coming!  Preparing for PARCC
• June 2014 – Development of the Classroom-Based Formative Assessments (APME – 2015)
• June 2015 – Considering ems&tl 3: Look For’s for PtA and the Practices; Flipped PD and more

Particular Congratulations:

• NCSM/NCTM Boston 2015 presenters – so many!  Please stand!!!!
• ems&tl’s Learn Zillion participants – Please stand – more tomorrow!
• NCTM Number Institute presenters – all of them (John, Kay, Angie, Beth)
• Jon and John: Jon Wray - completed 3 year term as elected member of the NCTM Board of Directors; John SanGiovanni - beginning 3 year term as elected member of NCTM Board of Directors
  
• Barb Swartz – becoming a mother!  Welcome Wes!
• Finally, Kay B. Sammons - retiring from the Howard County Public Schools after an amazing run and many, many contributions to the field of mathematics education and the work of mathematics specialists - in Maryland and beyond! Thank you Kay!
  

9:30 AM                   Equity Presentation – Dr. Robert Berry, University of Virginia & Co-Author, Principles to Actions,

                                  Ensuring Mathematical Success for All (NCTM, 2014) | View Dr. Berry's Slides 

10:45 AM                Break

11:00 AM                Questions for Robert and next steps – Facilitated by Barb Swartz

                                  Participant Questions - starters:

• What are the challenges you face related to access and equity?
• What are your challenges related to access and equity?

11:20 AM                Input and data collection from principals regarding Mathematics Specialists/Leaders:

• What do you see as major responsibilities for your mathematics specialists/instructional leaders?

• Building capacity inside of teaching staff (executing PD, co-planning and teaching); meta-analysis of current research; securing resources

• Talent spot students in classroom that have overlooked capabilities in mathematics

• Leading Professional Development, building teacher capacity, leading responsive instruction
  

• What kinds of support do you feel they might need?
• Looking at special populations (e.g., ELL), struggling daily to not "rescue" but instead empower them with the language they need
• Supporting students needing intervention
• Teacher content knowledge; coaching skills - building trust with staff
• Advocacy in terms of how we share with district leaders how much time it takes to build content and pedagogical knowledge; perhaps also invite district-level leaders
• Support for continued work as a cross-district PLC 
  
• What additional knowledge/skills might they need? 
  
• Other comments and responses/reactions from supervisors
• Data collection from principals – Barb Swartz
• Principals' Survey 
• Supervisors' Survey
  

12:00 PM                 Lunch

1:00 PM                   Flipped Professional Development

• What have we learned
• Considering a model
  
• One example – CBFA’s

1:45 PM                   Building a community – starting now (long term goal – develop plans for how we conduct business during ems&tl3)

2:15 PM                   Break     

2:30 PM                   Data Collection (Barb, Beth, Jon, Skip)

• Information from participants
• Demographic Survey 
• PD Analysis Survey
  

3:00 PM                   Final Questions/Comments 

May 29, 2015

8:30-9:00 AM        Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM                  Greetings, Welcome back, Introductions - Welcome Stephen Pape and Cyndi Greenberg from JHU!

9:05 AM                  PARCC – Updates and Sharing – Jon

• What’s different for you re: PARCC in 2015-16? Click here for more details.
  

• Updates for Maryland

• Tuesday, June 16, 2015: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm ET

  Location:  Carver Professional Development Center in AACPS, 2671 Carver Rd, Gambrills, MD 21054

  Facilitators: MSDE, PARCC, and Local School Systems

  Description:  The purpose of the Summer Math Work with PARCC planning meeting is to gather LEA Central Office staff to examine infusing PARCC [resources] as instructional tool[s] and using the test to inform instruction and think about aligned instruction in Maryland classrooms.  The planning meeting will be used to share ideas for leveraging the assessment literacy/diagnostics of PARCC to be coherent with local goals.  In addition, we will be planning the content for the Summer Math Workgroup with PARCC in July where LEA teams will be invited to attend a 3-day capacity building workshop to create a product and construct meaning together; research shows that by engaging in action the theoretical becomes tangible.  Therefore participants will create quality tasks that focus on bridging the gap between the framework and classroom practice.  The ultimate goal is to create tools and resources that provide scaffolding for the teacher and instructional leader in Maryland classrooms.

   

  Additional Dates to Save:

  Summer Math Workgroup with PARCC (July 28-30, 2015)

• Groups of teacher leaders, special educators, and building leaders (approximately 5-8 participants per LEA)
• Teams include:  Elementary, Middle, High, and Central office staff

9:15 AM                  Building a community – starting now (long term goal – develop plans for how we conduct business during ems&tl3)

9:45 AM                  APME – chapter highlights – Beth, Skip & Jon

10:15 AM                Break

10:30 AM                LearnZillion Update – Eric Westendorf and Kelly and Nick…

12:00                        Lunch

HEADS-UP!!!!!

June 1, 2015 at 11:59 PM PDT: Deadline to apply for the AMTE's EMS Scholarships--Please take a few minutes to encourage an individual seeking Elementary Mathematics Specialist coursework to apply: http://amte.net/about/ems. The application is easy to complete.

With sponsorship, AMTE has been able to award three EMS scholarships to outstanding recipients each year since 2012. Encourage strong candidates to apply as we award three more this year!

The purpose of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) Elementary Mathematics Specialist Scholarship program is to provide support to teachers in their development as elementary mathematics specialists.

The recipient of the EMS scholarship will receive $1,000 of funding to enhance their mathematics knowledge, teaching, and leadership by enrolling in university coursework or other training to develop the expertise in becoming an elementary mathematics specialist. Funds should be used to work towards an elementary mathematics specialist certificate or endorsement recognized by a state or local education agency such as a school district.

1:00 PM                   IGNITE Bursts – YOU!

2:00 PM                   Break (on your own)

2:15 PM                   Go to activity – Beth, Jon

3:00 PM                   Proposed ems&tl dates for 2015 and 2016

• MCTM Summer Academy for Grades 3-5 Teachers @ Severn School - June 29-July 2 - Learn more and/or apply to attend
•  Maryland’s 2015 College and Career-Ready Conferences (8:00 am – 4:00 pm)

  o  June 18-19: Hagerstown Community College, 11400 Robinwood Drive, Hagerstown, MD 21742

  o  June 23-24: North Point High School, 2500 Davis Road, Waldorf, MD 20603

  o  June 25-26: Easton High School, 723 Mecklenburg Avenue, Easton, MD 21601

  o  June 30-July 1: Reservoir High School, 11550 Scaggsville Road, Fulton, MD 20759

  o  July 8-9: Edgewood High School, 2415 Willoughby Beach Road, Edgewood, MD 21040

• ems&tl – online opportunity - September
• MCTM Annual Meeting – October 16, 2015 (social activity?)
• NCTM Regional Conference – Atlantic City, NJ – October 22, 23
• ems&tl – online opportunity - November
• ems&tl – online opportunity - January
• NCSM and NCTM Annual Meeting – April 11-16, 2016 Oakland and San Francisco, CA
• ems&tl “Summer Day – Drive IN Workshop” – May 27, 2016

3:15 PM                   Final Comments/Questions