ATMNE NH 2024: Full Schedule

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8:15am EDT

Start With The Crown, Not with the Kid: Moving School Culture from Pity to Promise

Friday October 25, 2024 8:15am - 9:15am EDT

Great teachers hold above the head of their students, a crown they challenge them to grow tall enough to wear. Engaging collaborative teams is a powerful combination of mindset and practice that should be embedded in the DNA of every school’s culture. In Start With The CROWN, Ken Williams makes clear what instructional equity looks like in practice, how it works in concert with RTI, and delivers on the promise of high levels of learning for all students. Learners will leave understanding how to move equity from ambiguous to actual; from theory to practice!

Speakers

Ken Williams

Chief Visionary Officer, Unfold The Soul

Kenneth C. Williams shares his experience and expertise as a nationally recognized trainer, speaker, coach and consultant in leadership and school culture. A practitioner for nearly three decades, Ken led the improvement efforts at two schools by leveraging the Professional Learning... Read More →

Friday October 25, 2024 8:15am - 9:15am EDT
Ballroom

General Interest

9:40am EDT

Mathematics in Action: Turning Thinking Tasks into Practical Solutions

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT

Balsam

This session brings to life some of the principles outlined in Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics by Peter Liljedahl. Participants will experience a variety of math thinking tasks guided by instructional moves to elicit student insights into various math concepts. Through exploration and discussion, participants discover how a well-implemented task can seamlessly align with both non-curricular and specific curriculum goals. By the end of the session, participants will leave with some practical ideas and strategies that they can readily implement in their classrooms.

Speakers

Jessica Jacques

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Balsam

3-5

Audience Elicit Student Thinking

9:40am EDT

An invitation to enhance your classroom with real world math models

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT

Conway

The Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (comap.org) is an education nonprofit with over 40 years experience supporting teachers with a focus on increasing student proficiency in mathematical modeling. In addition to introducing attendees to the extensive suite of free materials available to teachers and describing our modeling competitions for middle and high school students, attendees will experience mathematical modeling first-hand with some math activities based in the real-world. Let's answer the perennial student question, "When am I ever gonna use this?"

Speakers

Ben Galluzzo

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Conway

6-12

Audience Problem Solving, Communication

9:40am EDT

Using Hip-Hop Based Education to Awaken Student Agency

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT

Chesterfield

Hip-Hop culture often is not associated with a high-quality educational experience for students. Yet, research has shown that using cultural experiences and perspectives of diverse students can teach them more effectively. Hip-Hop Based Education (HHBE) has proven to increase engagement, achievement, and classroom community. This interactive workshop focuses on ways to use HHBE as an alternative approach where honoring Hip-Hop culture and mastering mathematical concepts coexist in classrooms.

Speakers

Kenya Overton

University of Connecticut

I am a doctoral candidate in the Neag School of Education at UConn. Having earned my BA and MS in Mathematics from Westfield State University and the University of Mississippi respectively, and 6th Year in Educational Leadership from UConn, I am passionate about ensuring that Black... Read More →

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Chesterfield

6-12

Audience Elicit Student Thinking

9:40am EDT

A Real Approach to Algebra I: Engaging Strategies to Engage Students with Unfinished Learning

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT

Amherst

How do I reach my students when they don’t have their basic math facts? This session will share strategies on how to elevate your Algebra I classroom into a space where all learners can make sense of the math, regardless of learning gaps. Attendees will experience examples of how real-world contexts, modeling, and meaningful problem solving allow students to access important algebraic concepts like rate, interpreting graphs, and writing linear functions.

While examples will pertain to Algebra I, strategies shared apply to all math classrooms.

Speakers

Brandon Pelter

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Amherst

9-12

Audience Problem Solving, Elicit Student Thinking

9:40am EDT

Re-envisioning the teaching and learning of geometry with technology

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT

Portsmouth

How can we make students excited about geometry? This session will present state-of-the-art, research-based approaches to teaching and learning of geometry. We will explore innovative types of tasks and a variety of technological tools: Dynamic Geometry, Digital Proof, and AI-based tools for making geometry concepts and proofs appealing to all students. Please bring a laptop/tablet. Together we will re-envision geometry teaching to make it exciting and fulfilling for everyone.

Speakers

Valerie Fay

Ruthmae Sears

Orly Buchbinder

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Portsmouth

9-12

Audience Problem Solving

9:40am EDT

It's Time We Fix The Leaky Roof (And Stop Looking For More Buckets)

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT

Wentworth

Professional development has been broken for decades - and will continue to be broken until we disrupt the institutional norms that erode teacher agency. I'm inviting all of us - classroom teachers and those who support their learning - to embark on a journey to create the teacher-centered culture of professional learning we need to thrive as imperfect and unfinished teachers. It's time that we learn how to direct our own professional growth, individually and collectively, so we can seize control of our teaching legacy and the math stories we leave behind in this world.

Speakers

Chase Orton

chaseorton.com

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Wentworth

General Interest

9:40am EDT

Shifting from Learning Math to Doing Math - The Power of SMP 4

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT

Hollis

What does it mean to model WITH math? How is it that different from modeling the math in word problems? And why does it matter? In this session, we help to clarify the often confusing language of Mathematical Practice #4, and explore how we can harness students’ curiosity and use mathematics to explore questions and problems from the world outside our classrooms.

Speakers

Karena Carten

Nicole Bridge

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Hollis

General Interest

Audience Problem Solving

9:40am EDT

Early Numeracy is Critical: Make an impact!

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT

Bedford

K-2 is a critical time for math learners. This session supports teachers and leaders with key early numeracy content by viewing videos of student thinking in the domain of addition and subtraction and number words and numerals. Interview assessment strategies are examined to ensure that teachers identify knowledge each student has in order to build on it. Key instructional techniques like distancing the setting will be examined to ensure students are moving forward in their understanding in a robust manner.

Speakers

Marria Carrington

Director of Mathematics Leadership Programs, Mount Holyoke College

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Bedford

K-2

Audience Elicit Student Thinking

9:40am EDT

New Perspectives on Learning

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT

Windham

Speakers

Patty Tedford

New Perspectives on Learning

Patty is Director of Online Learning and Regional On-Site Support for the Northeast at New Perspectives on Learning. She is passionate about providing an equitable math education for ALL students and therefore was drawn to Context For Learning Mathematics from the moment she was... Read More →

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Windham

K-5

Audience Problem Solving

9:40am EDT

Windows and Mirrors: Implementing Teaching Practices that Build Students’ Mathematical Identities

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT

Ballroom

In a student-centered mathematics classroom, students should have the opportunity to see themselves as doers of mathematics (mirrors) as well as view real-world connections to mathematics (windows). Windows and mirrors in the mathematics classroom allow students to develop positive attitudes about mathematics and build strong mathematical identities. Attend this session to learn practical strategies for building and nurturing students’ mathematical identities.

Speakers

Latrenda Knighten

Friday October 25, 2024 9:40am - 10:30am EDT
Ballroom

K-5

10:45am EDT

Letting Learners Lead through Upside-down Teaching

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT

Amherst

Have you ever heard of upside-down teaching? This teaching structure turns the "I do, we do, you do" teaching structure upside-down so that students lead the learning. This session provides participants with a tested, authentic process for implementing an upside-down teaching structure that allows all students to tap into their prior knowledge, collaborate, and show you what they know.

Speakers

Christine King

Co-Director/Learner, CKingEducation

Christine King is an educational consultant who started teaching at the middle school level in 1993 as a Teach for America Corp member. She has been a classroom teacher, instructional coach, and staff developer. In her current role as educational consultant, Christine supports schools... Read More →

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT
Amherst

3-8

Audience Problem Solving, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Elicit Student Thinking, Communication

10:45am EDT

Reading Like Mathematicians

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT

Chesterfield

Do your students struggle to solve word problems in math class? Learn how to help them read like a mathematician! Three Reads is an instructional routine that builds students' capacity to make sense of word problems by deconsructing the process of reading mathematical situations. We will experience it in action, analyze its structure, and make an action plan for implementing it in our own classrooms.

Speakers

Kit Golan

Lesley University

Kit Golan is the Secondary Mathematics Consultant for the Center for Mathematics Achievement at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Kit began their decade-long classroom career as a Math for America (MfA) Teaching Fellow, teaching all levels of middle school math in New York City... Read More →

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT
Chesterfield

3-8

Audience Problem Solving

10:45am EDT

No Tears Tiered Support: A Structure for Assessment Review & Collaboration

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT

Portsmouth

Looking for a way to ignite assessment review and student math talk? Through this presentation, educators will be exposed to scientifically backed and researched methods for improving student collaboration, communication, and justification. Participants will learn about Personal Reasoning Time, Structured Student Talk, and Tiered Checkpoints. Developed through the work of the Better Math Teaching Network, these methods will spark more communication and collaboration for students everywhere.

Speakers

Ben Winchell

Math Lead Teacher, Pinkerton Academy

Mathematics Lead Teacher (combination of teaching and instructional coaching)Project Lead The Way Master TeacherJV Girls Soccer CoachMember of the Better Math Teaching NetworkPublished research through the American Institute of ResearchAvid disc golfer and snowboarderFur father to... Read More →

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT
Portsmouth

6-12

Audience Communication

10:45am EDT

Transforming High School Math: One School’s Journey towards a Relevant, Student-Centered Curriculum

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT

Conway

Instead of serving up a Geometry sandwich, can we instead do more for more kids by providing individualized, relevant pathways that help students develop the math skills and mindsets they need for their 21st century careers, lives, and citizenship? Join us to learn how White Mountains Regional High School is redesigning math to foster student agency, increase success for all, and elevate the role of statistics and spreadsheets while preserving an elective path to advanced math.

Speakers

Susan Zielinski

Math Teacher, White Mountains Regional High School

Dr. Sue Zielinski is a former Air Force officer, industrial engineer, and homeschool mom. Her mission is to reinvent the traditional math curriculum to make it more relevant and accessible to more kids, which means elevating the role of data, statistics, and spreadsheets. Outside... Read More →

Shane MacElhiney

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT
Conway

6-12

Audience Diversity Equity and Inclusion

10:45am EDT

Cultural Competency: Providing Equitable Math Instruction Through Cultural Relevance - Sponsored by Savvas Learning Company

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT

Bedford

Scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress suggest that if current educational practices in math classrooms remain the same, the achievement gap between Caucasians and African descent learners will be eliminated by around 217 years. To close the academic achievement gap for all students, teachers must be equipped with methods to conduct equitable instruction that is culturally relevant.

In this session, attendees will learn methods for providing cultural relevance within specific academic settings. Participants will be empowered with strategies that will engage students in a relevant manner as well as acquire pedagogy, perspective, and practices to implement in the math classroom.

Speakers

Dr. India White

Co-author/TEDx Speaker, Big Ideas Learning

Dr. India White is a TEDx speaker, national educational consultant, author of 45+ books, and co-author for Big Ideas Learning/National Geographic Learning/Cengage Learning. India is a 3-time graduate of the University of Florida, majoring in math, educational leadership and educational... Read More →

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT
Bedford

General Interest

Audience Diversity Equity and Inclusion

10:45am EDT

How We Grade in a Thinking Classroom

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT

Balsam

Chapter 14 of Peter Liljedahl’s Building Thinking Classrooms focuses on how we can effectively grade students in a thinking classroom. Here, we will explore why it is imperative to redesign the traditional grading process while also learning how to transition from points based grading to standards based grading in a painless fashion. In addition, participants will be given a specially made Google Sheet that automates the outcomes based grading process the way Peter describes in his text.

Speakers

Melisa McCain

Tim Brzezinski

MS + HS Math Teacher, New Haven Public Schools

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT
Balsam

General Interest

Audience Diversity Equity and Inclusion

10:45am EDT

What is YOUR question? Creating positive change through the power of the right questions

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT

Wentworth

Are you working on increasing focus on grade-content, working to disrupt unproductive mindsets and practices that inhibit learning, and/or striving to achieve more equitable instructional practices? Brave and bold educators ask good questions that help to create momentum and move work forward. Come to this session to consider how the seemingly simple act of asking thoughtful and intentional questions of yourself, your colleagues, and varied stakeholders drives meaningful change for students.

Speakers

Katey Arrington

PhD

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT
Wentworth

General Interest

10:45am EDT

Elevating Early Numeracy: Learning Progressions and Math Centers in Action

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT

Hollis

VENDOR hand2mind Experience numeracy games and hands-on activities that are designed to transform the way students engage with number and operation concepts. Learn how to incorporate a three-step learning progression to ensure that the center activities you use are not only educational but also developmentally appropriate and tailored to meet the unique needs of every learner. Discover how to make math fun, engaging, and meaningful for students during center time.

Speakers

Angie Meredith-Ridgeway

Educational Consultant, hand2mind

Angie Meredith is an educational consultant at hand2mind. As a previous awardee of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching as well as the Award for Excellence in Teaching Elementary Mathematics, she now specializes in developing teachers’ content... Read More →

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT
Hollis

K-5

Audience Elicit Student Thinking

10:45am EDT

Empowering Math Minds: Building Agency for Strong Mental Math Strategies in Addition/Subtraction to 100

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT

Windham

Get ready to transform your math class and supercharge mental math strategies for addition and subtraction up to 100! In this session, we will explore effective pedagogical approaches by integrating foundational knowledge, various manipulatives, and strategic teacher moves to empower students towards developing robust mental strategies. Participants will gain valuable insights into creating an engaging and supportive learning environment that promotes mathematical fluency and problem-solving skills.

Speakers

Dina Mendola

US Math Recovery Counci

Friday October 25, 2024 10:45am - 11:35am EDT
Windham

K-5

Audience Problem Solving, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Elicit Student Thinking

12:30pm EDT

Designing from the Margins; UDL + Math

Friday October 25, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT

Ballroom

In complex times, how can we design math experiences that provide access for all students in our classrooms? Universal Design for Learning offers a way to design from the margins, looking for ways to reduce barriers for all students. Dr. Lambert will share the research that led to UDL Math, a version of UDL that is specifically designed for mathematics classrooms. Instead of designing based on student deficits, we will investigate beginning with strengths using neurodiversity. We will explore how design and creativity are central to making math classrooms work for students at the margins, particularly students with disabilities and/or multilingual learners.

Speakers

Rachel Lambert

University of California Santa Barbara

Friday October 25, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Ballroom

General Interest

1:40pm EDT

Balancing equations for struggling Algebra students

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT

Bedford

Teachers will be given a week of lessons that will take their students to confidence in balancing equations. We will use hands-on-objects, which will be provided.

Speakers

Bernice German

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT
Bedford

6-12

Audience Problem Solving, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Elicit Student Thinking

1:40pm EDT

Integrating Interactive Technology in Math Intervention: Building Concepts of Expressions and Equations

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT

Portsmouth

This 50-minute professional development session is tailored to educators seeking effective strategies for math intervention. It explicitly focuses on the foundational concepts of Expressions and Equations. The session employs an interactive approach integrating technology to provide teachers with dynamic visual tools, thought-provoking questions, and instructional guidance to nurture students' coherent understanding of critical mathematical ideas.

Speakers

Dr. Donald Thompson

Jr.

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT
Portsmouth

6-12

Audience Problem Solving, Communication, Elicit Student Thinking

1:40pm EDT

Adding a Calculated Dose of Fun to Algebra 2 and Precalculus!

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT

Conway

This session will explore the innovative uses of technology in Algebra Two and Precalculus classes. With the integration of cutting-edge STEM tools, we can empower students to explore mathematical concepts in a dynamic and interactive way, making abstract algebra and precalculus principles more accessible and engaging. This session will delve into practical applications, demonstrate hands-on activities, and showcase how technology can enhance the teaching and learning experience, ultimately equipping students with the skills they need to excel in these critical math courses. Join me in exploring the potential of these strategies to enhance algebra and precalculus education.

Speakers

Ellen Browne

Math and Engineering Teacher, Pomfret School

STEM.

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT
Conway

9-12

Audience Problem Solving, Elicit Student Thinking

1:40pm EDT

Consolidating Thin-Slice Activities

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT

Balsam

This session is for people interested in exploring the consolidation and note-taking practices of Building Thinking Classrooms further. Participants should have some level of familiarity with thin-slice activities. The session will be divided into two parts. During part 1, participants will participate in a short thin-slice activity and then experience the consolidation and note-taking process. During part 2, facilitators will review the multiple approaches they use to consolidate lessons and how these practices can help students form study habits that promote self-efficacy.

Speakers

William McKinney

Lead Teacher, Wilbur Cross High School

Becks Olthoff

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT
Balsam

9-12

Audience Elicit Student Thinking

1:40pm EDT

An Exit Slip is Too Late: Reconceptualizing Formative Assessment to Privilege Student Thinking

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT

Chesterfield

This session will provide participants with an opportunity to create shared understanding around the term formative assessment. It will highlight why most of what is referred to as formative assessment gives teachers the information they need long after it is most useful to impact student learning. Additionally,participants will learn which practices are most effective at making the thinking of all students in the class visible and why this is critical in shaping the teacher's response.

Speakers

Thomas Nobili

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT
Chesterfield

General Interest

Audience Elicit Student Thinking

1:40pm EDT

Ruthless Equity: Creating a Culture of Belonging

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT

Ballroom

In this session, participants will discover the critical role of belonging in ensuring equity for all. Learners will also experience the difference between diversity and belonging and learn a strategy they can implement immediately to deepen belonging for the students/staff they serve.

Speakers

Ken Williams

Chief Visionary Officer, Unfold The Soul

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT
Ballroom

General Interest

1:40pm EDT

Seeing Grading in a Thinking Classroom in Action

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT

Windham

This is a follow-up session to How We Grade in a Thinking Classroom. Here, we will address specific challenges teachers face when starting to put outcomes-based grading into practice (the way Peter Liljedahl describes in Building Thinking Classrooms), and we will explore practical solutions to these. We will also carry out a simulation that dynamically shows this style of outcomes-based grading being put into practice.

Speakers

Tim Brzezinski

MS + HS Math Teacher, New Haven Public Schools

Melisa McCain

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT
Windham

General Interest

1:40pm EDT

Thinking About Place Value: Guiding Students to Reason and Reflect

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT

Hollis

Understanding (or not understanding) place value will follow students along their math journey. Participants will explore the K-2 standards progression while learning ways to guide students to reason about numbers. We will share ways to elicit student thinking to deepen conceptual understanding and avoid common misconceptions. Learn how we have used routines, centers, counting collections, thinking classroom tasks, and assessments to support students to reason and reflect about place value.

Speakers

Jessica Scandurra

Math Coach, Stratford Public Schools

Robyn Tedesco

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT
Hollis

K-2

Audience Elicit Student Thinking

1:40pm EDT

Using Formative Assessment to Improve Access to Grade Level Content

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT

Amherst

Ensuring that all students are able to access to grade level content is a critical part of promoting equity in our math classrooms. But how can we truly understand what our students know in order to make purposeful instructional choices? In this session, we will explore a series of high-impact formative assessments and consider how they can help us collect meaningful student data, understand and leverage student strengths, and make intentional decisions about further instruction.

Speakers

Louisa Connaughton

PK-6 Math Specialist, Brimmer & May School

Mount Holyoke Math Leadership Program Cohort 9Desmos Fellow Cohort 4

Jenna Laib

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT
Amherst

K-5

Audience Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Elicit Student Thinking

1:40pm EDT

ATMNE Conference EdCamp: Discuss, Listen, Reflect, and Learn

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT

Wentworth

Engage in participant-led discussions, where you'll have the freedom to choose topics, share insights, and collaborate with fellow educators. Experience a laid-back, communal learning atmosphere where everyone's voice is valued and ideas are exchanged freely. Come ready to co-create and explore innovative approaches to math education together!
Some math educators willing to lead small breakout groups - Sue Looney, Ann Elise Record,Latrenda Knighten, Katiey Arrington, Marria Carrington, Zak Champagne, Shelby Strong, Sue O'Connell, Pamela Seda, Jan Szymaszek, Chase Orton, Dr. Nicki Newton, Naomi Dupre-Edelman, Brendan Scribner, and Christine King

Speakers

TJ Jemison

Math Coach and Consultant, TJ Math Consulting

TJ Jemison is a dynamic and experienced math workshop presenter and educational consultant who works with schools and districts to improve math instruction. He has extensive experience as a special educator, curriculum developer, and math coach who has taught math to all ages from... Read More →

Friday October 25, 2024 1:40pm - 2:30pm EDT
Wentworth

K-8

Audience Problem Solving, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Elicit Student Thinking, Communication

2:45pm EDT

Centering Student Voice and Discourse - Sponsored by Savvas Learning Company

Friday October 25, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm EDT

Ballroom

Often, math discussions are centered on one teacher and just a few students. Let's shift the focus and work to create classrooms where all voices are heard and hold value in mathematics discussions. Come play with some math ideas and learn how to ask the right questions, listen to how students really talk and listen to each other, and work to create math classrooms that honor the agency of each and every student.

Speakers

Zak Champagne

Friday October 25, 2024 2:45pm - 3:45pm EDT
Ballroom

General Interest