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| Major Sessions -- Monday, April 24, 2006 |
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| 2 | 8:00 - 9:00 | Room 120/124 | Grades PK-5 | Major Session | Strand 1: Leadership with the Spirit of Quality Professional Development
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| Rethinking the Scope and Sequence for the Development of Place Value Concepts |
| Computational fluency is rooted in ten-structured thinking, not regrouping or knowing how many tens make a hundred. This session will explore some alternatives to the typical curriculum for place value and illustrate how a different approach to place value can better serve whole-number computational skills. |
| Presider: | Jacqueline Mitchell, NCSM E1 Regional Director, Portland, ME |
Speaker(s): |
John A. Van de Walle, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA |
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| 19 | 9:10 - 10:10 | Room 120/124 | Grades PK-12 | Major Session | Strand 3: Leadership with the Spirit of Technological Innovation
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| A K-12 Curriculum with Computer Algebra Systems (CAS): What Is It and What Would It Take to Get It? |
| Computer algebra systems are to algebra what scientific calculators are to arithmetic, and they raise many of the same questions. What are reasonable uses of this technology? What cautions should be kept in mind? |
| Presider: | Ruth Harbin Miles, NCSM C2 Regional Director, Olathe Schools, Olathe, KS |
Speaker(s): |
Zalman Usiskin, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| 30 | 10:20 - 11:20 | Room 120/124 | Grades 9-12 | Major Session | Strand 5: Leadership with the Spirit of Many Cultures
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| African American Ethnomathematics Software: Cornrows, Graffiti, and More |
| The mathematical patterns in African American cornrow hairstyles, graffiti, and hip-hop rhythms, as well as the ethnomathematics of African heritage culture, can be integrated into standards-based curricula and assessment through the use of free online applets. |
| Presider: | Cheryl Avalos, NCSM W2 Regional Director, Consultant, Hacienda Heights, CA |
Speaker(s): |
Ron B. Eglash, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Charles Babatu Murphy, Roosevelt High School, St. Louis, MO |
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| 47 | 11:30 - 12:30 | Room 120/124 | All Grades | Major Session | Strand 4: Leadership with the Spirit of Equity and Access
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| Best Practices for English Language Learners with Implications for ALL Learners—Lessons from Research and Classrooms |
| What are the barriers to teach English Language Learners in mathematics? What can we do to help teachers and their students overcome them? In this session we will learn “what works” from research and practice, with implications for teaching all students, and addressing the achievement gap. |
| Presider: | David W. McKillop, NCSM First Vice President, Chignecto-Central Regional School Board, Truro, NS |
Speaker(s): |
Miriam A. Leiva, TODOS President, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC |
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| 57 | 12:50 - 1:50 | Room 120/124 | Grades PK-5 | Major Session | Strand 1: Leadership with the Spirit of Quality Professional Development
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| A Supervisor’s Role in Helping Teachers Implement Formative Assessment as a Way to Inform Instructional Planning |
| Teachers want to understand students’ mathematical thinking so that they can plan more effective instruction. This session will explore techniques to help teachers gather critical information from students, design feedback that supports students in reorganizing their thinking, and plan appropriate next steps for instruction. |
| Presider: | Janie Zimmer, NCSM E2 Regional Director, Research-Based Education, LLC, Woodbury, NJ |
Speaker(s): |
Jeane M. Joyner, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
George W. Bright, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Greensboro, NC |
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| 74 | 2:00 - 3:00 | Room 120/124 | Grades PK-8 | Major Session | Strand 1: Leadership with the Spirit of Quality Professional Development
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| Changing Lives: Making a Difference with Standards-Driven Staff Development |
| This session will focus on a long-term staff development model that significantly impacted the way teachers thought about math and changes they made in their teaching. This session will trace the steps from the facilitator’s initial meeting with the teachers through the teachers’ desire to continue the staff development. |
| Presider: | David W. McKillop, NCSM First Vice President, Chignecto-Central Regional School Board, Truro, NS |
Speaker(s): |
Janet K. Scheer, Create A Vision, Foster City, CA
Kathy Culpepper, Wilkinson County, Irwinton, GA
Pam Slocumb, Wilkinson County, Irwinton, GA
Tammy Cook, Wilkinson County, Irwinton, GA
Cheri Stubbs, Wilkinson County, Irwinton, GA |
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| Major Sessions -- Tuesday, April 25, 2006 |
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| 85 | 8:00 - 9:00 | Room 120/124 | Grades PK-8 | Major Session | Strand 1: Leadership with the Spirit of Quality Professional Development
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| There Is So Much We Can Learn from Singapore – Consistently #1 in the World in Mathematics Achievement |
| To “benchmark” U.S. achievement in mathematics, we need to look at Singapore: the country TIMSS shows is really #1 in the world. This session will discuss the practical implications of an extensive comparative study of how U.S. frameworks, texts, assessments, and professional development measure up against Singapore. |
| Presider: | Ralph Connelly, NCSM Canadian Regional Director, Brock University, Fonthill, ON, Canada |
Speaker(s): |
Steven J. Leinwand, Former NCSM President, American Institute for Research, Washington, DC |
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| 102 | 9:15 - 10:15 | Room 120/124 | All Grades | Major Session | Strand 1: Leadership with the Spirit of Quality Professional Development
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| The Tipping Point in Mathematics Education Reform: The Mavens, The Connectors, The Salesmen, and the NCSM Leaders |
| What are the “good ideas” in mathematics education? How can we create an epidemic of those ideas? How can we be sure that the ideas and practices are implemented and stick? How should we prepare colleagues—teachers and other leaders—to do the implementation? |
| Presider: | David W. McKillop, NCSM First Vice President, Chignecto-Central Regional School Board, Truro, NS |
Speaker(s): |
Carole E. Greenes, Former NCSM President, Boston University, Boston, MA |
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| 119 | 10:30 - 11:30 | Room 120/124 | All Grades | Major Session | Strand 6: Leadership with the Spirit of Outreach
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| Leadership in a Flattening World: The Critical Role of Math Education for the Future of Society |
| The playing field is being leveled as the world gains access to information and jobs. This shift has implications for the mathematics students need. What does a leader need to do to help all students (and society) have a bright economic future? |
| Presider: | Kay Gilliland, NCSM Past President, Mills College, Oakland, CA |
Speaker(s): |
Cathy Seeley, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics President, Reston, VA |
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| 126 | 2:15 - 3:15 | Room 120/124 | Grades PK-5 | Major Session | Strand 1: Leadership with the Spirit of Quality Professional Development
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| Professional Development – In Search of Excellence |
| What makes a workshop great? A thoughtful blend of content and methods, strategies combining computational and problem-solving skills, a philosophy grounded in common sense, and effective communication for different learning styles. We’ll look at an intuitive approach to math that gives leaders a framework for evaluating professional development opportunities. |
| Presider: | Patsy Shearer, NCSM S1 Regional Director, Rockledge, FL |
Speaker(s): |
Greg Tang, Scholastic Press, New York, NY |
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| Major Sessions -- Wednesday, April 26, 2006 |
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| 154 | 8:00 - 9:00 | Room 120/124 | Grades PK-8 | Major Session | Strand 2: Leadership with the Spirit of Quality Assessments Driving Decision Making
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| Helping Teachers Make Assessment an Integral Part of Classroom Mathematics Instruction: What’s Required and What to Do with the Information |
| This session focuses on how leaders can help teachers integrate assessment with classroom instruction toward the goal of improving classroom teaching practices and assessing the progress of all students. The session will present ways to use assessment strategies and techniques that help teachers make use of assessment data. |
| Presider: | Linda Morrow, NCSM W1 Regional Director, Navajo County Schools Office, Lakeside, AZ |
Speaker(s): |
Marilyn Burns, Math Solutions Professional Development, Sausalito, CA |
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| 171 | 9:15 - 10:15 | Room 120/124 | Grades PK-8 | Major Session | Strand 4: Leadership with the Spirit of Equity and Access
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| Examining State-Level Mathematics Curriculum Frameworks: What Is the National Number and Operation Curriculum in the United States? |
| Findings of an analysis of state-level K-8 curriculum will be shared. Many of these documents have been developed in the past two to three years, in part, as a result of NCLB legislation. To what extent are the grade-level learning expectations within the Number and Operation strand consistent across states? |
| Presider: | Don Balka, NCSM C1 Regional Director, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN |
Speaker(s): |
Barbara J. Reys, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Shannon Dingman, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Travis Olson, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Angie Sutter, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Dawn Teuscher, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO |
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| 188 | 10:30 - 11:30 | Room 120/124 | Grades 6-12 | Major Session | Strand 1: Leadership with the Spirit of Quality Professional Development
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| The Impact of Leadership on the Human Condition That Leads to Achievement in Mathematics Part II (a follow-up to Anthony Scott’s 2005 major session) |
| Part II will illustrate to the participants that the next step in the Human Condition process is to develop a strategy for teachers that identifies the problem, identifies the assets of the students, and lists areas where the solutions should be drawn from for achievement in mathematics. |
| Presider: | Ted Hull, NCSM S2 Regional Director, Charles A. Dana Center, Austin, TX |
Speaker(s): |
Anthony A. Scott, Benjamin Banneker Association Past President, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL |
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