The Kentucky Center for Mathematics has scheduled seven professional learning programs for mathematics teachers over the coming months: EERTI June – Enacting Effective Response to Intervention (EERTI) cohort for teachers of special education students in grades K-3. June 20-23, Bowling Green Registration deadline: May 6 EERTI Summer Institute – Exploring new ways to develop elementary students’ number sense. For EERTI [...]
A free professional learning experience and support for mathematics teachers is being offered by the Kentucky Department of Education, the Kentucky Center for Mathematics (KCM) and the Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Educational Services this summer in Highland Heights. “Gathering High Quality Data for Responsive Teaching and Learning, P-12” will focus on formative assessment, questioning strategies, and selection/use of rich tasks [...]
The Kentucky Center for Mathematics (KCM) will offer a SNAP (Student Numeracy Assessment Progressions) training session July 20-21 in Lebanon. The two-day course for K-2 teachers, teaching assistants and parent volunteers is an introduction to the assessment and advancement of early learning of numbers and arithmetic. The registration fee is $200; the registration deadline is July 10. Click here for [...]
The Kentucky Center for Mathematics has scheduled five trainings and course offerings for 2015-16 in locations across Kentucky. The schedule of courses: “Assessing Math Concepts,” July 6-10, Bowling Green “AVMR (Add+Vantage MR)/KNPI (KY Numeracy Project Intensive),” various dates, Frankfort, Richmond and Glasgow “Do the Math,” July 27-29, Oct. 26-28 and Jan. 25-28, Lexington “MRIS (Math Recovery Intervention Specialist),” Aug. 11-14, [...]
The Kentucky Center for Mathematics is partnering with other Kentucky organizations and universities to develop “The Road to Success in Algebra I,” a professional learning experience for teachers working with 8th- or 9th-grade students before or during Algebra I. Teachers participating in the program should be better able to diagnose student need and use that evidence to design and deliver [...]
The Kentucky Center for Mathematics (KCM) is seeking speaker proposals relevant to middle and high school mathematics content for the 2015 KCM Conference, "Engage!" which will be held March 9-10 in Lexington. The KCM conference provides an opportunity for educators to connect statewide, to develop their professional networks and to nourish their passions for teaching mathematics. The 2015 conference, which will [...]
Registration has opened for the Kentucky Center for Mathematics’ 2015 annual conference, "Engage!" The conference be held March 9 and 10 at the Hilton Lexington/Downtown in Lexington. Speaker proposals are being accepted through Dec. 13. For more information, visit the conference website. The conference flier is here. Questions? Contact Mandy McDonough, KCM communications and events coordinator, at kcm@nku.edu.
The Kentucky Center for Mathematics has announced that registration is now open for the 2014-15 EERTI (Enacting Effective Response to Intervention) cohorts. The program is free to participating teachers thanks to support from the Kentucky Department of Education. EERTI cohorts are professional learning communities facilitated by experienced and highly trained Mathematics Intervention Teachers. Participation in EERTI will increase K-3 teachers’ understanding [...]
The Kentucky Center for Mathematics (KCM) is offering several trainings and course offerings during this summer and throughout the 2014-15 school year. The offerings include training for preschool and kindergarten teachers as well as elementary and middle school teachers. For more about the courses, locations and times, check the KCM website or contact KCM at kcm@nku.edu.
The Kentucky Center for Mathematics and the Kentucky Department of Education have partnered to offer a free professional learning opportunity for middle school mathematics teacher leaders and administrators. Building mathematics content-focused coaching is a long-range educational practice in which mathematics teacher leaders work collaboratively with principals and classroom teachers to design, implement and reflect on rigorous, standards-based lessons that promote [...]