Mathematics educators can sharpen their skills and gain new techniques during the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference & Exposition on Nov. 18-20 in Nashville, Tenn. Six focus strands and nine conference topics will give participants the opportunity to learn the most effective teaching practices within the topics most essential to their teaching. Discounts are available for early-bird [...]
The Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics will hold its annual conference Oct. 10 at Martha Layne Collins High School in Shelbyville. The theme is “Student Mathematicians in Action,” and sessions will be designed to support the network of teachers and teacher leaders in Kentucky. The deadline for an early registration discount is Oct. 2. Speaker proposals also will be accepted [...]
Math Teachers’ Circle seeks to connect middle school math educators with mathematicians from academia and industry.
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 [...]
Two Kentucky teachers have won the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). Andrew Kemp, a science teacher at Male High School (Jefferson Co.), and Robyn Morris, a mathematics teacher at East Oldham Middle School (Oldham Co.), are among 108 winners representing the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Department of Defense schools. The Presidential Award for [...]
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 [...]
A Lincoln County mathematics teacher shares with fellow teachers some of the ways she keeps students engaged at the Let’s TALK conference.
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Hunt Institute have produced a series of videos to help teachers better understand the mathematics skills students need to succeed in college, life and careers. The videos are based on the principle that understanding numbers and operations, ratios and proportions is part of the process for building a solid foundation in mathematics. [...]
The Murray State University College of Education and Human Services will host a workshop for science and mathematics teachers July 6-10 and 13-17 at MSU’s Alexander Hall. The 10-day workshop is intended to help elementary and middle school teachers meet the requirements of the Next Generation Science Standards and the Kentucky Core Academic Standards for mathematics and learn to effectively [...]
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, [...]