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PD “The time to think to self, the small group share, and the large group share was appreciated and gave the learner time to process and make connections.” – Participant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6025c42df8c51a646ce9e713/7cad324c-2c21-4dd3-ba36-22bb70baeb94/VZ-3_V1.25c_%28SerialNo._01067924%29_2018-07-09_09-34-13.jpg What is a Fraction? PD - What is a Fraction? PD Fractions are historically and notoriously challenging for students and teachers. This PD gives teachers the time and space to process the meaning behind what is a fraction. In four 60-90 minute tasks, teachers explore fractions through well-developed tasks designed to illuminate confusions and assumptions about fractions. Included here are the facilitation guides for the What is a Fraction? PD. https://mathplaydream.com/home daily 1.0 2023-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6025c42df8c51a646ce9e713/1621734980727-ACUZELWBZWT5X4EYR8SL/Screen+Shot+2021-05-22+at+7.54.22+PM.png Home - Addition and Subtraction Algorithms through the Lens of Place Value PD Our place value PD works to unpack the complexity of the traditional addition and subtraction algorithms by focusing on the role place value has in the algorithm. This PD not only attends to place value, but also works to develop a deep understanding of the importance of being flexible within representations of numbers. Highlighting ways algorithms work to help us be efficient, effective, and useful, our Place Value PD will enhance teachers’ appreciation for place value. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6025c42df8c51a646ce9e713/1621724632874-QAKNH1JACX42I770FX9Z/VZ-3_V1.25c_%28SerialNo._01067924%29_2018-07-10_11-50-01.JPG Home - What is a Fraction? PD Our “What is a fraction?” PD offers teachers the chance to truly understand what a fraction is. Giving teachers ample time to process, collaborate, and question, this PD strives to hone in on the meaning of the numerator, denominator, and the connections between the two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6025c42df8c51a646ce9e713/1621721159842-LEY06P3U63WDSXRFC8TE/assocprop1.png Home - Multi-Digit Multiplication PD Our multi-digit multiplication PD (MMPD) unpacks the complexity of the traditional multiplication algorithm. By exploring and revealing hidden mathematics behind the algorithm, teachers gain a deeper understanding of the inner workings of the algorithm. https://mathplaydream.com/place-value daily 0.75 2022-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6025c42df8c51a646ce9e713/437c1068-4abd-4855-8b66-2b84d62a23b3/Place+Value+Module+Map+%283%29.png Place Value - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6025c42df8c51a646ce9e713/1621811250533-2JV9DYOGVTOPLWO54981/Screen+Shot+2021-05-22+at+8.13.18+PM.png Place Value - Addition and Subtraction Algorithms through the Lens of Place Value PD Exploring the hidden mathematics behind any algorithm is an important way for teachers to realize how algorithms help us be efficient, effective in our problem-solving adventures. This PD consists of nine 90-minute sessions that can be given one-by-one or in chunks. Click below to access the facilitation guides for the Place Value PD. We are happy to help facilitate as well as help you build capacity in your own district or school. https://mathplaydream.com/our-team daily 0.75 2023-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6025c42df8c51a646ce9e713/1633218089137-02UNBSSKXG894262QC2H/kate.jpg Our Team - Kate Pacheck Kate Guasta Pacheck is a veteran middle school and elementary school math teacher, a Colorado Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching 2018 Awardee in Elementary Math and a passionate advocate for students and teachers. She has a plethora of pedagogical math content knowledge collected over her 18 years of experience teaching, her experience teaching pre-service education candidates, her experience coaching teachers, her collaborative work planning professional development, her undergraduate degree and licensure program from Colorado State University—Pueblo, her Masters in Secondary Mathematics Education from University of Colorado, a post-graduate program in Mathematics Teacher Leadership from the University of Northern Colorado and her current Masters of Leadership in Education program from Western Governors University. Kate strives to “pay-it-forward” to her local community, fellow teachers and all students by helping increase teacher accessibility to quality professional development, especially in mathematics education. All of this evolved out of her desire to create a math classroom that meets her three A’s: Acceptance and Access to high quality math education for All students. Kate believes in teachers and that serving, sustaining and strengthening teachers supports all students so that math classrooms are designed with a focus on acceptance and access for all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6025c42df8c51a646ce9e713/1633302396268-MFHI67UK23RJP6I6BA0Q/IMG-0073.JPG Our Team - Jodie Novak, Ph.D Jodie Novak, Ph.D Jodie Novak is a math professor at the University of Northern Colorado. She begin working with math teachers in a professional development setting in 2000. Since then, she have been involved in four state funded and two NSF funded mathematics professional development projects. In all this work, her greatest joy is supporting math teachers to develop their leadership skills to improve mathematics education for all students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6025c42df8c51a646ce9e713/1633221197428-FUFNH0B79T0QR4WJW4H1/cath+pic.jpg Our Team - Catherine Carter, Ed.D Catherine received her Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science Engineering, her Masters in Curriculum and Instruction, and her Secondary Teaching Certificate from Michigan State University. Catherine also earned her Doctorate in Educational Studies from the University of Northern Colorado, with an emphasis in mathematics education. Catherine currently helps design simulations at PhET Interactive Simulations for Science and Mathematics, and has extensive experience creating and facilitating meaningful mathematics PD with teachers K-12 with an effort to deepen mathematical understanding. During her tenure as a secondary mathematics instructor, she has won the Superintendent’s Excellence in Education award, the district’s Innovative Curriculum Award, and is featured as a member of the Longmont Times-Call’s “100” community members of 2021. Most importantly, Catherine believes in empowering students and teachers of all levels with the goal of enhancing everyone’s experience in their mathematical learning. Creativity in mathematics is a theme in all Catherine does, helping students and teachers view their own creative thinking as valuable in the learning process. Everyone deserves to feel like a positive contributor to the mathematical conversation, and Catherine is committed to helping learners feel confident and creative throughout their mathematical journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6025c42df8c51a646ce9e713/3b2e67f2-5673-43f6-9a36-0ab8b5b25c20/image.png Our Team - Denise Brink Denise is the S.T.E.M Coordinator and Instructional Coach for a K-8 school in Greeley, CO. She holds a Bachelors in Mathematics from University of Northern Colorado, Masters in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in literacy from Lesley College, and an Educational Specialist Degree in Education Leadership from University of Northern Colorado. Denise has been a teacher for 27 years and has taught many different grade levels both at the elementary and secondary levels, as well as at the college level for teachers working on their Masters degree in Educational Leadership. 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We empower teachers as they free themselves from years of anxiety over thinking math is a club, and they weren’t invited. — Jodie Novak, Ph. D Executive Director, Mentor https://mathplaydream.com/mmpd daily 0.75 2022-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6025c42df8c51a646ce9e713/71bdd78b-a89a-4c54-b78d-7fef1c516ace/MMPD+Module+Map+%281%29.png Multi-Digit Multiplication PD - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6025c42df8c51a646ce9e713/1621809874423-JSQOQV9FM0EXAHDOTKBN/IMG_00008.jpg Multi-Digit Multiplication PD - Multi-digit Multiplication PD There is a lot of hidden mathematics in any math algorithm, and the traditional multiplication algorithm is no exception. This PD consists of nine 90-minute sessions to unpack the hidden mathematics embedded in the algorithm. While the nine session could be done on separate days, we have found that chunking three sessions together per day is effective at helping teachers understand the seemingly simple algorithm. Included here are the facilitation guides for you to create a positive and meaningful PD experience for your teachers. The intent is to provide the PD to your teachers with the opportunity for your teachers to become facilitators as well, thus building capacity within your own districts and schools. We are happy to help facilitate the PD for you! 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