Are you looking for support to attend a conference or other professional development? Consider applying for a WEA Trust Grant: www.weatrust.org/educator-edu...
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If today feels a little different, perhaps it's because it is a pythaogrean triple day!
Now is the time to start planning your annual conference experience! Propsals for talks are due by December 15th. What will you share with us? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
WMEF seeks to fund activities focused on mathematics education. These include grants for professional development opportunities, materials and student activities grants. Several of these grant applications are due by December 1, 2025. www.wismath.org/site_page.cf...
PD Opportunity: Are you committed to addressing the predictability of student outcomes? Unbound2025 is focused on one goal: making education work for everyone through evidence-informed, impact-grounded practices that deliver real results for all learners. unbounded.org/events/
WI Math CNECT Reminder: As you progress through don't forget your important routines: 1. Prioritize 1-2 super important routines and stick to them. 2. Communicate every time what you want does routines to look like. 3. Sweat the small stuff so it become automatic to students!
What is a Biltmore stick? What is it used for? Find out "Math in the Forest For High School Teachers" on October 11th. cnroutreached.asapconnected.com#EventID=2874...
PD Opportunity: The College Readiness in Math Symposium gives a space to discuss concerns, best practices, and shared goals as we work towards reimagining high school mathematics to best support student options in post-secondary pathways. place.education.wisc.edu/k12-programs...
PD Opportunity: Math requirements can be an academic barrier to success for STEM students, especially those in community college. Join a session on 9-15 which explores the roles that can played in improving the path to STEM degrees and careers. www.justequations.org/events
As you start your year, whether this is your first year or twentith, don't forget to create and cherish "lollipop moments." What's a "lollipop moment"? Find out at: www.ted.com/talks/drew_d...
Everyday leadership
We have all changed someone's life -- usually without even realizing it. In this funny talk, Drew Dudley calls on all of us to celebrate leadership as the everyday act of improving each other's lives.
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Calling all new and early career teachers! Here is the WI Math CNECT September news letter! Consider signing up to CNECT at: wiamte.org/cnect/
PD Opportunity: Join Kyle Pearce and Jon Orr for "The Process, Plan, and Tools For Designing Effective Math Action Plans" - learn strategies, reflective tools, and collaborative dialogue to help participants build and sustain effective math action. www.wismath.org/site_page.cf...
PD Opportunity: Join Ann Elise Record for sessions on the development of thinking from counting to additive and multiplicative reasoning as well as daily routines, games, and activities that can be implemented right away in your classroom. www.wismath.org/site_page.cf...
Are you a new teacher? Know a new teacher? WI Math CNECT is here to support our next generation of teachers! wiamte.org/cnect/
Wishing every educator in Wisconsin (and beyond) an amazing year full of learning and growth!
PD Opportunity: Starting Monday, join fellow teachers from across the state to explore different toolkits from Building Thinking Classrooms. Up first: "How do we start our year?" www.wismath.org/site_page.cf...
WMC is preparing a great series of professional learning opportunities for the upcoming school year! Check out our website on Aug. 1st for all the details!
New Teacher Opportunity: Are you a new teacher curious about navigating your first years of teaching? Consider joining the STRETCH Summer Bridge Institute. Applications are due by June 6th!
The fun never stops at the WMC Conference! Bring your A game for a night of fun!
Join Fawnda for an interactive presentation where you will explore the Equity and Excellence Framework, a practical tool for integrating equity theories into daily lesson planning. You will leave with actionable strategies to foster a more inclusive and equitable environment!
Join me for Game Night at the @wismathcouncil.bsky.social Annual Conference this week #wismath25 #iTeachMath
How a student feels about math directly impacts their ability to learn math. This session will breakdown the neuroscience of how emotions and cognition collide in our classrooms, with practical tools to help ALL learners see themselves as math people.
Conference Session Call Out: Experience hands on card sorting activities from Algebra 1 through Trig that can highlight misconceptions, identify categories, or explain steps in a process. Hear hacks and hints and leave with free downloads!
Why should you attend an 8 AM session? To join two upbeat, passionate educators who have found a super simple way to ignite some interest and bring more joy into math class while building community at the same time!
Conference Session Call Out: Let's explore best practices for providing access to all students to become problem solvers by beginning modeling the structure of the story types in concrete and visual ways. Together we can build the identity and agency of all students!
Do you use cold calling? Have you considered what it might mean to "warm" call on students? Join Lisa Hennessey in Green Lake to learn how warm calling is a way to elevate student status and bring more equity to voice in the classroom.
Conference Session Call Out: Does your school district have a mission and vision? Does your school district have a math mission and vision? Join Celia Paczwa and Dave Ebert as we share our process to create a 4K-12 math mission and vision.
