Higher Standards, Improved Student Success in Math Friday, September 19th, 2014 9:30 am – 3:30 pm 8:30-9:30 Registration 9:00-9:30 Networking Coffee 9:30-10:00 Opening Plenary Session – Connecting K-12 and Higher Ed in the 21st Century Worrell Building: Gym Welcome Maggie Ellis Chotas, Senior Program Manager K-12 and Postsecondary Alignment Initiatives Remarks Dr. Harold Reiter, Professor of Mathematics University of North Carolina – Charlotte 10:00-10:15 Break 10:15-11:00 Informational Breakout Sessions - Session I: Enhancing Math Instruction OPTION 1 Mathematics and the Western North Carolina Work Force : An Important Effort in P-16 Collaboration Room: 2110 (Facilitator: Morteza Barshooi) Presenters: Dr. Nathan Borchelt, Professor, Western Carolina University (WCU) Dr. Holly Henderson Pinter, Professor, WCU Dr. John Wagaman, WCU Description: This session will focus on highlights from a conference that gathered teachers, administrators, higher-education faculty and regional business leaders from Western North Carolina to address mathematics education needs of an improved workforce. OPTION 2 Mathematics Teachers’ Interpretations and Implementation of the Common Core Standards in Secondary Mathematics Instruction with English Learners Room: 2111 (Facilitator: Lori Bean) Presenters: Dr. Jewell Cooper, Associate Professor & Coordinator, Secondary Teacher Education Program, University of North Carolina - Greensboro (UNC-G) Dr. Ye He, Associate Professor & Coordinator, TESOL Program, UNC-G Mrs. Martha Ray, Mathematics Curriculum Specialist, Guilford County Public Schools Description: The presenters will share their partnership with a local professional development high school by highlighting strategies secondary mathematics teachers employ to work with English learners through videoed lessons, lesson planning sessions, and lesson reflections. They will also discuss ways to utilize these videos in pre-service teacher education programs and in-service teacher professional development. OPTION 3 Modeling Matters! Implementing Modeling in Meaningful Ways Room: 2112 (Facilitator: Melissa Granados) Presenters: Dr. Tracie McLemore Salinas, Associate Professor, Appalachian State University (ASU) Dr. Todd Abel, Assistant Professor, ASU Description: In this session, the presenters have a framework for implementing modeling tasks in the classroom and findings from cross-sector discussion about the priorities of and challenges of modeling in the math classroom. OPTION 4 INCOME – Integrating Computing and Mathematics Education Room: 2116 (Facilitator: Sheri Zuhrung) Presenters: Dr. Mahnaz Moallem, Professor of Instructional Technology and Research, University of North Carolina – Wilmington (UNC-W) Dr. Sridhar Narayan, Professor of Computer Science, UNC-W Mr. Chris Gordon, Assistant Director, Center for Education in STEM (CSTEM) Description: The session will explore the impact of the INCOME Project and its professional development model and strategies on mathematics teachers’ practices and perception. In addition, it will use simulation and modeling projects that were developed collaboratively by the teachers and the project team to demonstrate how mathematics, computing and Common Core State Standards were integrated. OPTION 5 Creating P-12 and Postsecondary Partnerships for Improved Mathematics Instruction Room: 2128 (Facilitator: Claude Moore) Presenters: Dr. Kerri Richardson, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education, University of North Carolina – Greensboro (UNC-G) Dr. Carol Seaman, Associate Professor of Mathematics, UNC-G Ms. Michelle McCullough, Doctoral Student, UNC-G Description: In this session, we will share our professional development model for supporting student-centered teaching in elementary grades mathematics classrooms by highlighting successes, lessons learned, and ongoing challenges of forging and sustaining P-12 and Postsecondary partnerships. 11:15-12:00 Informational Breakout Sessions - Session II: Enhancing Math Instruction Options 1-5 will be repeated again during Breakout Session II – (Same room numbers as listed above) 12:00-12:45 Welcome - Chris Paynter, Dean, STEM - Central Piedmont Community College Networking Lunch - Worrell Building: Gym 12:45-2:30 Afternoon Plenary Session and Cross-Sector Learning Worrell Building: Gym Learning from the NC Ready for Success Alignment Team Deborah Crocker, Suzanne Williams, Carmen Wilson - Mathematics Alignment Team Leaders 2:30-3:30 Closing Plenary Session – Moving this Work Forward Moderator: Maggie Ellis Chotas, Senior Program Manager, K-12 and Postsecondary Alignment Initiatives Panelists: Carmen Wilson, Ashe County Schools Suzanne Williams, Central Piedmont Community College Nancy Ruppert, UNC-Asheville