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2013-2014 Mathematics Workshops
For Elementary School Teachers
directed by Joseph G. Rosenstein
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THE RUTGERS DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS and DIMACS (Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science) are offering twelve, highly interactive, one-day professional development workshops for elementary school teachers during the 2013-2014 school year. These workshops address a broad range of topics that are applicable to all curricula taught by elementary school teachers. All workshops are full-day workshops at which participants will earn six (6) professional development hours. All workshops will take place on the Busch Campus of Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Participants may attend single or multiple workshops in any order. The fee for each full-day workshop is $195. Discounts are available for multiple registrations on a single purchase order. Although some workshops address overlapping issues, teachers who attend multiple workshops will benefit from experiencing the different approaches workshop leaders have to helping students meet the challenges of the state standards and assessments. Our instructors are among the most experienced and respected workshop leaders in the state. The workshop topics are based on feedback and recommendations from New Jersey teachers and administrators. You will leave these workshops with valuable tools to motivate your students, stimulate their curiosity, and promote a more positive attitude towards mathematics. Workshop Descriptions: Within one’s own family, children learn differently. How can anyone expect an entire classroom of children to succeed in mathematics being taught using one learning style? Yet, as a human being, how can a teacher juggle so many students with so many learning styles during a short period of time? This workshop is designed for teachers to use strategies to enable students to reach their greatest potential in mathematical success and make the classroom a manageable environment to promote this success.
Date: Monday, January 6, 2014 (Code: W-01-06-14) Participants will engage in an across the grades look at the CCSS Domain of “Number and Operations – Fractions” that will include changes from prior NJ Standards. Ready-to-use, hands-on lessons and instructional strategies, differentiation and accommodations, and the use of multiple assessment and questioning techniques will be emphasized. Grades 5-8 Common Core Content and Practices: Look at What's New!
Date: Thursday, January 9, 2014 (Code: W-01-09-14) Come and participate in active learning about the CCSS middle grades math, with a focus on an across-the-grades look during a hands-on session. Using a balanced approach for all students, a link between Instructional Strategies, Grade Level Curriculum Expectations and Assessment will be addressed using online simulations, performance tasks, and real world applications. How Do I Use All This Data?
Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 (Code: W-12-03-13) Numbers, polls, statistics, results, predictions… Everywhere we go, we are bombarded with data. What is the best way to use this data? How can we teach our students to use and organize this data? Learn hands-on and practical ways to optimize and to integrate the information we are given in the curriculum core standards to help students reach their potential. Inspiring K-8 Students to Love Math
Date: Friday, February 7, 2014 (Code: W-02-07-14) Do you hear groans when math is mentioned? Do your students seem to have ALL been absent the day you taught certain lessons? We’ve all experienced this lack of attention, enthusiasm, and dismay, but it does not have to be this way. This workshop focuses on ways to bring back the natural fun and wonder of math. Not only will your students enjoy mathematics, they will have more success with the strategies learned and used in this workshop. Making Sense of the Common Core Fraction, Number Sense, & Operations Standards in Grades 3-5
Date: Monday, December 9, 2013 (Code: W-12-09-13) This hands-on workshop will provide teachers with detailed information about the content that students are expected to learn as New Jersey's schools transition to the Common Core. Activities will focus on the increased emphasis on number sense and fractions, and about how teachers can convey that content to their students. All materials will be provided so that teachers can do the activities in their own 3rd and 4th grade classrooms the day after the workshop! Math & Technology: Perfect Together – Integrating the New Standards Using Technology, Grades 2-5
Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 (Code: W-01-15-14) There is more to technology than video games. When students are challenged to use mathematics in meaningful ways, they develop their reasoning and problem-solving skills and come to realize the potential usefulness of mathematics in their lives. Integrating technology and mathematics in the classroom is important when trying to provide students with learning experiences that promotes 21st century learning. This workshop is a hands-on, interactive workshop that will provide participants with activities to use immediately in their classrooms. This workshop is geared to elementary level students and the concepts that the new standards emphasize.
Date: Thursday, January 23, 2014 (Code: W-01-23-14) A variety of hands-on activities that will stimulate and motivate your students to learn the roles of measurement, data, geometry and fractions in everyday mathematics will be the focus during this must-see session! Teachers will be provided with detailed information about the content their students are expected to learn as New Jersey's schools transition to the Common Core. This workshop includes many resources to use in your classroom the next day. Too few students are able to retain their knowledge or transfer their learning to new situations. That is why educators lament their forgetfulness from June to September, from Friday to Monday, from 9 AM to 10 AM, etc. This workshop will help teachers understand this difficulty and develop a more visually based lesson format. This will help students, including SE & ELL – make an effective transition from the concrete/visual to the abstract. The emphasis will be on applying the PAW process, a problem solving strategy: P is for Pictures, A is for Abstract, and W is for words. Ample hands-on lessons will highlight the process that helps students attain a higher level of achievement on future NJASK and formative assessments and helps teachers experience the new connection to the Common Core Standards. |
Payment Information
To encourage implementation at your school, we are offering discounts to schools or districts that send multiple registrations on a single purchase order and to individuals who sign up for four (4) or more workshops.
1-3 Workshop Registrations = $195 each
4-9 Workshop Registrations (one or more individuals) = $165 (15% discount)
10 or more Workshop Registrations (one or more individuals) = $145 (25% discount)
Workshop fees include all materials.
Payment may be made by purchase order or personal check; purchase orders and/or checks should be made out to Rutgers K-12 Workshops. Admittance to the workshop may be denied if no payment method is submitted by the day of the workshop or if billing information is not completed.
Registration Information
You can register by:
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(848) 445-4065 from Monday through Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. |
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FAX Registration Form to (732) 445-2894, 24-hours a day. |
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Send Registration Form to: Rutgers K-12 Workshops DIMACS - CORE Building - 4th Floor Busch Campus 96 Frelinghuysen Road Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019 |
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If you have not received a confirmation letter 10 days prior to your workshop, please call 848-445-4065 to confirm that your registration has been received and that the workshop is going to take place.Please do not assume that your district is registering for you; they often fail to notify us that teachers are planning to attend. Please register with us and tell us that your district will be sending additional materials; we will then be able to send you a confirmation letter.
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Cancellation Policy
A full refund (minus a $25 processing fee per registrant) will be issued to the appropriate party if this office is notified at least five (5) business days in writing prior to the workshop date. If you cancel within five (5) business days, or if neither you nor a substitute attend the workshop without notifying us, no refund will be issued.
All workshops are subject to cancellation for insufficient enrollment.
To obtain further information, or to register for workshops, call (848) 445-4065 or email programs@dimacs.rutgers.edu