Elevate Math Symposium - October 18th
Session Descriptions
Parallel Session 1:
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM IST
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Description: This session introduces a simple yet powerful pedagogical structure that transforms math instruction by fostering student agency, engagement, and personalized learning. Learn how to reformat existing curricular materials into this adaptable structure, explore the research supporting its effectiveness, and—time permitting—create or source instructional videos and materials. Attendees will leave with a concrete, classroom-ready tool designed to enhance learning for all students.
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Description: This session demonstrates how to leverage the power of data science to provide rigorous, open-ended problems that challenge and extend students’ mathematical thinking. Explore strategies and activities that create “high ceilings” and “wide walls,” discover tools and resources—both high tech and low tech—that support integration, and examine real classroom examples that showcase student work. Participants will leave with practical approaches and resources to meaningfully integrate data science into math instruction.
Parallel Session 2:
12:05 PM - 12:50 PM IST
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Description: This session explores actionable strategies to elevate the math experience for advanced learners in mixed-ability classrooms. Learn how to design inquiry-based, tiered assignments that provide meaningful challenge, examine the role of AI-driven tutoring tools in supporting differentiation, and understand the critical difference between equality and equity in curriculum design. Participants will leave with practical approaches to ensure advanced students are engaged, stretched, and supported alongside their peers.
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Description: This session equips educators with strategies and research-based practices to personalize math instruction for all learners, including highly able students, in a mixed-ability elementary classroom. Explore how to leverage whole-class and small-group teaching, formative assessments, data collection, and digital math applications to compact curriculum, reteach as needed, and extend learning. Participants will also learn how to provide students with voice, choice, and ownership while using technology and real-time data analysis to tailor content, pace, and depth for meaningful challenge at every level.
Parallel Session 3:
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM IST
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Description: This session introduces a simple yet powerful pedagogical structure that transforms math instruction by fostering student agency, engagement, and personalized learning. Learn how to reformat existing curricular materials into this adaptable structure, explore the research supporting its effectiveness, and—time permitting—create or source instructional videos and materials. Attendees will leave with a concrete, classroom-ready tool designed to enhance learning for all students.
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Description: This session addresses common barriers to instruction for advanced math students and offers practical solutions to support their learning. Participants will explore how an ecological framework can be applied to navigate advanced academic pathways, ensuring that instruction, environment, and opportunities align to meet the needs of high-ability mathematicians.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the Symposium, participants will be able to:
Apply a flexible lesson structure that personalizes math instruction, increases student agency, and enhances engagement using existing curricular materials.
Integrate data science into math instruction through open-ended problems, high-ceiling/low-floor tasks, and technology-supported strategies that extend students’ mathematical thinking.
Differentiate for advanced learners in mixed-ability classrooms by designing inquiry-based, tiered assignments and leveraging AI-driven tutoring tools.
Personalize math learning in elementary classrooms using whole-class and small-group instruction, formative assessments, compacting, and enrichment strategies informed by real-time data.
Promote student voice, choice, and ownership in mathematics by providing opportunities for learners to progress at their own pace with targeted challenges.
Address barriers faced by advanced math students by applying an ecological framework that aligns instruction, environment, and pathways to advanced opportunities.
Recognize the difference between equity and equality in curriculum design and implement practices that equitably challenge all learners.
Leverage digital tools and instructional videos to extend and adapt classroom learning while maintaining inclusivity and rigor.
Draw from real classroom case studies to identify effective practices that have improved student outcomes and engagement in diverse contexts.
Leave with actionable strategies and tools that can be immediately implemented in your classroom to enhance instruction and learning outcomes for all students.