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To begin, please share with everyone your name, school district, title, background in education and math instruction, and what you hope to accomplish by attending this online workshop.
Sarah Gebhard
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Math Teacher
I have been teaching Career and Technical Math Education for 9 years (integrated math)
Even though I have had my own experiences with the issues in math in today's society I would like to know more about it and see if I can use this information to better understand those in my class that are struggling with Basic Math.
Sarah,
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Hi Sarah! So happy to be taking this class with you!! Hope you and your family are doing well! Say hi to your mom for me!!
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Karen Pax
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6th grade Math
I have been teaching middle school for 22 years. I am hoping to be able to better understand the struggles students have, including my own 4th grader. I believe that much of it is developmental, but what else is going on that makes math difficult for many people?
Lori Hurtgam, 11th grade Consultant Teacher at Lewiston-Porter High School in math and science classes for 5 years. I have worked in Math 9, Algebra, Geometry, and Algebra 2 classes as the Consultant Teacher. I hope to gain a little motivation for my students through this class. I hate how students do not enjoy math or see the benefits of it, because I think it truly is a wonderful subject to study.
ReplyDeleteHi! My name is Audrey Stafford and I teach 5th grade at Lewiston Porter. This is my 18th year in 5th grade and I am hoping to learn how to teach math better, differentiate, and get students more invoved in my math lessons!!
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DeleteWelcome everyone, i look forward to our conversations and hopefully debates in the next 2 weeks!! Hope those who had a February Break enjoyed themselves!!
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Life Skills and Algebra CC
Four years of experience teaching Int. Alg., Geo, and Alg2/Trig at Niagara Academy and 4 years coteaching a 15:1 Int. Alg or Alg CC at Newfane. My first experience teaching math was as a long-term sub teaching "Sequence III Honors". There were several students in that class that were excited about math! Since then, it seems like most students are they because they have to be and most despise math.
My name is Kelly Block and I have been a special education teacher at Lewiston-Porter for 18 years. I work in two 5th grade consultant teacher classrooms, one being with Janelle Sandonato-Siuta. I co-teach math in both classrooms and am familiar with the modules. I am always interested in learning more about how to differentiate instruction and increase student engagement.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Janelle Sandonato-Siuta. I have been teaching at Lewiston-Porter for 13 years. I have had experience teaching 3rd and 4th grade, however, I have spent most of my time in the consultant teacher model in 5th grade with Kelly Block. We currently use the modules from engageNY as our curriculum. I would like to learn more about differentiation and student engagement.
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Culinary Arts Instructor
Would like to better understand why my students struggle with basic math. Simple multiplication and division problems can be very difficult for them.
Matthew Anastasi
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Building Trades Teacher
Looking forward to having some strategies for working with my students, as their Math skills are very poor...
My name is Heidi Topolski. I am a 3rd grade teacher at Lew-Port. I am eager to learn new strategies for implementing math instruction as presented by engageNY.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Kyle Hurtgam and I am a consultant teacher in 10th grade Earth Science and Algebra. This is my 6th year teaching, 2 years as HS math teacher, 4 years as special education teacher. I am very intrigued by the title of the course, and I want to see how I can help my students succeed.
ReplyDeleteHi everyone. My name is Jessica Cruz and I am an 11th grade Consultant Teacher at Lewiston-Porter. This year I push into English and Social Studies, but I have attended several levels of math classes in the past and continue to help students with math whenever possible. This is my 7th year as a special education teacher and I taught Global Studies I and II my first year of teaching. I wanted to take this course because of the title- because it is so true! Many of my students are successful in English and Social Studies, but math is always troublesome and in some cases it is what stands in their way for graduation. In addition, I now have a child of my own and have begun to think about how we will teach her about numbers and mathematical concepts.
ReplyDeleteHi everyone. My name is Jessica Cruz and I am an 11th grade Consultant Teacher at Lewiston-Porter. This year I push into English and Social Studies, but I have attended several levels of math classes in the past and continue to help students with math whenever possible. This is my 7th year as a special education teacher and I taught Global Studies I and II my first year of teaching. I wanted to take this course because of the title- because it is so true! Many of my students are successful in English and Social Studies, but math is always troublesome and in some cases it is what stands in their way for graduation. In addition, I now have a child of my own and have begun to think about how we will teach her about numbers and mathematical concepts.
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