Monday June 7, 2004



Kansas Excellence in Math and Science Teaching Conference“Leading to Change”Conference OverviewThis conference will inform you about great things happening in Kansas math and science education and support you to really dig into the standards to advance instruction in your classroom. You will not only hear great ideas, but you’ll have time to incorporate them into what you do while you are at the conference.Inspiration and Motivation: Morning sessions at the 2015 Kansas Excellence in Math and Science Teaching Conference will be a nicely balanced mix of keynote speakers and shorter sharing sessions. These morning sessions will motivate you and provide you with nuggets of wisdom for the afternoons. Sessions will change each day and you will be able to pick which ones you are most interested in to attend.Innovation and Perspiration:The afternoons are for rolling up our sleeves and getting work done. You will pick the short course that best fits you—elementary, middle, or high; math or science—and stay with that group across all three days. The professional learning in these afternoon sessions will build across all three days so that you can walk out with a deeper understanding of how you can use these standards to advance instruction and support student learning.Days at a GlanceMondayTuesdayWednesdayInspiration and MotivationShannon Ralph, 2015 Kansas Teacher of the YearBusiness and Industry PanelConcurrent Share Sessions (different each day--full descriptions on the following pages)Dr. Janet Stramel, FHSU and KATMConcurrent Share Sessions Daniel Bergman, WSU and KATSConcurrent Share SessionsInnovation and PerspirationMath and Science Short CoursesChoose one of the following to attend—the learning experiences will build across all three days, so you’ll stay with the same group on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (see full descriptions on the following pages). MathScienceElementary-- Posing Purposeful Questions to Advance Thinking, Learning, and AchievementMiddle School-- Hot Topics Necessary to Bridge Elementary to High School MathematicsHigh School-- Secondary-Level Statistics: Best Practices for Student LearningScience teaching is complex!Elementary, middle school, and high school grade banded courses will all focus on building lessons for all three dimensions of the Kansas science standards.Much of the time will be focused on grade-level specific practical tools and resources for making these changes for you in your classroom, but we will also be thinking big about what it takes to implement these standards within your local system. Monday, June 22, 20157:45 am – 8:30 amRegistration – Stringer Fine Arts Center8:45 am – 9:00 amWelcome and Announcements -Stringer Fine Arts Center AuditoriumDenise Kahler, Kansas State Department of Education9:00 am – 9:30 amKeynote speaker- Stringer Fine Arts Center AuditoriumShannon Ralph, 2015 Kansas Teacher of the YearDodge City High School9:30 am – 11:00 amBusiness and Industry Panel - Stringer Fine Arts Center AuditoriumModerator – Darren Dedo, KSN News WichitaJake Winship, Fidelity Security Life Insurance Company, Marlon Johnson, Textron Aviation, TBA--Wolf Creek, TBA--Westar11:15 am – 12:15 pmLunch – Fine Arts Gallery Theater(Note: after lunch we will move to the Science Hall for the afternoon sessions)Concurrent Share Sessions – Science Hall12:30 pm – 1:30 pmSessions will change each day:Audience and LocationPresenterDescriptionElementary and SecondaryScience Hall Room 101Sherri Martinie, KSU, Project QUESTAchieving the Vision: Project QUEST, Leadership for the Pursuit of Excellence in Mathematics EducationWe will share how we achieved our vision of forming a core group of teacher leaders and equipping them with the knowledge and skills to be leaders in the improvement of mathematics teaching and learning. The vision was to dig deep into the knowledge of mathematics and to encourage and show others how to do the same. Project QUEST formed a professional learning community consisting of project leadership and teacher participants that worked together to achieve four goals: Increasing teacher mathematical content knowledge, focusing instruction on Standards for Mathematical Practice, improve standards implementation in classrooms, and to expand our work by developing teacher leaders who can provide mentorship within their school and disseminating materials to district, state and national audiences. Project QUEST is funded through the Mathematics Science Partnership.Elementary and SecondaryScience Hall Room 116Scott Keltner, Eudora High SchoolCollaborative Math Technology ToolsThis session will focus on collaborative technology tools that are useful in the math classroom. Examples include Google Sheets and Drive, Desmos Online Graphing Calculator, Goo.gl URL Shortener, as well as the TI-84 and TI-Nspire graphing calculators. Attendees will use a sample lesson finding the relationship between their height and wingspan to demonstrate these technology tools.Elementary and SecondaryScience Hall Room 117?Learning By Doing: Integrating iPad Apps to Target the Eight Science and Engineering Practices in the NGSSThe Next Generation Science Standards require a dramatic departure from approaches to teaching and learning science occurring today in most science classrooms. The goal of instruction has shifted from learning facts to explaining phenomena through a lens of inquiry in order to build a coherent storyline across time. In this interactive session, participants will explore how to engage students in the eight practices of science and engineering through hands-on activities and critical thinking experiences tailored for the primary grade band.Participants will leave this session with: An introductory level understanding of how to integrate the eight Science and Engineering practices in the NGSS into their daily science instructionAn example of a hands-on learning activity that can be used in the classroomA list of iPad apps that can be used to support science instruction in the K-12 classroomMath and Science Short Courses—Science Hall1:45 pm – 4:00 pm Choose one of the following to attend—the learning experiences will build across all three days, so you’ll stay with the same group on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The math sessions focus in on specific areas within each grade band that teachers have indicated are challenging. The science sessions take on the same topic for all teachers—the complexity of teaching all three dimensions of the standards—but in separate rooms for each grade band. Audience/ LocationPresentersDescriptionElementary MathScience Hall Room 102Melisa Hancock, KSULynette Sharlow, USD 259 WichitaPosing Purposeful Questions to Advance Thinking, Learning, and Achievement:Effective mathematics teaching relies on questions that encourage students to explain and reflect on their thinking as an essential component of meaningful mathematical discourse. Just asking questions is not enough to ensure that students make sense of mathematics and advance their reasoning. In this session we will take a look at two critical issues that must be considered--the types of questions you ask and the pattern of questioning you use and share how you can transform your classroom into an inquiry-oriented community of learners and makes the mathematical practices come to life!!Middle School MathScience Hall Room 126Liz Peyser,USD 259 WichitaRaelynn Pfaff, USD 266 MaizeMiddle School Math KCCRS 101: Hot Topics Necessary to Bridge Elementary to High School MathematicsDay 1: Developing Fraction Number sense with number lines and manipulatives; Developing Number Sense through “Decomposition”Day 2: Developing Ratios and Proportional Reasoning with modelsDay 3: Introduction to multiple representations of FunctionsHigh School MathScience Hall Room 101Dr. Brenna Haines, WSUStatistics – the Original Data Driven Instruction, Let the Numbers TalkIf you’ve ever wondered how you’re going to teach the statistics standards to your students, this session has answers. We’ll look at the basics by describing data visually and numerically then work through data collection and randomness, and finally draw conclusions from data using inference. You’ll gain experience and form ideas for engaging activities to share. With stats, you’ll never hear “Where will I ever use this?” as students ask and answer their own questions with statistical reasoning.Elementary ScienceScience Hall Room 124Mary Cerny, USD 305 SalinaCharlotte Neugebauer, USD 259 WichitaScience teaching is complex!Attendees will experience, watch, and build three dimensional learning experiences that will make the shifts expected by these standards come to life. We will dig into what it really means to build student proficiency in all three dimensions over time. For example, we don’t just want students to engage in the science and engineering practices, we want that to be in the context of the other two dimensions and we want to design curricula that make sure that student proficiency in these practices builds over time. Much of the time will be focused on grade-level specific practical tools and resources for making these changes in individual classrooms, but to really achieve the vision in these standards, it takes more than just changing individual classrooms. Attendees will also wrestle with and receive support around the much larger issues that surround standards implementation. As we’ve worked with districts over the past two years since the standards have been adopted, many districts are using their standards implementations as an opportunity to address science-related issues within their local districts—support for science at the elementary level, coherence across K-12, course mapping (middle school and high school), partnering with informal science educators, reaching out to our community, etc. These sessions will help you to identify key problems and/or strategically develop solutions to problems you’ve already identified.Middle School ScienceScience Hall Room 125Joyce Depenbusch,USD 438 PrattMarsha Ratzel, USD 229 Blue ValleyHigh School ScienceScience Hall Room 126Jared Bixby, Sunset ZooKara Luce, Smoky Hill Education Service Center4:30 pm – 5:45 pm Reception:Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center Lobby6:00 pm – 7:30 pmOptional Event (advance tickets required): Presidential Awards for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching Awards BanquetKansas Cosmosphere and Space Center - LobbyRecognition of 2015 Presidential Award Nominees and Announcementof 2015 State FinalistsImmediately Following Awards Banquet—Short meeting with 2015 State Finalists at registration tableTuesday, June 23, 20157:45 am – 8:15 amRegistration – Stringer Fine Arts Center8:30 am – 8:40 amAnnouncements -Stringer Fine Arts Center AuditoriumDenise Kahler, Kansas State Department of Education8:40 am – 9:50 amKATM Presentation – Leaders of ChangeDr. Janet Stramel, Assistant ProfessorDirector of Assessment and AccreditationFort Hays State UniversityConcurrent Share Sessions – Science Hall10:00 am – 11:00 amAudience and LocationPresenterDescriptionElementary and SecondaryScience Hall Room 108Matt Seimears, Emporia State UniversityWhen the Mathematics “Boogey Man” Sneaks Upon You, What Do You Do When Panic is Not An Option?The project partnership included six elementary schools, one charter school and the parochial school in Emporia. The first two years saw K-5 building teams with thirty-five teacher participants representing grade level teachers, instructional coaches and instructional strategists. A middle school team of 6-8 grade was added in the final year to support the full transition to the KCCS. Project goals sought to improve student learning by increasing teacher mathematical content knowledge (grounded in the KCCS) and the application of the Eight Mathematical Practices in classroom instruction.Elementary Science Hall Room 116Jessica Griffin, USD 253 EmporiaThe Power of Differentiation in Math-Teaching New Concepts in Small Groups!Participants will explore how to deliver differentiated math instruction at the elementary level. Presenters will share ideas on how to deliver small group math instruction through the use of pre and post assessment systems, lesson progression, time management, math stations, and the best habits of learning. Participants will leave with a new spin on delivering math instruction that allows more time for students needing tier 2 and 3 math support and an increase in student success!SecondaryScience Hall Room 124Shannon Ralph, USD 443 Dodge CityMichael Ralph, USD 233 OlatheInquiry by DesignThese two Biology teachers have been working together since 2009 to develop support resources for teachers wanting to use more inquiry in their classroom. The goal of the session is to link the philosophy of inquiry to the nuts-and-bolts process of daily teaching. Participants will be introduced to a detailed workflow for identifying the instructional objectives within traditional materials, aligning those objectives with new standards such as NGSS, and rebuilding a lesson that is a more rich inquiry experience than what was used previously. Many discussions are occurring around the country about inquiry as a lofty goal, but this session will focus on actually implementing those ideas in a tangible way. A specific example will be used during the instructional process of a lab that attendees will be able to use in their own classrooms, and additional examples of other lab materials will be shared for them to use on their own when they return to their districts.11:15 am – 12:15 pmLunch – Fine Arts Gallery TheaterWestar Energy Presentation(Note: after lunch we will move back to the Science Hall for the afternoon sessions)Math and Science Short Courses12:30 pm – 4:30 pm Day 2 of these courses will build on what was started on Monday—see Monday’s agenda for descriptions and locations.4:30 pmAdjourned – Dinner is on your ownWednesday, June 24, 20157:45 am – 8:15 amRegistration – Stringer Fine Arts Center8:30 am – 8:40 amAnnouncements -Stringer Fine Arts Center AuditoriumDenise Kahler, Kansas State Department of Education8:40 am – 9:50 amKATS Presentation – Changing PerceptionsDaniel Bergman, Associate ProfessorCurriculum and Instruction Program ChairWichita State UniversityConcurrent Share Sessions – Science Hall10:00 am – 11:00 am Audience and LocationPresenterDescriptionElementary and SecondaryScience Hall Room 116Lee Anne Coester, Emporia State UniversityTwo, Two, Two Benefits in One! (We’re Talking Math, not Certs Mints!)What provides guidelines to 1) be a stronger math teacher and 2) improve your students’ assessment scores? The CCSS (KCCRS) Practice Standards…that’s what! These eight simple approaches to improving our teaching also offer insights into strategies that prepare our students for the format of our state assessment questions. The Practice Standards aren’t difficult to put into play; they simply remind us what effective math instruction looks like. Our 40 MSP Grant teachers have been working with these standards for 2 years with positive results throughout their 10 schools. Please come hear how we did it and see what “Practice Standards” lessons look like in K-8 classrooms. Elementary Science Hall Room 117Michelle Kelly, USD 458 Basehor-LinwoodThe Magic of Math Mastery through Movement & Music Ever felt frustrated from trying every math strategy known and you still haven’t reached that struggling learner? Fret no more! During this share session, we will tap into your students’ strongest multiple intelligences to produce math success. You will leave with catchy new rhymes, crazy, but purposeful hand gestures, entertaining lessons, and fresh musical tunes.Elementary and Secondary Science Hall Room 123Carol Strickland, National Teachers Hall of Fame, EmporiaBYOD, A Look at a Real Blended Learning Environment Participants will be encouraged to bring their own device (laptop, tablet, smartphone) to log in to an interactive lesson. They will be asked to respond to questions, and the “teachers” will use the screen to project “class average” and the student progress in real time. The online discussion board and other tools will also be demonstrated.Participants will engage in a hands-on demonstration of digital learning, experience what a blended learning environment looks and feels like, and have an opportunity to use actual educational software that is readily available for their classrooms.11:15 am – 12:15 pmLunch – Fine Arts Gallery TheaterKansas Cosmosphere and Hutchinson Community College Presentation(Note: after lunch we will move back to the Science Hall for the afternoon sessions)Math and Science Short Courses12:30 pm – 4:30 pm Day 3 of these sessions will build on what was started on Monday and Tuesday—see day one for descriptions and locations.4:30 pmAdjourned ................
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