2014-2015 K-12 Online Professional Learning Opportunities for Mathematics
Ontario educators are invited to participate in online professional learning through Adobe Connect.
Five different series are being offered and the details are as below. Participants are required to attend all four sessions offered in a series.
Series Content
Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities in
Mathematics
(repeat of Spring and Summer 2014 series)
Intended audience:
School based teams consisting of classroom
educators and at least one special education
teacher
Intended Learning
Participants will:
 deepen their understanding of profiles
of students with learning disabilities
 examine the cognitive processes defined
in IEPs through a mathematics lens
Series ID
Session Dates and Times
Series A
(After
school)
February 24, 2015
(Tuesday)
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
March 10, 2015
(Tuesday)
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
March 31, 2015
(Tuesday)
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
April 14, 2015
(Tuesday)
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
October 10, 2014
(Friday)
9:00 am –
11:30 am
October 30, 2014
(Thursday)
9:00 am –
11:30 am
November 18, 2014
(Tuesday)
9:00 am –
11:30 am
December 5, 2014
(Friday)
9:00 am –
11:30 am
October 7, 2014
(Tuesday)
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
 experience through simulations, the
struggles students with learning
disabilities face when learning
Team participation is encouraged but not required.
mathematics
Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities in
Mathematics
(repeat of Summer 2014 series)
Intended audience:
District School Board Teams consisting of at least
one person responsible for system level special
education and one mathematics professional
learning facilitator
School based teams consisting of the principal and
at least one classroom educator and one special
education teacher.
Proportional Reasoning for Mathematics Educators
(repeat of winter and summer series)
Intended audience:
Classroom Educators
 investigate instructional and assessment
strategies that leverage student
strengths and support student needs.
Participants are invited to bring a sample
IEP for an anonymous student with a
learning disability to each session.
Participants will:
 develop mathematical knowledge of
proportional reasoning,
 deepen the knowledge of teaching
proportional reasoning
Series B
(During the
school day)
Series C
(After
school)
Series Content
Intended Learning
 investigate the K-12 perspective for
proportional reasoning
Series ID
 examine components from the
document Paying Attention to
Proportional Reasoning: K-12, such as
multiplicative thinking, unitizing, and
proportional vs. non proportional
situations.
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/teachers
/studentsuccess/ProportionReason.pdf
Algebraic Reasoning for Mathematics Educators
(repeat of summer series)
Intended audience:
Classroom Educators
An overview of this document in Adobe
Presenter format can be accessed at:
http://www.edugains.ca/resourcesLNS/
MathematicsFoundationalPrinciples/Pro
portionalReasoning_AP/index.htm
Participants will:
 develop mathematical knowledge of
algebraic reasoning,
 deepen knowledge of teaching algebraic
reasoning
 investigate the K-12 perspective for
algebraic reasoning
Series D
(After
school)
 examine components from the
document Paying Attention to Algebraic
Reasoning: K-12 such as representations
of equality and inequality, relationships
between arithmetic and algebra and
functional thinking.
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacyn
umeracy/PayingAttentiontoAlgebra.pdf
An overview of this document in Adobe
Presenter format can be accessed at:
http://www.edugains.ca/resourcesLNS/
MathematicsFoundationalPrinciples/Alge
braicReasoning_AP/index.htm
Fractions Understanding for Mathematics Learning
and Teaching
Participants will:
 develop mathematical knowledge of
Series E
(After
Session Dates and Times
October 21, 2014
(Tuesday)
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
November 4, 2014
(Tuesday)
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
November 18, 2014
(Tuesday)
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
October 15, 2014
(Wednesday)
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
October 29, 2014
(Wednesday)
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
November 12, 2014
(Wednesday)
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
November 26, 2014
(Wednesday)
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
February 19, 2015
(Thursday)
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
Series Content
(new)
Intended audience:
Classroom Educators
Registration:
Intended Learning
fractions
 deepen knowledge of teaching fractions
 investigate the K-12 perspective for
fractions
 examine components from the
document Paying Attention to Fractions
K- 12
Series ID
school)
Session Dates and Times
February 26, 2015
(Thursday)
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
March 5, 2015
(Thursday)
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
March 12, 2015
(Thursday)
4:00 pm –
5:30 pm
Team participation (at least 3 members) is encouraged but not required. Each session will include time for team discussion.
Complete and submit the registration form, via e-mail, to adobeconnectlearning@gmail.com
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Type the series identification in the subject line of the email. (i.e. Series A, Series B, Series C or Series D or Series E)
A separate form must be completed and emailed for each series’ registration.
Registration due date: Enrolment is limited
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Series B, C, D and E: Please register by October 6, 2014
Series A: Please register by January 25, 2015
Additional details, including the URL required to access these Adobe Connect sessions, will be provided in a separate confirmation e-mail.
Equipment:
A computer with high speed internet (preferably hard wired)
Individual registrations will also need a headset with an attached microphone.
Participants registering in teams will also require speakers, a microphone and a means of sharing the computer screen.