Summer 2014- Professional Learning Opportunities for Mathematics
Ontario educators are invited to participate in online professional learning through Adobe Connect. Three 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 2014 series)
Intended audience:
Classroom educators, school and
system leaders and professional
learning facilitators who are
interested in working
collaboratively to support
students with learning disabilities
in mathematics.
Team participation is encouraged
but not required.
Proportional Reasoning for
Mathematics Educators
(an enhancement of the winter
series)
Intended audience:
Classroom Educators
Team participation is encouraged
but not required.
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
 experience through simulations, the struggles
students with learning disabilities face when
learning mathematics
 investigate instructional and assessment
strategies that leverage student strengths and
support student needs.
Series ID
Series A
Series B
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
 investigate the K-12 perspective for proportional
reasoning
 examine components from the document Paying
Attention to Proportional Reasoning: K-12, such as
multiplicative thinking, unitizing, and proportional
vs. non proportional situations. This document can
be accessed at:
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/teachers/students
uccess/ProportionReason.pdf
An overview of this document in Adobe Presenter
format can be accessed at:
http://www.edugains.ca/resourcesLNS/Mathemati
csFoundationalPrinciples/ProportionalReasoning_
AP/index.htm
Session Dates and Times
Wednesday July 9
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Wednesday July 16
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Wednesday July 23
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Wednesday July 30
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Tuesday August 5
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Wednesday August 6
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Thursday August 7
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Friday August 8
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Tuesday August 5
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Wednesday August 6
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Thursday August 7
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Friday August 8
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Series C
Series Content
Algebraic Reasoning for
Mathematics Educators
(new series)
Intended audience:
Classroom Educators
Intended Learning
Participants will:
 develop mathematical knowledge of algebraic
reasoning,
 deepen knowledge of teaching algebraic reasoning
 investigate the K-12 perspective for algebraic
reasoning
 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. This document can be
accessed at:
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/
PayingAttentiontoAlgebra.pdf
Series ID
Series D
An overview of this document in Adobe Presenter
format can be accessed at:
http://www.edugains.ca/resourcesLNS/Mathemati
csFoundationalPrinciples/AlgebraicReasoning_AP/i
ndex.htm
Registration:
Session Dates and Times
Tuesday August 5
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Wednesday August 6
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Thursday August 7
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Friday August 8
1:00 pm – 3:30 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)
A separate form must be completed and emailed for each series being registered for.
Registration due date: June 27th, 2014. Enrolment is limited.
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 means of sharing the computer screen.