The Distinguished Speakers in Math series provides subject experts who will address relevant issues and hot topics in the field of mathematics.
Participants will deepen their content knowledge, add new ideas to their toolkit of resources, and learn engaging strategies that can be implemented immediately in the math classroom.
"If kids don't learn the way you teach, then teach the way they learn!"
In this session, Dr. Nicki Newton will guide participants through an exploration of the Guided Math framework for instruction in grades 3-5. Join us as we learn to use TEKS based differentiated instruction to build each students' mathematical proficiency with small-group instruction.
Dr. Nicki Newton has been an educator for more than 20 years, working in inner city schools on both the East and West Coasts, with student populations ranging from pre-kindergarteners through doctoral students.
She has worked on developing Math Workshop and Guided Math Institutes around the country. Most recently, she has been helping schools to integrate their state-adopted mathematics standards and think deeply about how to teach these within a Math Workshop Model.
Dr. Nicki works with teachers, coaches, and administrators to make math come alive by considering the powerful impact that a small-group learning structure can have on student achievement.
The goal of Guided Math is for students to become proficient mathematical thinkers who have conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, strategic competence, adaptive reasoning, and mathematical confidence.