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ASCD Annual Content
Streaming Session
Recorded SessionOpener: A video will show the class in session and give a quick glimpse at all of the magic that occurred in the class during the 2024-2025 school year. Participants will be able to begin our session with a brief math identity assessment to determine their perception of themselves as math learners.
Content: The presentation will highlight the data that prompted the creation of the new course for students, along with the course goals and any outcome data available at the time. We will also address the challenges faced during the school’s inaugural year and how we overcame them. Additionally, we’ll discuss parental pushback and strategies for securing community buy-in, recognizing that high-level challenges are new for our students. We will discuss our aim to track students through high school and beyond to understand their academic and career pathways. Through a series of interviews, participants will hear from our students on how this course has supported their development and their confidence in mathematics. We will also explore many of the activities and games completed in the class and how the data collected informed instructional decisions in the classroom and in the schoolwide (K-8) mathematics department.
Closing: The presentation will conclude by revisiting the math identity assessment each participant completed at the start. As a reflective closing activity, presenters will be invited to imagine their own mathematics trajectory had a course like this been available to them. Our goal is to illustrate how schools can focus on the growth of every student
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