This 8-day learning opportunity is designed for classroom, special education, and mathematics intervention teachers of students in Grades K-2.
Participants will engage in varied instructional strategies, and will acquire tools to assess, support, and advance students' mathematical reasoning and knowledge.
Aligned to research-based teaching practices and Kentucky Academic Standards, topics will include counting and cardinality, number and operations in base ten, operations and algebraic thinking, conceptual place value, measurement and data, and math/literature connections.
Participants will receive books, activities and instructional materials, along with assessment strategies to identify and target student needs and misconceptions in early numeracy.
Cost: $800/participant Duration: 8 half-day virtual sessions and 4 full-day in-person sessions Location: The 8 half-day virtual sessions will meet via online ZOOM meetings
The 4 full-day in-person sessions will meet in Lexington, KY at the Marriott Griffin Gate, 1800 Newtown Pike.
Participants must be able to participate in the live ZOOM meeting sessions and the in-person sessions during the dates and times listed below for this Lexington, KY cohort. Sessions are not recorded to be watched at a different time.
Teachers should not be working with their classroom students during the virtual sessions. If necessary, substitute teachers should be obtained to cover each participant's classroom during the virtual as well as the in-person sessions.
Before registering for this HYBRID cohort, confirm with your school and district that you will be allowed to participate in sessions with teachers from other schools and districts in-person. COVID-19 safety guidelines in place at the time of the in-person sessions will be followed - this includes mask wearing and social distancing.
For any teacher not allowed to - or not comfortable with - attending in-person sessions, The KCM is offering three cohorts of this course that will only meet virtually. Please register for one of those VIRTUAL cohorts instead of this HYBRID cohort.
2021-22 MAF Teachers are required to complete all 8 half-day sessions and all 4 in-person sessions. If unable to attend any of the 12 sessions, 2021-22 MAF Teachers must contact the KCM to complete that session with a different cohort.
SESSION SCHEDULE FOR THIS LEXINGTON, KY COHORT:
Day 1 = Two half-day VIRTUAL sessions: Monday & Tuesday, July 19-20, 2021: 9 am - 12 pm Eastern Time (which is 8-11 am Central)
Day 2 = Two half-day VIRTUAL sessions: Monday & Tuesday, July 26-27, 2021: 9 am - 12 pm Eastern Time (which is 8-11 am Central)
Day 3 = One full-day IN-PERSON session: Tuesday, September 21, 2021: 9 am - 4 pm EASTERN (which is 8 am - 3 pm Central)
Day 4 = One full-day IN-PERSON session: Thursday, October 21, 2021: 9 am - 4 pm EASTERN (which is 8 am - 3 pm Central)
Day 5 = One full-day IN-PERSON session: Thursday, November 18, 2021: 9 am - 4 pm EASTERN (which is 8 am - 3 pm Central)
Day 6 = Two half-day VIRTUAL sessions: Tuesday & Wednesday, December 14-15, 2021: 12-3 pm Eastern (which is 11 am - 2 pm Central)
Day 7 = Two half-day VIRTUAL sessions: Wednesday & Thursday, January 18-19, 2022: 12-3 pm Eastern (which is 11 am - 2 pm Central)
Day 8 = One full-day IN-PERSON session: Thursday, February 17, 2022: 9 am - 4 pm EASTERN (which is 8 am - 3 pm Central)
Registration for this cohort closes at midnight on Friday, June 11, 2021.
* Materials will be mailed via UPS directly to each participant’s school. Please be sure to enter your school's physical mailing address when registering (no PO Box numbers)
Please note: The $800 registration fee for this course is non-refundable once materials have been ordered. Should a registered participant find they are no longer able to attend this event, they should find a teacher to take their place and notify the KCM at kcm@nku.edu.
Please contact the KCM at kcm@nku.edu or 859-572-7690 with any questions.
