ADE Math Standards Update

Our goal is provide engaging and meaningful learning opportunities and resources to support mathematical growth for Arizona educators.

Happy New Year Math Friends!

We hope that this message finds you rested and rejuvenated for the second semester of the school year! We have a year full of exciting opportunities for Arizona Educators. If you are planner, make sure to read through the entire newsletter, as there are so many opportunities to engage with your amazing AZ mathematics community! As I have shared before, it is so important to expand your network and continually learn from those around you.

As you are part of our community, I wanted to share our team working agreements with you. If you have attended any of our PD sessions, these will be familiar to you...

Working Agreements

Everyone is MATH person!

Cognitive dissonance may occur and that is ok.

ALL teachers and students can participate in mathematics at high levels.

"I do, We do, You do" does NOT create mathematically proficient students.

Being fast at math ≠ being good at math

I share these at the start of the new year as a reminder of our beliefs and how we approach our work in supporting Arizona teachers and leaders. What are your beliefs? What working agreements will you set for yourself as you engage with your colleagues, students, and your community? How will they guide you as you make decisions about the teaching and learning of mathematics?

Know that we are here to support you in your role, in any way that we can. There will be several opportunities to engage with the AZ math community this year. We hope to see you soon!

Cheers to the New Year!

Eboney

• Take a DIP into Estimation 180 (Grades K–12) Thursday, February 1, from 4:00–5:00 p.m.

• Math Language Routines that Help Students Understand Context (Grades K–12) Thursday, February 8, from 4:00–5:30 p.m.

• Take a DIP into Dot Talks (Grades K–12) Tuesday, March 5, from 4:00–5:00 p.m.

• Take a DIP into Growing Patterns (Grades K–12) Tuesday, March 26 from 4:00–5:00 p.m.

Note: Accommodations must be requested at least one week in advance of the webinar. Sessions will not be recorded. It is strongly recommended that you use a computer to access the webinar to enable full participation in the session.

Please email Rob Hilliker with any questions.

Please visit the ESS Math webpage to view more upcoming events and helpful resources.

Check out the fact fluency resources to support you and your students!

The Copper Apple Award is the highest recognition awarded annually by the Arizona Association of Teachers of Mathematics to recognize excellence in mathematics education in Arizona. By nominating outstanding mathematics educators you are ensuring that Arizonans are aware of the great teaching and learning that happens every day throughout our state - and for that, we thank you! The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2024. Recipients will be recognized at AATM"s Building Thinking Classrooms Conference being held on Saturday, February 24, 2024 in Mesa, AZ.

The Arizona Department of Education has partnered with the Center for Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers (CRR) to offer free professional learning opportunities until September 2024. The goals of the institute are to provide teachers an exciting opportunity for professional growth, to establish a rich community of teachers on which to derive support and encouragement, and to create ongoing support for lasting and durable changes to teaching and learning in each classroom.

Join AML today! An annual AML membership is only $25! Learn more about AML here.

The American Institutes for Research is conducting a study of the Simulated Instruction in Mathematics Professional Development (SIM PD) program. This innovative professional learning opportunity for 4th and 5th grade math teachers leverages a simulated classroom, where teachers work in small groups with the support of a coach to practice math questioning and discussion strategies. What makes this program especially unique is that teachers have the opportunity to collaborate and try out instructional approaches with avatar students prior to implementing these strategies with their own students. The AIR team is currently seeking districts to participate in SIM PD during the 2024-25 school year.

Check out this FREE learning platform for the '23-'24 school year.

For the ‘23-’24 school year, we are excited to announce our upcoming season of NBA Math Hoops! NBA Math Hoops leverages the game of basketball and the NBA/WNBA brands to build fundamental math and social-emotional skills through a physical and digital basketball-themed board game, a curriculum, and a community program experience. Designed for students in grades 4-8, this free program develops students’ algebra readiness prior to entering high school, while strengthening important skills including self-regulation and executive function. The NBA Math Hoops program is implemented in in-school, out-of-school, and home learning environments.

Through programs like NBA Math Hoops, Learn Fresh is dedicated to achieving equitable representation in STEM fields among girls, students of color and those living in low-income communities.

• NBA Math Hoops Overview
• NBA Math Hoops - Program Preview Video
• Learn Fresh Annual Report

*Interested in bringing NBA Math Hoops to your classroom? We have virtual trainings open to all educators listed at www.nbamathhoops.com/training.

Questions? Reach out to us at programs@learnfresh.org if you have any questions.

The 8th annual Build Math Minds Virtual Summit is February 24th & 25th and it costs nothing to attend.

You get access to 24 Math PD sessions to give you insight, inspiration, and ideas to help you build the math minds of your students.

Registration for the summit is open now and the sessions will be released February 24th and 25th. You will have access for 10 days to watch the videos about how kids learn math and best practices for teaching math in the elementary grades.

You can check out the lineup of speakers here: virtualmathsummit.com/speakers

Get those dates on your calendar, but if your plans don’t go as you planned and you can’t attend when the sessions are released, just be flexible and give yourself some grace. You’ve got 10 days to watch at no cost to you.

Starting next month, Discovery Education will offer one-on-one Pop-Up PD sessions for Arizona educators using Discovery Education Experience!

Pop-Up PD sessions are short, teacher-driven, informal meetings that focus on a specific topic. These 15-minute, one-on-one sessions can be scheduled during planning periods and before or after school.

The new school year is underway, and as the jitters relax into routines, visit mathforlove.com for free resources!

Their free lesson library is chock full of Openers, Games, and Rich Tasks, easily filterable by grade, topic, type, and standard.

Econiful's mission is to strengthen economic education at the secondary level so that all students are able to apply economic principles in their personal, professional, and civic lives.

Econiful traces its roots back to 1972 when Thomas R. Brown, CEO of Burr-Brown Corporation, met University of Arizona economist Gerald Swanson. Their friendship and shared appreciation for the power of economic principles led to the creation of the Thomas R. Brown Foundation (TRBF) “to advance the use of economic principles in public and private decision making through strategic partnerships and educational programs.” From 2005 to 2022, TRBF funded over 700 professional development workshops for K-12 educators, mostly in Southern Arizona.

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, TRBF began offering virtual and on-demand workshops to an increasingly geographically diverse audience of educators. In the latter half of 2022, TRBF adopted the trade name Econiful for its efforts to support middle and high school teachers around the country with professional development programs and, eventually, a full economics curriculum.

Get ready for back to school with a free toolkit of math resources for you, your students, and their caregivers! Find exactly what you need to start strong and build your math community this year.

Find tools to help you set the tone this year, spark student ideas and interest, alleviate common math anxieties, and continue building your network of math support in and out of the classroom.

Some of the resources you'll find:

• Free digital lesson collections from Desmos Classroom
• Getting-to-know-you student activity
• A Math in the Real-World guide for caregivers

Register today to access your toolkit and start the school year strong!

Desmos Classroom is the free platform that educators have described as interactive, delightful, and collaborative. The Desmos Activities help build understanding and language, while being student-centered and incredibly engaging.

So whether you’re ready to start your first lesson, or you’ve run a thousand lessons, we offer meaningful support and professional development to meet you where you are in your Desmos Classroom journey.

A glimpse of our upcoming sessions:

• Introduction to Activity Builder (Intermediate)
• Desmos Dashboard Deep Dive (Intermediate)
• Introduction to Desmos Activities (Beginner)
• Introduction to Computation Layer (Advanced)

If you are an educator, we know you are busy! In an attempt to better serve Arizona educators, we have developed our first online course so that you can earn PD recertification hours that work with your schedule. This course is one of many to come and is on-demand for you to take starting today.

Please click on the picture above to register for the course in ADEConnect. Each course requires you to answer 4-5 questions and score an 80% or better to earn credit. Once you pass the assessment you will be asked to take quick survey and then will be issued a certificate.

Our course offerings:

• Formative Assessment in the Math Classroom - Dimensions 1 & 2
• Formative Assessment in the Math Classroom - Dimensions 3 & 4
• Formative Assessment in the Math Classroom - Dimensions 5 & 6
• Formative Assessment in the Math Classroom - Dimensions 7 & 8 - Coming Soon!
• Formative Assessment in the Math Classroom - Dimensions 9 & 10 - Coming Soon!

"So many books, so little time." - Frank Zappa

The ADE Math team would like to invite you to join in our reading adventures! These are all books that we have read over the last year or are currently reading. We highly encourage you to read one more book on this list to support your growth as a math educator. Please reach out to us if you have any questions.

• Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All - NCTM**

• The Impact of Identity in K-8 Mathematics: Rethinking Equity-Based Practices - Aguirre, Mayfield-Ingram, and Martin

• Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics - Peter Liljedahl

• Visible Learning for Mathematics - Hattie, Fischer, Frey

• Coaching for Equity - Elena Aguilar

• Productive Math Struggle - SanGiovanni, Katt, Dykema

• Invigorating High School Math - Leinwand and Milou

• The Imperfect and Unfinished Math Teacher - Chase Orton

• The PD Book - Elena Aguilar

• Teaching Math to Multilingual Students - Chval, Smith, Trigos-Carrillo and Pinnow

• Strengths Based Teaching and Learning in Mathematics - Kobett and Karp

• Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard - Chip Heath and Dan Heath

• Building Powerful Numeracy for Middle and High School Students - Pamela Harris

• Proactive Mathematics Coaching - Courtney Baker and Melinda Knapp

In February, ADE hosted a professional learning session that featured NWEA and their Formative Conversation Starters. They have been so generous to share them and they freely available here to all Arizona educators. Click here to find out more information how to incorporate them in your classroom.

We’re excited to share a new statewide partnership between the Arizona Department of Education and Discovery Education to provide educators and students with the tools and resources they need to stay connected to learning in-person, online, or in hybrid learning environments.

All Arizona educators and students will receive access to the award-winning Discovery Education Experience at no cost for this school year, as costs will be covered by federal recovery dollars.

For more information on how to log in and use Discovery Education: click here

For the most up-to-date information with Discovery Education, check out their newsletter.

Instructional Routines are a great way to get all students involved and help them build their student agency. Try one of the FREE resources below with your students tomorrow.

Also check out the curated list from the CRR to find even more ideas.

Academic Standards:

Director of Math and Ed Tech Standards

Email: Eboney.McKinney@azed.gov

Academic Standards:

K-12 Math Specialist

Email: Laurel.Cherry@azed.gov

Academic Standards

K-12 Math Specialist

Email: marisa.tualla@azed.gov

Exceptional Student Services:

Math Specialist

Email: Jenifer.Fernandez@azed.gov

Exceptional Student Services:

Math Specialist

Email: Rob.Hilliker@azed.gov