{"id":50,"date":"2013-11-01T20:33:08","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T20:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrmclaughlin.com\/web\/?p=50"},"modified":"2022-11-21T21:00:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T21:00:33","slug":"pennsylvania-council-of-teachers-of-mathematics-pctm-annual-conference-11-1-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/01\/pennsylvania-council-of-teachers-of-mathematics-pctm-annual-conference-11-1-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics (PCTM) Annual Conference 11\/1\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Next week is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210507004841\/http:\/\/pctm.squarespace.com\/2013-annual-conference\/\">Annual Conference<\/a>\u00a0for the<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210507004841\/http:\/\/pctm.squarespace.com\/\">\u00a0PCTM<\/a>. \u00a0I plan to be there on Thursday November 7th. \u00a0This is a great chance to see what is going on in the area of Mathematics. \u00a0The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210507004841\/http:\/\/pctm.squarespace.com\/storage\/PCTM%20Seven%20Springs%202013.pdf\">program<\/a>\u00a0includes keynote address from Dr. Johnna Bolyard, West Virginia University and Dr. Fran Arbaugh, Penn State University. \u00a0Dr. Bolyard will be presenting on \u201cThe Standards for Mathematical Practice:Business as Usual or a mathematical Revolution?\u201d and Dr. Arbaugh will be presenting on \u201cThink Math!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2026you can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210507004841\/http:\/\/pctm.squarespace.com\/conference-registration\/\">register<\/a>\u00a0for just $35 dollars( add $10 at the door). So put in your professional development request today!<\/p>\n<p>Here is what I am going to do at PCTM feel free to join me ?<\/p>\n<p>8:30 a.m. \u2013 Opening Session \u2013 Welcome from PCTM President Keynote by\u00a0\u00a0Dr. Johnna Bolyard, Grand Ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>9:45 a.m. \u2013 10:35 a.m. Seasons 2 General<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Steve Williams, Lock Haven University of PA<\/li>\n<li>Math Teachers to the Core: Are We Ready for This?<\/li>\n<li>CCSSM: Teaching to the Common Core requires deep knowledge of the math we are teaching. Three of my \u201cnew favorite problems\u201d will be examined to help teachers become more competent in the era of the Common Core.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10:45 a.m. \u2013 12:00 p.m. Snowflake General<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Becky Piscitella, Richland HS, Johnstown<\/li>\n<li>Jade Zatek, recent graduate UPJ<\/li>\n<li>Grading Policies in Secondary Classrooms that Encourage and Reward Learning<\/li>\n<li>A variety of nontraditional grading policies will be presented. Participants will: identify their primary learning objective, explore nontraditional grading via classroom examples, understand the research that supports alternative assessment, and review examples of student feedback.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>12:45 p.m. \u2013 1:35 p.m. Seasons 5 CCSS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Fitsioris, Carnegie Learning, Inc<\/li>\n<li>Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice with a Big Bang!<\/li>\n<li>Participants will: discuss, analyze, and summarize the Practice Standards using multiple representations: verbal, written and picture. We will also analyze short video clips of a well-known sit com that display meaningful and entertaining connections to the Performance Standards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1:45 p.m. \u2013 4:00 p.m. Evergreen Algebra<\/p>\n<p>DOUBLE SESSION WORKSHOP<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kelly Brent, Carlisle Area High School<\/li>\n<li>Marian Avery, Great Valley High School<\/li>\n<li>Get students ready for Keystone Algebra I<\/li>\n<li>Looking for insight into the level of difficulty and types of questions that students will need to be ready for in order to pass the Keystone Algebra I assessment? Come explore and experience instructional strategies and activities that will help students reach a deeper level of understanding of concepts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next week is the\u00a0Annual Conference\u00a0for the\u00a0PCTM. \u00a0I plan to be there on Thursday November 7th. \u00a0This is a great chance to see what is going on in the area of Mathematics. \u00a0The\u00a0program\u00a0includes keynote address from Dr. Johnna Bolyard, West Virginia University and Dr. Fran Arbaugh, Penn State University. \u00a0Dr. Bolyard will be presenting on \u201cThe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}