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VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS

Getting Temporarily At-Risk Students To GO Beyond Virginia’s Math SOL (Grades 3 - Algebra I) Workshop

October 15 2015

Event Details

This action-packed and practical workshop is a comprehensive version of the strategies shared at both of the Virginia Tiered System of Supports (VTSS) Conferences presented earlier this year to assist temporarily at-risk math students.

girl The goal of this day of learning and sharing is to provide participating Virginia educators with a series of new research-based strategies to deepen the understanding and confidence of at-risk students with rigorous concepts that are the foundation of Virginia’s math content and process standards. Hands-on sessions will actively engage each participant in the reasoning, modeling, communicating, and justifying skills which are required by Virginia’s math standards and are essential college and career readiness skills. An electronic toolkit of ‘shelf-ready’ resources will be provided for each participant to redeliver in their school and/or division.

Schools/Divisions are encouraged to send a vertical team of teachers or teams made up of an administrator, a math teacher, and a special education teacher. Individual teachers will also benefit from participation in these new strategies that build students’ mathematical confidence, understanding, and achievement.

Workshop participants will have opportunities to: 

Create new learning structures (templates provided in an electronic toolkit) that allow the teacher to differentiate the amount of explicit guidance, “scaffolding,” and practice children need to consolidate new concepts.

go Practice new math ‘games’ that assist students who have difficulty remembering math facts, handling word problems, and doing multi-step arithmetic.

Learn a system to develop SOL specific authentic assessments in mathematics and apply the framework to assess an SOL from their grade/course.

Take away classroom-tested strategies for improving student core literacy skills, such as critical thinking, comprehending math on a screen, and analytical skills, that can be implemented immediately upon return to the classroom.

Discover ‘Boot-Camp’ templates that use the data provided in the Student Detail by Question report.

 
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NOTE: Participants are requested to bring a fully charged tablet or laptop (with Wi-Fi capability)
to access resources used during the day.
 
 
 
Audience
 
Teachers, Instructional Leaders, and Administrators of Students in Grades 3 -  Algebra 1

Featured Presenter

mulligan Dr. Dan Mulligan has more than 30 years of educational experience in New York and Virginia. He has served as the Director of Instructional Accountability (Hampton, Virginia) and as the Director of Assessment and Standards Of Learning (SOL) Accountability and Lead Supervisor (Chesapeake, Virginia). Dr. Mulligan has conducted workshops and served as a speaker at conferences all across the nation. He has earned many national and state awards including Virginia Mathematics Teacher of the Year, General Electric Star Teacher for Mathematics, and Presidential Honoree for Teaching Mathematics. Dr. Mulligan has dedicated his professional career to helping improve student achievement, especially for the most challenged learners.

Event Schedule

Workshop Runs from 9:00 a.m.  -  3:30 p.m.
 
Registration and Breakfast Begin at 8:00 a.m.

Registration Details

The conference fee is $210 for each participant.
 
Registration fees include breakfast, lunch, parking, and Internet access. 
 
The registration deadline is October 9, 2015.
 
Notification of cancellation must be sent to Liza Scallet, the VASS Administrative Assistant, by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 9 . . . or you will be billed in full. 
 
Pre-Payment is not required. However, if you would like to pay now by credit card or PayPal, you will be provided with a link to the VASS online payment portal after you submit your registration.
 
If you do not pay by credit card at registration, the person whom you identify below as theBilling Contact will receive an invoice for payment after the conference. 
 
If a purchase order number is provided on the registration form, it will be referenced on the invoice.

Hotel Information

We have set aside rooms at the Sheraton Roanoke for the workshop.
 
Room rates at the Sheraton are $102 per night for a traditional king or queen. Parking and Internet access are free.
 
The reservation deadline is Thursday, October 1, 2015
 
The phone number to reserve accommodations at the Sheraton is 888-625-5132. Tell the operator that you are reserving a room for the VASS workshop.

Contact VASS

If you have questions or concerns, or would like to receive more information about this workshop, please contact our Administrative Assistant, Liza Scallet.

Getting Temporarily At-Risk Students To GO Beyond Virginia’s Math SOL (Grades 3 - Algebra I) Workshop