Challenging Assumptions

Future of Teacher Learning Provocation Series

In this series of provocations, we distill a series of arguments that we have heard from interviews with math researchers, teachers, teacher leaders, and publishers. We’ve chosen six of the most interesting lines of thinking to publish in advance of the Future of Math Teacher Learning conference to set the table with a set of ideas that we can debate, build upon, or discard. These provocations are not the “right” way to think about the future of math teacher learning, but they were six arguments that challenged our assumptions, sparked our thinking, and helped us imagine new ways of approaching teacher learning.

January 26, 2021

Soft Money and Hard Lessons: Investing in Math Teacher Learning in Poverty-Impacted Schools Requires, Well, an Investment

January 26, 2021

Proving to Teachers, Not Teacher Proofing: How to Get Math Teachers to Order from the Menu of Published Curricula

January 27, 2021

The Power to Change the Equation: Mathematics Teacher Learning Reimagined

January 28, 2021

Let’s Hit the Refresh Button (a couple of times): Reimagining Math Curriculum and Teacher Learning to Broaden Participation in the Math of the Future

Check back each day for a new Provocation!

MEET THE

PANELISTS

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TWO 3-HOUR

SESSIONS OVER ONE WEEK

We will have two three-hour sessions broken featuring a panel discussion followed by workshop to collaborate on ideas to make math better in our schools.

INSPIRING PANEL DISCUSSIONS

We have invited experts in the field of applied mathematics and education to share insights and provoke new ideas on improving teaching.

COLLABORATIVE BREAKOUT

WORKSHOPS

We want to hear from teachers in the field and will follow each panel discussions with smaller breakout groups to hear your insights.

REAL RESULTS AND REPORTS TO SHAPE

Discussion from this conference will inform the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's next generation of investments in math teacher professional learning for priority learners.

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SCHEDULE

DAY 1: JANUARY 28th 2-5PM EST

January 28 01:45 PM EST

Virtual Check in

We ask attendees to check in early ahead of the event.

January 28 02:00 PM EST

Welcome and Introduction:

We'll outline the aims of the conference around the future of math teacher professional learning to promote achievement for students from the priority community.

January 28 02:30 PM EST

Panels 1 & 2:

Choose from two panels to watch: "Rebooting the Professional Learning Community" or "New Curriculum, New Teacher Learning"

January 28 03:30 PM EST

Panels 3 & 4:

Choose from "If teachers matter most, what about teachers matters?" or "The power to change the equation: professional learning and equity teaching practices"

January 28 04:30 PM EST

Wrap Up

A brief debrief of the day and the biggest takeaways from our conversations.

DAY 2: FEBRUARY 2nd 5-8PM EST

February 2 04:45 PM EST

Virtual Check in

We ask attendees to check in early ahead of the event.

February 2 05:00 PM EST

Welcome and Introduction:

We'll recap some of the takeaways from our first day and introduce the goals of our second day.

February 2 05:30 PM EST

Panels 5 & 6:

Choose between "Grow-your-own teaching and coaching" or "Students as math sensemakers vs. high stakes test takers"

February 2 06:30 PM EST

Panels 7 & Feedback/provocation discussion:

Choose between "You can't learn to teach math without learning to teach a math curriculum" & a discussion about our team's research goals and takeaways so far.

February 25 07:30 PM EST

Wrap Up

We'll talk about our next steps as we think about the future of math teacher professional learning.