MCLN Meetings
Upcoming Meetings (SY24-25)
SY24-25 MCLN Monthly Meetings (Oct.-May)
Are you a math leader (TOSA, admin, specialist) working on equity-centered reforms in your math program? Attend our monthly meetings!
Registration for SY24-25 MCLN Meetings will Open in September
Past Meeting Resources (SY23-24)
May Meeting Materials
Al Lebovitz (Math Teacher at Willamette HS in Bethel SD) and Katie Roman (Graduate Research Assistant at Portland State University) presented on their innovative and impactful +1 "Math for Social Justice" course.
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April Meeting Materials
Dr. Julia Aguirre gave a wonderful presentation on her Culturally Responsive Mathematics Teaching (CRMT) Framework (Zavala and Aguirre, 2024) and described current work to develop community-based elementary math tasks. You can find full project details and resources on the EQSTEMM website.
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March Meeting Materials
Krista Hocker (Math Specialist, Lane ESD and member of our MCLN leadership team) and Tanisha Horton (Math TOSA in Springfield Public Schools) led a fantastic session on Complex Instruction.
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January Meeting Materials
At this meeting, PSU graduate students Simon Han and Molly Robinson shared two examples of compelling elementary data reasoning lessons.
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November Meeting Materials
At this meeting, we previewed ODE's Mathways Communication Toolkit and shared additional Oregon Math Project communication resources.
Meeting resources:
Slide deck: links to executive summary and full toolkit pdfs on slides 8 and 9
Oregon Math Project email blurbs: use these blurbs to communicate audience-specific OMP information
October Meeting Materials
At this meeting, we shared upcoming math opportunities, connected with other MCLN members, and discussed how Oregon Math Project work is coming to life in our districts.
Meeting resources:
Mentimeter Poll (share your meeting topic priorities)
Past Meeting Resources (SY22-23)
May Meeting Materials
We had a great time talking about math curriculum implementation in Gather!
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April Meeting Materials
We had SUCH good conversations about how meaningful data collection and application can move us beyond the status quo.
Please check out these resources:
Padlet (Math Adoption...what key data are needed to: choose curricula, ensure your implementation plan will work, support ongoing improvement during implementation?)
Adoption Resources Table (explore, add your own recommended resources, share an idea/draft of a needed data tool!)
March Meetings
Special thanks to the regional math leaders who spoke about their math piloting work: Patricia Jones and Phil Hansen (Colton SD), Shannon Parvankin (Gresham-Barlow SD), and Rachelle Zimmerman (David Douglas SD).
Thanks to all of our participants for being a part of our adoption discussion and sharing examples of your work.
Thanks to all of our participants for being a part of our adoption discussion and sharing examples of your work.
Video recording, Passcode: FC^6jMGR (Pilot Presentations, Q&A, Open Forum on Adoption)
Adoption Resources Table (editable, add your own links!)
February Meeting
In February, a four-person panel of Oregon Math education leaders spoke about K-12 reforms that open math pathways to all students.
December Meeting Materials
Our featured presentation, "Making Math Meaningful for Every Student," was fantastic!
Thanks much to the team from North Clackamas School District who shared their innovative and exciting detracking work: Kristen Faust, Tracy Fischer, Mary Richards, and Luke Weinbrecht
November Meeting Materials
October Meeting Slides (includes links to SEL activities)
Padlet (shared SEL lessons with ideas for how to adapt for math learners)