Gazette columnist Lynda Colgan is co-chairing the 5th Annual Conference, this year about structured numeracy to support our youngest learners at Queen’s University on Thursday, August 21st from 9 am – 3 pm at the Donald Gordon Hotel and Conference Centre 421 Union Street, Kingston, Ontario OR there is a virtual option available. 

Featured speakers include Heather Douglas on "From Insight to Instruction: Using Math Cognition Research to Build Early Number Skills", John Mighton on "Using JUMP Math in Early Years Classrooms" and Ashley Kozak with "The Early Math Skills Program: A Small Group Intervention for Grade 1 Students." 

Register for In Person ($75) or Virtual ($25) by August 8th

Try this linked activity with chatOAME: Using AI to Deconstruct Expectations. This will lead you (and the AI) into a deep dive on one (or more) of your course's expectations, with a lens on Ontario's unique approach to mathematics teaching and assessment, along with UDL, differentiation, technology approaches and FNMI perspectives. 

chatOAME is the AI for OAME members that focuses on Ontario Mathematics, powered by collective wisdom of OAME. You can talk to chatOAME (under MEMBER LINKS on the OAME website) about anything in mathematics or mathematics education using the best AI engine, free with your membership.

This activity was modified from an activity by the folks at The Principal Project.

Stay tuned for chatOAME help before school starts.  Check chatOAME's TikTok or Instagram or in our userguide at bit.ly/chatoameguide for more info!

Did you catch David Costello's article in the June'25 Gazette? You've got a few free hours between now and September to get your mind thinking about problem solving as his article Meaning Making in The Classroom: Going Deeper When Teaching About Problem Solving. David reminds us about some of the heavy lifting both teachers and students have to do when faced with authentic problem solving.

Pamela Brittain also shares what's happening at the Fields Institute in the latest issue of the Gazette -- it's amazing to have a world-famous mathematics institute in Ontario; it's such a valuable resource to have.

You can catch all of OAME's articles by logging into the OAME website at www.oame.on.ca and clicking on PUBLICATIONS-->Gazette on the left hand menu. 

The Ontario College of Teachers' Library will send you books in the mail with a paid return envelope! 

But -- you don't need to drive into Toronto or worry about CanadaPost's contract talks!

Because the Library has a large and growing collection of ebooks (some new titles in the image!) that you can borrow and read on your device. Get a few books read before school starts!

Log in to the OCT website at www.oct.ca and click on MEMBER-->Library to explore the collection.  Or email library@oct.ca for assistance.

explorAItion! returns! The collaborative virtual conferences explore the use of Artificial Intelligence in Ontario Education, running from September 2025 through April 2026 on a variety of evenings.

Each evening will offer a selection of 30- and 60-minute workshops between 7 – 9 pm. Workshops will be recorded so that registrants can access the entire proceedings during and following the explorAItion! 2.0 series.

The explorAItion! 2.0 conference is a collaborative effort of the member associations of the Ontario Curriculum Forum, of which OAME is a proud member.

Visit https://ecoo.org/exploraition-2-0/ for more information, dates, registration or to submit a proposal!  Use code exai2oame for half-off registration! 

Join the NOMA (Northern Ontario Mathematics Association) chapter of OAME on Saturday, September 27 at Laurentian University in Sudbury for their annual educator mini-conference! Hosted in partnership with Code to Learn, Dr. Lisa Anne Floyd will be facilitating an engaging day of exploring coding in the classroom. The mini-conference is open to all teachers, with a discount for OAME members and pre-service teachers. More details coming soon!

In the spirit of support for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) teachers, and after our wonderful conference this past May, we'd like to share information about the Science Teachers' Association of Ontario (STAO) conference coming up this fall. The conference will be November 27-28, 2025, at the Sheraton Parkway North Toronto Hotel and Suites in Richmond Hill. Visit https://stao.ca for more information.