Spring 2023

Lesson Overview including the math and sociopilitical learning topics, how the math and sociopolitical topics are connected, accommodations made for people who felt uncomfortable, how your lesson disrupted or affirmed stereotypes
Is this relevant to your students lives? How so?
Did you get engagement from atypical students?
How did you deal with disrespectful students? negative reactors?
Feedback from students - did they like the SJ aspect?
Limitations of the lesson
Modifications you made/would make (e.g., reading content so that it is more digestible)
What did you learn?
What are you still wondering?

PART 2: Complete and Meet with Torrey to Discuss your Learning Theories Application Revisited Assignment (1 hour)

Sign up for 1-1 meeting with Torrey (if needed) and prepare to discuss your personal learning philosophy and future classroom (see the project assignment page for more details).

Homework Due Class 9 (5.31.23)

This homework assignment has the following 2 parts:

PART 1: Work on your Learning Theories Application Revisited Assignment (3 hours)

Sign up for 1-1 meeting with Torrey sometime from June 8 to 14 and continue to prepare to discuss the following during your meeting

Your Personal Learning Philosophy: Describe the learning theories that characterize how you think people learn math and provide reasons why you think people learn math this way;

Describe your Future Classroom: Describe how you imagine applying your perspectives on learning in your future classroom. To do this, you will …

create an image representing how your future classroom will be designed (illustrating such things as what the students and teacher will do individually and/or collectively, the classroom set up/environment, and activities/assignments your students will work on)
describe how each design feature included in the image representing your future classroom reflects each learning theory you include in your Personal Learning Philosophy.

PART 2: Work on Equitable Participation Project Part 3 (2 hours by May 31)

Use the Co-Noticing Student Participation Protocol 3 one time by May 10 and 1 additional time by May 31 with your cooperating teacher or another teacher at your school. Each time you use the protocol, record notes summarizing what you and your cooperating teacher/the other teacher share and discuss for the prompts in each part of the protocol (you are welcome to use this notes sheet). Put copies of your notes as well as the other materials you and your cooperating teacher/the other teacher generate as you use the protocol in your "Equitable Participation Project folder" (which is in your personal folder).

Homework Due Class 8 (5.24.23)

This homework assignment has the following 2 parts:

PART 1: Work on your Learning Theories Application Revisited Assignment (3 hours)

Access your folder for this project in your personal folder and put a copy of Description of your Future Classroom (which you wrote for the Key Assessment for ITP 512 Learning and the Learner course) then revise it to reflect your current ideas. Here is a description of what you need to include for this part of the assignment:

Describe your Future Classroom: Describe how you imagine applying your perspectives on learning in your future classroom. To do this, you will …

create an image representing how your future classroom will be designed (illustrating such things as what the students and teacher will do individually and/or collectively, the classroom set up/environment, and activities/assignments your students will work on)
describe how each design feature included in the image representing your future classroom reflects each learning theory you include in your Personal Learning Philosophy.

PART 2: Work on Equitable Participation Project Part 3 (2 hours by May 31)

Homework Due Class 7 (5.17.23)

This homework assignment has the following 4 parts:

PART 1: Complete the weekly readings/videos response (2 hours)

READ an article on a topic of interest to you (preferably from NCTM)
- Here are the articles that you requested during our class 5 session although Torrey was not able to get a copy of Developments in school mathematics education around the world: proceedings of the UCSMP International Conference on Mathematics Education.
WRITE a response to the following prompts on your "Article Notes and Responses" page in your personal folder (making sure to cite page numbers and include quotes as you see fit):
- PROMPT 1: What are key take-aways from your article?

PART 2: Work on your Learning Theories Application Revisited Assignment (1 hour)

Make a folder for this project in your personal folder. In your folder, put a copy of Your Personal Learning Philosophy (which you wrote for the Key Assessment for ITP 512 Learning and the Learner course) then revise it to reflect your current philosophy of learning.

PART 3: Work on Equitable Participation Project Part 3 (2 hours by May 31)

PART 4: Work on edTPA as needed - TIME TO GET IT DONE:)

Work on your edTPA - see winter term assignments page for more details

Homework Due Class 6 (5.10.23)

This homework assignment has the following 5 parts:

PART 1: Complete the weekly readings/videos response (2 hours)

WATCH Kobett Discover and Leverage Your Students' Strengths through Powerful Asset-Based Instructional Design (NOTE: you need to create a free account to access this webinar - let Torrey know if you need help doing this)
WRITE a response to the following prompts on your "Article Notes and Responses" page in your personal folder (making sure to cite page numbers and include quotes as you see fit):
- PROMPT 1: What are your teacher strengths?
- PROMPT 2: Describe your journey this year to be/become a "strength spotter".

PART 2: Search for an NCTM Article on a Topic of Interest (30 mins)

In preparation for homework due Class 7, search for an NCTM article on a topic of interest and see if you can get a copy of it through the PDX library. Let Torrey know if you cannot find it so that she can get a copy for you by class on May 10.

PART 3: Complete Part 2 of Social Justice Math Lesson Assignment (2 hours)

Create a lesson plan and instructional materials for your lesson then put a copy of them in your folder for this project (located in the Social Justice Math Lesson folder for our class). Here is a suggested lesson plan template to use for your lesson.

PART 4: Work on Equitable Participation Project Part 3 (2 hours by May 10)

PART 5: Work on edTPA as needed - TIME TO GET IT DONE:)

Work on your edTPA - see winter term assignments page for more details

Homework Due Class 5 (5.3.23)

This homework assignment has the following 3 parts:

PART 1: Work on edTPA as needed - TIME TO GET IT DONE:)

Work on your edTPA - see winter term assignments page for more details

PART 2: Complete Part 2 of Lead a Math Activity Assignment (1 hour)

Create a lesson plan detailing what our class will do during your 30 minute time period. You should design your lesson so that our class members spend at least 20 minutes exploring and trying out your representation/resource for themselves.

Directions:

Make a copy of the Lead A Math Activity Lesson Plan Template for yourself in the Lead A Math Activity folder
Fill in your copy of the lesson plan for your lesson:)

PART 3: Complete Part 2 of Social Justice Math Lesson Assignment (2 hours)

PART 4: Work on Equitable Participation Project Part 3 (2 hours by May 10)

Homework Due Class 4 (4.26.23)

This homework assignment has the following 5 parts:

PART 1: Complete the weekly readings/videos response (2 hours)

WATCH Understanding the Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment
WATCH Smarter Content Explorer video
LOOK AT/EXPLORE (for 30 minutes) the released Smarter Balanced items for each “Claim” (1. Concepts and Procedures, 2. Problem Solving, 3. Communicating Reasoning, and 4. Modeling/Data Analysis)
WRITE a response to the following prompts on your "Article Notes and Responses" page in your personal folder (making sure to cite page numbers and include quotes as you see fit):
- PROMPT 1: What do you find notice and wonder about the Smarter Balanced Assessment?
- PROMPT 2: What thoughts, comments, and questions do you have about the summative assessment (after engaging with the Equitable Pathways reading, Mathison & Hayes video, Guyette video, smarter balanced items, and your own experiences and practices as a math teacher)?

PART 2: Share one of your Summative Assessments (30 minutes)

Post a blank copy of one of your summative assessments (from anytime this year) in the Our Summative Assessments folder. You are welcome to include your evaluation criteria for the assessment if they are easy to share with our class members as well as examples of the kind of responses/solutions that your students provided as they worked on this assessment to give our class a sense of what the student work looked like for the assessment (note - you do not need to share student work but can write up your recollections of what students responded since we will share and look at our assessments more in-depth in small groups during class).

PART 3: Complete Part 2 of Lead a Math Activity Assignment (1 hour)

Directions:

Make a copy of the Lead A Math Activity Lesson Plan Template for yourself in the Lead A Math Activity folder
Fill in your copy of the lesson plan for your lesson:)

PART 4: Complete Part 2 of Social Justice Math Lesson Assignment (2 hours)

PART 5: Work on Equitable Participation Project Part 3 (2 hours by May 10)

PART 6: Work on edTPA as needed

See winter term assignments page for more details

Homework Due Class 3 (4.19.23)

This homework assignment has the following parts:

PART 1: Complete the weekly readings/videos response (3 hours)

READ Equitable Pathways in Math Instruction sections on Assessment (which is an excerpt from Equitable Pathways in Math Instruction) - additional resources found at https://equitablemath.org/)
READ Aguirre, Mayfield-Ingram & Martin (2013) The impact of identity in K-8 mathematics learning and teaching Ch. 6
WATCH 1 VIDEO BELOW - NOTE: you will need to create an account with NCTM so please do this and let Torrey know if you need help doing this
- Mathison & Hayes (2020) Self-Assessment in Math? How? and LOOK AT slides for this presentation
- Guyette (2020) What's the Point of Points? Rethinking the Assessment of Student Mathematics Work and LOOK AT slides for this presentation
WRITE a response to the following prompts on your "Article Notes and Responses" page in your personal folder (making sure to cite page numbers and include quotes as you see fit):
- PROMPT 1: The Equitable Pathways in Math Instruction excerpt states the following related to "ASSESSING STUDENTS FOR LEARNING": "We see white supremacy culture in the mathematics classroom can show up when: Students are required to “show their work”; Grading practices are focused on lack of knowledge; and Language acquisition is equated with mathematical proficiency." How do the authors (or you) see each of these things (requiring students to show their work, using grading practices focused on lack of knowledge, and equating math proficiency with language acquisition) as being manifestations of white supremacy culture in the math classroom?
- PROMPT 2: What do Aguirre, Mayfield-Ingram, and Martin mean when they write that we need to "rethink assessment" by "providing meaningful feedback" and "engaging multiple knowledge resources"?
- PROMPT 3: List 5 key take-aways for you from the video you watched (see above)?
- PROMPT 4: After reading and watching/listening about anti-racist assessment in math, what are you thinking and wondering about related to assessment in your own current and/or future classroom?

PART 2: Complete Part 1 of Lead a Math Activity Assignment (1 hour)

Sign up to lead your activity in class AND create a lesson plan for your lesson. You should design your 30-minute lesson so that our class members spend at least 20 minutes exploring and trying out your resource for themselves.

Directions:

Sign up to lead your activity in class on the Lead a Math Activity Sign-up page
Make a copy of the Lead A Math Activity Lesson Plan Template for yourself in the Lead A Math Activity folder (the lesson plan template in the folder so make a copy for yourself in the folder)
Fill our your copy of the lesson plan for your lesson:)

PART 3: Complete Part 1 of Social Justice Math Lesson Assignment (1 hour)

Complete part 1 of this project (due April 19) as follows:

Create a folder for yourself in the Social Justice Math Lesson folder for our class (if you have not already)
Make a copy of the Social Justice Math Lesson Part 1 document in your folder for this project (that you made in step #1 above) and fill it out

PART 4: Work on Equitable Participation Project Part 3 (2 hours by May 10)

PART 5: Work on edTPA as needed

See winter term assignments page for more details

Homework Due Class 2 (4.12.23)

This homework assignment has the following 3 parts:

PART 1: Complete the weekly readings/videos response (3-4 hours)

READ Berry, et al. (2020) HS Math Lessons to Explore, Understand, and Respond to Social Injustice, Ch. 1 and 2
WATCH TO Mukhopadhyay (2016) Revitalizing Cultural Knowledge (here is a longer version of this talk that provides more details about some of the examples provided: Mukhopadhyay (2019) Ethnomathematics: Mathematics of People)
PERUSE Teaching Math for SJ Resources
WRITE a response to the following prompts on your "Article Notes and Responses" page in your personal folder (making sure to cite page numbers and include quotes as you see fit):
- PROMPT 1: After reading the Berry et al. chapters, how would you describe teaching math for social justice to a colleague/parent/administrator and why it is important and beneficial to do this in your classroom?
- PROMPT 2: According to Mukhopadhyay, what is ethnomathematics and what are components of "cultural" math knowledge/assets?
- PROMPT 3: After listening to Mukhopadhyay's talk, reading Berry et al.'s chapters, and looking at the Teaching Math for SJ Resources, what are you thinking and wondering about related to designing and leading social justice math lessons and enacting culturally relevant pedagogy in your current or future classroom?

PART 2: Work on Equitable Participation Project Part 3 (30 mins)

Read the description of the Equitable Participation Project Part 3 and come to class with questions about it:)
Read the Co-Noticing Student Participation Protocol 3 and come to class with questions about it:)

PART 3: Work on Lead a Math Activity Assignment (15 mins)

Sign up to lead your activity in class on the Lead a Math Activity Sign-up page
Make a copy of the Lead A Math Activity Lesson Plan Template for yourself in the Lead A Math Activity folder (the lesson plan template in the folder so make a copy for yourself in the folder)

PART 4: Work on Social Justice Math Lesson Assignment (1 hour)

Work on part 1 of this project (due April 19) as follows:

Create a folder for yourself in the Social Justice Math Lesson folder for our class
Make a copy of the Social Justice Math Lesson Part 1 document in your folder for this project (that you made in step #1 above) and fill it out

PART 5: Work on edTPA as needed

See winter term assignments page for more details