*See also "ems&tl presentations" under "Project Resources" at www.mathspecialists.org.

Formative Assessment Brought to You by the Number 5; December 9, 2019 (Centerville, OH) | 5 Practices Observation Tool (MS Word)

StoryStrong Math: Developing Positive and Productive Math Identities: George Farber Administrative Center, October 23, 2019 (Garden City, NY) | Howard County's StoryStrong MATH curriculum

Leading for Equity: Building a Culture of Collaboration and Continuous Improvement; Heritage Club at Bethpage, October 22, 2019 (Farmingdale, NY) | Equity Based Mathematics Teaching Practices Look-fors | 5 Practices Observation Tool (MS Word)

Formative Assessment + Technology Tools = 2 x the Speed of Learning; Heritage Club at Bethpage, October 22, 2019 (Farmingdale, NY) | 5 Practices Observation Tool (MS Word)

Digging Deeper with Productive Struggle (large file); Heritage Club at Bethpage, June 4, 2019 (Farmingdale, NY) | Productive Struggle Survey

Formative Assessment Brought to You by the Number 5 (large file); Nassau BOCES Learning, June 3, 2019 (Westbury, NY) | 5 Practices Observation Tool (MS Word)

Formative Assessment Brought to You by the Number 5; Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference, October 11, 2018 (Daytona Beach) | 5 Practices Observation Tool (MS Word)

Formative Assessment Brought to You by the Number 5; Green Bay - STEM Symposium, June 27, 2018 (Wisconsin) | 5 Practices Observation Tool (MS Word)

Learning and Leading with Equity: The Fierce Urgency of Now; National Math Coaching Conference, June 6, 2018 (Farmington, ME) | Our Top List of School Improvement Practices | Taking Action PL Modules | Collaborative Math Classroom Visit Lookfor Tool | The Formative 5 (Corwin, 2017) | Everything You Need for Math Coaching: Tools, Plans and a Process that Works for Any Instructional Leader, K-12 (Corwin, 2018)

Formative Assessment Brought to You by the Number 5; NCTM Annual Conference, April 27, 2018 (Washington, DC) | 5 Practices Observation Tool (MS Word)

Sessions 1 & 3: Assessing to Inform Teaching and Learning: Formative Assessment Techniques for EVERY Classroom! | Sessions 2 & 4: Formative Assessment: Brought to You by the Number 5; Duke Energy Power of Math Summit, November 21, 2017 (Terra Haute, IN) | 5 Practices Observation Tool (MS Word)

Part I: Assessing to Inform Teaching and Learning: Formative Assessment Techniques for EVERY Classroom! | Part II: Formative Assessment: Brought to You by the Number 5; Muhlenberg School District, November 7, 2017 (Reading, PA) | 5 Practices Observation Tool (MS Word)

Formative Assessment Brought to You by the Number 5; NCTM Regional Conference, October 20, 2017 (Orlando, Florida) | 5 Practices Observation Tool (MS Word)

Formative Assessment + Technology Tools = 2 x the Speed of Learning; MCTM Annual Conference, October 7, 2017 (Northeast High School) | 5 Practices Observation Tool (MS Word)

Developing Effective Fractions Instruction for Kindergarten Through 8th Grade; Catholic University (Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Lab), December 7, 2016 (Washington, DC) | Download the IES Fractions Practice Guide | Downloads to Fractions Practice Guide videos and templates | 5 Practices Observation Tool (Adapted from Smith & Stein, 2011)

Classroom-Based Formative Assessment: Techniques to Guide Teaching and Learning (Grades 6-12 & K-5): 6-12 Slides | K-5 Slides; Illinois Mathematics Symposium, July 26, 2016 (Wheaton, Illinois) | NCTM's 2015 APME Chapter 5 - "Classroom-Based Formative Assessments: Guiding Teaching and Learning"; Teaching Children Mathematics - shorter version | NCTM Research Clip/Brief on Formative Assessment | Formative Assessment Padlet | "My Favorite No" (Teaching Channel - Youtube version)

Teaching and Measuring the Common Core's Mathematical Practices; Kansas MTSS Mathematics Conference, April 28-29, 2016 (Wichita, KS) | Teaching Practices Look For (2015) | SMP Student Role Cards (Waggoner, 2013) | Updated SMP Student Role Cards (HCPSS, 2016) | The MPJ Mathematical Practices posters

Tools for Supporting Classroom-Based Formative Assessment Techniques (CBFAs); Kansas MTSS Mathematics Conference, April 28-29, 2016 (Wichita, KS) | Screencasting/whiteboard Apps: Doceri | Educreations | Explain Everything™ | Show Me | CueThink | Watch from NCTM Regional Conference in Nashville (Nov. 2015)

Classroom-Based Formative Assessment (CBFA): Techniques to Guide Teaching and Learning; Kansas MTSS Mathematics Conference, April 28-29, 2016 (Wichita, KS)

What Are You Looking For? Mathematical Practices and Teaching Practices; 2016 NCTM Annual Meeting and Exposition, April 2016 (San Francisco, CA) | Teaching Practices Look For (2015) | Look For - Place Value Task 1 | video: DWW Multiplication of Fractions | Look For - Brownie Task

Moving Principles into Actions: Assessment and Professionalism; 2016 NCTM Annual Meeting and Exposition, April 2016 (San Francisco, CA) | Assessment Padlet | Professionalism Padlet

Flipped Professional Development: Sustaining and Supporting Mathematics Specialists/Teacher Leaders; 2016 NCSM Annual Conference, April 2016 (Oakland, CA) | Fractions PD Case | Link to Padlet

The Elementary Mathematics Specialist Movement: Maintaining the Momentum; 2016 AMTE Annual Conference, Jan. 29, 2016 (Irvine, CA) | Notes & next steps from small group discussion

Coming Together: Common Agreements About Teaching Mathematics (Sponsor: Pearson); 2015 NCCTM Annual Conference, Nov. 5, 2015 (Greensboro, NC); Video clip: "A Passion for Mathematics" (E. Schofield) | The Case of Mrs. Culver and the Pay It Forward Task (NCTM) | Today's Meet: Making the 8 Teaching Practices Central to Our Work | Taking Stock: High-Leverage Teacher Actions

Mathematics Leaders Taking Action: Professional Learning and Alignment with the Mathematics Teaching Practices (Sponsor: Pearson); 2015 NCCTM Leadership Seminar, Nov. 4, 2015 (Greensboro, NC). Click here for slides; Handouts: Skeleton Tower Task | NC Effective Mathematics Teaching & Learning | Mathematics Teaching Practices Look-for Tool (w/links to NC Professional Teaching Standards) | SMP Student Role Cards (Waggoner, 2013)

Tools for Supporting Classroom-Based Formative Assessment Techniques; 2015 NCTM Regional Conference, Oct. 2015 (Atlantic City, NJ)

Classroom-Based Formative Assessment: Techniques to Guide Teaching and Learning; (with F. Fennell & B. Kobett), 2015 NCTM Regional Conference, Oct. 2015 (Atlantic City, NJ)

"My Mathematics Crusade" (Opening Session - Ignite Session #8); NCTM Regional Conference (Atlantic City, NJ)

Classroom-Based Formative Assessment: Techniques to Guide Teaching and Learning; (with F. Fennell), 2015 Maryland Assessment Group Conference, Oct. 2015 (Ocean City, MD)

Common Core Mathematics: Upside Down, Flipping PD and Engaging Teachers; Click here for slides; Sample Flipped PD Plan: Selecting Worthwhile Math Tasks | Sample Flipped PD Plan: Productive Struggle

(with F. Fennell and B. Kobett) 2014 NCTM Regional Conferences, Oct. 2014 (Indianapolis, IN and Richmond, VA), Nov. 2014 (Richmond, VA and Houston, TX)

Teaching and Measuring the Common Core's Mathematical Practices (with M. Waggoner), Education Week Webinar, Nov. 2014 | Click here for slides | SMP Student Role Cards (Waggoner, 2013) | SMP Look-fors Tool (ems&tl Project, 2012)

#DigitalTools4Capturing&AnalyzingStudentThinking; 2014 MCTM Annual Conference featured session, October 2014 (Baltimore, MD)

Teachers Leveraging Technology in the Classroom; view Twitter feed - #NCTMNOLALT (with K. Ani, A. Black, C. Hunter, D. Meyer, Kate N., and R. Johnson) 2014 NCTM Annual Meeting and Exposition, April 2014 (New Orleans, LA)

Math Specialists: The Assessments Are Here - Now What? (with F. Fennell and B. Kobett) 2014 NCTM Annual Meeting and Exposition, April 2014 (New Orleans, LA)

#DigitalTools4Capturing&AnalyzingStudentThinking; 2014 NCSM Annual Conference breakfast keynote session, April 2014 (New Orleans, LA)

From PARCC and Smarter Balanced to your classroom: Creating, aligning and learning from formative assessments - EVERYDAY; (with F. Fennell, B. Kobett and K. Sammons) 2014 NCSM Annual Conference, April 2014 (New Orleans, LA)

Helping Students Grow in the Mathematical Practices (slides); SMP Student Role Cards (Waggoner, 2013), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics High School Institute Webinar, March 2014

Assessment Literacy, Mathematics Teaching and PARCC and SBAC - How Are These Connected? (with F. Fennell and B. Kobett), Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Conference; February 7, 2014 (Irvine, CA)

What Do I Need to Know About Common Core and Common Core Assessments? (with N. Shapiro, D. Gullick, B. Sandruck, G. Knight), Joint Mathematics Meeting of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America; January 2014 (Baltimore, MD)

Game Changers: Rethinking the Way We Teach Math; (with D. Meyer, K. Ani, and E. Westendorf), NCTM Regional Conferences; October 2013 (Las Vegas, NV) & November, 2013 (Louisville, KY)

Formative to Summative Paths to Implementing and Validating the CCSS; (with F. Fennell and B. Kobett), NCTM Regional Conferences; October 2013 (Baltimore, MD) & November, 2013 (Louisville, KY)

Fraction Sense—How Do We Get There? (with F. Fennell), NCTM Regional Conferences; October 2013 (Baltimore, MD) & November, 2013 (Louisville, KY)

Helping Students Grow in the Mathematical Practices (slides); SMP Student Role Cards (Waggoner, 2013), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics High School Institute Webinar, October 2013

Math Specialists Get Ready Now: Common Core Assessments Are Coming (with F. Fennell), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference and Exposition, April 2013 (Denver, CO)

Technological Resources to Help Prepare Teachers to Teach the Common Core (with C. Graybeal and T. Strickland), Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Conference, January 2013 (Orlando, FL)

Using Look-fors to Consider the Common Core Content Standards and Standards for Mathematical Practice (with F. Fennell and B. Kobett), Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Conference, January 2013 (Orlando, FL)

Designing an Effective Transition to the Common Core State Standards in K-12 Mathematics, 2012 Learning Forward Conference: (1) CCSS Teaching and Learning (AM session - T. Kanold), (2) Development, Implementation and Evaluation of the CCSS Mathematical Practices in Your Daily Lesson and Unit Design" | "Standards of Student Practice in Mathematics Proficiency Matrix" (Hull, Balka, & Harbin Miles, 2011) (AM session - J. Wray), (3) CCSS Assessment (PM session - T. Kanold), (4) Leading Change: Meeting the Expectations of the Common Core (PM session - J. Wray); December 2012 (Boston, MA)

"I'm a Math Specialist: Who Said I Was a Leader?" (with F. Fennell and B. Kobett) NCTM Regional Conferences, October 2012 (Dallas, TX); October 2012 (Hartford, CT); November 2012 (Chicago, IL)

Leading in a PLC At Work™: Finding the Bright Spots, NCSM Summer Leadership Academies, July 2012 (Santa Rosa, CA); June 2012 (Homestead, PA)

Mathematics Leadership at Work: Moving the Common Core State Standards from Vision to Action (with B. Kobett), NCSM Summer Leadership Academies, July 2012 (Santa Rosa, CA); June 2012 (Homestead, PA)

Collaborative Learning Teams and the Keys to Your Common Core Transition, Wisconsin Mathematics Council 44th Annual Conference Keynote Session, May 2012 (Green Lake, WI)

The Core Challenge: The Inevitable Solution to an Unsolvable Problem, Wisconsin Mathematics Council 44th Annual Conference Ignite Session, May 2012 (Green Lake, WI)

Connecting Research to the Classroom: Effective Fractions Instruction in Grades K-8 (with F. Fennell and L. Thompson), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference and Exposition, April 2012 (Philadelphia, PA)

The Number Line’s Importance in Understanding Fractions (with L. Susi and S. Mulroe), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference and Exposition, April 2012 (Philadelphia, PA)

Calling All Math Specialists! Addressing CCSS Professional Development and Assessment Issues and Needs (with F. Fennell and B. Kobett), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference and Exposition, April 2012 (Philadelphia, PA)

Doing What Works: Helping Educators Bridge Research to Practice; United States Department of Education (USDOE) Policy Briefing, March 2012 (Washington, DC)

Connecting the Standards for Mathematical Practice to Teaching Practices: Tools for Professional Learning (with J. Bay-Williams, M. McGatha, and B. Kobett), Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference, February 2012 (Ft. Worth, TX)

Considering Leadership: Case-Based Activities for Elementary Mathematics Specialists (with F. Fennell and B. Kobett), Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference, Pre-Conference session, February 2012 (Ft. Worth, TX)

Fractions: Developing Effective Instruction - Recommendations from a What Works Clearinghouse Practice Guide; Mid-Atlantic Regional Laboratory Bridge Event, December 2011 (Reading, PA); Mid-Atlantic Regional Laboratory Bridge Event, September 2011 (Atlantic City, NJ); Southeastern Regional Laboratory Bridge Event, July 2011 (Mobile, AL); (with F. Fennell), Mid-Atlantic Regional Laboratory Bridge Event, March 2011 (Harrisburg, PA); (with F. Fennell), Mid-Atlantic Regional Laboratory Bridge Event, December 2010 (Columbia, MD); (with F. Fennell), Institute of Education Sciences, October 2010 (Washington, DC)

Tools and Strategies for Implementing the Common Core State Standards (with B. Kobett) National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Fall Leadership Seminar, November 2011 (Albuquerque, NM); (with K. Sammons) National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Fall Leadership Seminar, October 2011 (St. Louis, MI)

Elementary Mathematics Specialists Challenges and Opportunities: A Call to Action (with F. Fennell and B. Kobett), Conference Board for the Mathematical Sciences, October 2011 (Reston, VA)

Mathematics Leadership at Work: Moving the Common Core State Standards from Vision to Action for K-5 Mathematics Education Leaders - Teams and Individuals (with F. Fennell and B. Kobett) National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Summer Leadership Academy, June 2011 (Atlanta, GA)

Cases for Coaches: Professional Development for Elementary School Mathematics Specialists (with F. Fennell and B. Kobett), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference and Exposition, April 2011 (Indianapolis, IA)

Providing Professional Development to Meet Common Core State Standards (with B. Barnes), National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Annual Conference, April 2011 (Indianapolis, IA)

Mathematics Specialists/Coaches and Relationships: Navigating the Slippery Slopes of Leadership (with F. Fennell and B. Kobett), National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Annual Conference, April 2011 (Indianapolis, IA)

Scaling Practice-Based Professional Development: Issues and Design Considerations (with F. Fennell and B. Kobett), Association of Mathematics Teachers Educators Annual Conference, January 2011 (Irvine, CA)

An Analysis of State Certification Efforts for Elementary Mathematics Specialists: Mathematics, Pedagogy, and Leadership, (with F. Fennell and B. Kobett), Association of Mathematics Teachers Educators Annual Conference, January 2011 (Irvine, CA)

Mathematics Specialists/Instructional Leaders and Leadership Issues: It’s All About Relationships (with F. Fennell and B. Kobett), National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Leadership Seminar, October 2010 (New Orleans, LA); National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Leadership Seminar, October 2010 (Baltimore, MD)

Strategic Considerations for Elementary Mathematics Specialist Certification: the “Stories” of Maryland, Missouri and Ohio (with B. Findell and W. Haver), Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators - Elementary Mathematics Specialist State Certification Conference, June 2010 (Louisville, KY)

What’s Your Mindset? Transforming Mathematics Learning Through Emerging Technologies; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference and Exposition, April 2010 (San Diego, CA)

Elementary Mathematics Specialists: An Update and Challenges (with F. Fennell and B. Kobett), National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Annual Conference, April 2010 (San Diego, CA)

Standards for Elementary Mathematics Specialists (EMS) Preparation and Certification: Elementary Mathematics Specialists & Teacher Leaders (EMS&TL) Project (with F. Fennell and B. Kobett), Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference – Research Pre-Session, June 2010 (Irvine, CA)