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A project born in Tucson, Arizona, supported in part by Outreach FAMILIA (DOE grant P031S20008) & REEDS (NSF grant 2222018)
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an invitation to join us
Interested in bringing our materials to your classroom? Or exploring them in community with other educators?
Please consider joining our second PD/Community of Practice! We are making this a hybrid experience in 2024-25 to enable better access for those not in the Tucson area. Our PD/Community of Practice is free for all. We do ask for your commitment to the entire experience, so that the community may grow and thrive as such.
Registration remains open for remote participants through July 19, 2024! (Use link or form at right.) Questions? Write to Dr. Guada Lozano, guada@arizona.edu and ask!
2024-25 schedule
all parts are required
Part 1 | JUL 25, 9AM-4PM & JUL 26, 9AM-12PM | Summer kickoff PD/Community of Practice
>> hybrid: join us online or in person at the UArizona campus, in Tucson, AZ
Part 2 | third monthly Sat, AUG-NOV, JAN-APR, 9AM-12PM | Fall-Spring PD/community of Practice
>> hybrid or online (TBA in early August 2024)
2024 AGENDA | Summer kickoff
ENR2, UArizona Campus (Hybrid)
PREPARATION READINGS*
Ladson-Billings, G. (2014). Culturally Relevant Pedagogy 2.0: a.k.a. the Remix. Harvard Educational Review, 84(1), pp. 74-84
Lozano, G.I. (2023). Grounded in place: A culturally affirming precalculus curriculum. In M. Strutchens, G. Krause, D. Y. White, & J. Bay-Williams (Eds.), Antiracist Mathematics Education: Stories of Acknowledgment, Actions, and Accountability (pp. 7-22). TODOS: Mathematics for ALL.
* PDFs will be shared with participants ahead of the summer kickoff :)
THU, JUL 25, 2024, 8:30AM-4PM
8:30-9:00 AM | BAGELS & COFFEE (provided for in-person participants)
9:00-10:30 AM | welcome, introductions and demo lesson
10:30-12:00 PM | linear functions & Saguaros | pair work: collaborative student worksheet; discuss/share: where might you use it in your classroom? how will you connect it to other content? how will you introduce it leverage for student voice?
12:00-1:00 PM LUNCH (provided for in-person participants)
1:00-3:00 PM | transformations & being a Wildcat | pair work: team assignment problem; discuss/share: what does the problem afford mathematically? How about in relation to place or student identity? How might you connect it to your local context?
3:00-4:00 PM | Q&A time, closing reflections
FRI, JUL 26, 2023, 8:30AM-12PM
8:30-9:00 AM | BAGELS & COFFEE (provided for in-person participants)
9:00-9:40 AM | welcome back, sharing: what will you use in your course? how will you adapt it? what do you need from this community?
9:40-10:15 AM | preview for fall: building connections across contexts and content; building connections among each other; writing your own problems; teaching and assessing in inclusive ways
10:15-11:30 PM | logs, function behavior & desert Cicadas | pair work: student worksheet/team assignment; discuss/share: how do we teach to build connections across content? How might you give feedback to support such connections?
11:30-12 PM | Recap, looking ahead, closing reflections
Past PD events (click to open/close)
2023-24 schedule and agenda
SCHEDULE | Summer kickoff, 9-4PM Daily, ENR2 UArizona Campus
Part 1 | JUL 26, 27, 28, 2023, 9AM-4PM | Summer intensive kickoff PD/community
>> UArizona campus, in person
Part 2 | third* monthly Sat, AUG-DEC, JAN-MAY, 9AM-12PM | Fall & Spring continuing PD/community
*exception: we will meet on the second Sat in MAR 2024
>> UArizona campus, in person
Part 3 | second monthly Thu, AUG-DEC, JAN-MAY, 5-6:30PM | Fall & Spring peer collaboration
>> online, virtual
AGENDA | Summer kickoff, 9-4PM Daily, ENR2 UArizona Campus
PREPARATION READINGS
Ladson-Billings, G. (1995). But that's just good teaching! The case for culturally relevant pedagogy (PDF will be shared with participats)
Lozano, G.I. (Preprint 2023). Grounded in place: A culturally affirming precalculus curriculum
Culturally Responsive Mathematics Teaching (CRMT) lesson analysis tool
WED, JUL 26, 2023, 9AM-4PM
09-10AM | overview, introductions and demo lesson
10-12PM | linear functions & Saguaros: collaborative student worksheet; individual lesson scripting based on worksheet
12-01PM | LUNCH
01-03PM | linear functions & Saguaros: CRMT lesson tool analysis, discussion on CRMT and other student centered practices
03-04PM | connecting lesson to local contexts; windows & mirrors
THU, JUL 27, 2023, 9AM-4PM
09-10AM | first day reflections, overview
10-12PM | HSI admissions and exponential functions: collaborative student worksheet; analysis & feedback of provided lesson from teacher resources
12-01PM | LUNCH
01-03PM | YOTO and function notation: collaborative work on a team assignment; individual team log/report completion
03-04PM | assessing student work with rubric
FRIDAY PREPARATION READING
Peoples, L.Q., Islam, T., & Dais, T. (2021) The culturally responsive-sustaining STEAM curriculum scorecard. New York: Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools, NYU
FRI, JUL 28, 2023, 9AM-4PM
09-10AM | guided refelection and overview
10-12PM | building connections across content and culturally affirming contexts: leveraging contexts fully and recurrently
12-01PM | LUNCH
01-02PM | scorecards for the curriculum and team assignments
02-03PM | planning for the year
03-04PM | planning for monthly meetings and closing
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