Keynote+Speakers

=Information needed for Keynote/Featured Speakers= Full Name including Dr. if appropriate Organization/Association Short Biography Website (if applicable) Picture (suitable for printing) Title of Presentation Description of Presentation Grade Band

=2014 Keynote Speakers= Name: Wade Ellis, Jr. Contact: Debbie Crocker Email: wellis@ti.com Organization/Association: West Valley Community College and Texas Instruments Grade Band: 9-12 Short Bio: Wade Ellis, Jr. has taught mathematics at West Valley College for over 30 years. He earned degrees in mathematics from Oberlin College and The Ohio State University. He is a co-author of over 30 books on the learning and teaching of mathematics using technology and speaks regularly at regional, national, and international conferences. He is the recipient of the California Mathematics Council Community Colleges Distinguished Service Award, the Hayward Award, the AMATYC Teaching Excellence Award, and the MAA Northern California Section Distinguished College or University Teacher Award recognizing his lifetime achievement. He is currently a consultant to the Texas Instruments Educational Technology Company as a Senior Mathematics Advisor and the mathematics editor of the Pacific Crest Publishing Company.

Picture: Title of Presentation: The Learning Trajectory of Proportional Reasoning in High School Mathematics Grade Band: 9-12 Description of Presentation: Proportional reasoning is one of the foundations of algebraic thinking and fractions and ratios are the basis of proportional reasoning. This talk will give an overview of the development of student understandings of these topics and then demonstrate how carefully sequenced software applets along with thoughtful inquiry-based questions can lead to student success in high school mathematics.

 Name: David Schwartz Contact: Ryan Dougherty Email: david@davidschwartz.com Organization/Association ??? Grade Band ???

Title: Math Happens When Children Wonder About What They Read 

Description Literature can ignite students' minds and lead to deep mathematical understanding. The author of //How Much Is a Million?// and 50 other titles will show how books can inspire children to ask great questions and solve problems. He will share impressive student work, including exhaustive 9often hilarious) extensions of his books and impressive efforts to prove, improve, or disprove the author's math. Be prepared to leave with a smile on your face and a million ideas in your head.

Bio:

Pictures: I like the cropped popcorn picture but half the area is popcorn!. For a poster, you might use the full-length version and run the picture up the side of the page. If you like any of these but need them in higher resolution, let me know and I can send the originals, which might be too big to go through regular email, but can go through sendbigfiles.com, a free service that works well.



Time of Day: I think a good time of day would be the second slot in the morning, so it's not too early ("Sorry, people are still arriving" or "They're stuck in traffic."). It might be necessary to do it first slot in the morning, which is OK, too. I don't know your plans for having me in the booth but it seems you could work around that. I'd rather do all the booth presentation(s) after the keynote so I can announce it.

CINDY NEUSCHWANDER
** What’s the Story behind Math Literature? ** ** K-6 ** Join teacher and author Cindy Neuschwander as she shares her thoughts about the power of teaching mathematics through stories. Cindy will select books to demonstrate activities as well as highlight authentic student work. Teachers will be able to take away ideas that are effective, classroom friendly, and easy to implement.

** Cindy Neuschwander Author Biography ** Cindy Neuschwander is a native Californian, born in San Diego. Her father was a naval officer and her mother was a homemaker. She has one younger brother.

Cindy has a BA in International Studies from Willamette University and an MA in Education from Stanford University. She teaches third grade in Dublin Unified School District. She lives in Pleasanton, CA.

In addition to her teaching, she is the author of 15 mathematically themed picture books. Among her titles are the //Sir Cumference// series, //Amanda Bean’s Amazing Dream//, and //Mummy Math.//

Cindy began writing books in 1994. She had used math literature with her own classes as early as 1990 and she liked the results. She wanted to use more books but found very few available so she began to write some of her own.

When she is not teaching or writing, Cindy enjoys spending time with her family. She has been married to her husband, Bruce, for 41 years. They have two sons who are grown with families of their own. They also own a Gordon Setter who loves to hunt for birds. Cindy enjoys swimming, bike riding, traveling, and reading. She and Bruce are Christians who are active in their local church.

JULI DIXON

 * Title: ** Five Essential Instructional Shifts for Transforming Middle School Common Core Classrooms


 * Presenter: ** Juli K. Dixon

Explore five essential instructional shifts that emphasize the mathematical practices and the content they support. Engage with middle school level tasks and how to support them during instruction. Enhance your understanding of the shifts through the use of authentic video in middle school classrooms.
 * Description of Presentation **

Participants will (1) explore practices with respect to teacher and student actions, (2) unpack norms supportive of student engagement in the practices, and (3) create a shared image of classrooms where focus is on student engagement in the practices. Of focus will be these five essential instructional shifts: (1) students provide strategies rather than learning them from the teacher, (2) teacher provides strategies “as if” from students, (3) students create the context, (4) students do the sense making, and (5) students talk to students.
 * Objective of Presentation **

Dixon Leadership Presentation:



THOMESENIA LOTT ADAMS


Keynote Conference (grades 9-12) "Mathematics Proficiency: What is it? How do we help students get it?" Mathematics proficiency (perhaps also known as mathematics competency, mathematics knowledge, and a few other phrases) is the aim of mathematics instruction. Yet many students view mathematics proficiency as an unreachable goal. In this sessions, the presenter will share several examples for engaging and challenging students to provide an opportunity for them to develop mathematics proficiency.

Keynote Leadership Seminar "Building Students' Capacity to Learn" In this session, the presenter will share from the body of knowledge on cultural competency. Participants will have an opportunity to interact in small and large groups to discuss potential actions they can take in their context to use diversity as a resource and support for helping students achieve in school. The approach of the presenter will make this session valuable teachers and school leaders across K-12.

=2014 Feature Speakers=

LEE STIFF


(1) My presentation is a General Session, and I prefer to speak at a time that is likely to get a nice turnout; I am willing to leave this to your discretion.

(2) The title of my presentation is "It Ain't the Kidz"; this was requested of me.

(3) A picture and a short bio is attached. (4) A brief description of my presentation follows: "Who has the responsibility of closing achievement gaps, mastering Mathematical Practices, and learning high-quality mathematics content? Who needs to be more active and engaged in classrooms and dig deeper into understanding the mathematics that is taught? Join me and find out!"

=** JANE KANG **= ==

=**Previous Years Notes:**= Overall Speaker Budget = $4000

Linda Gojak confirmed (will also be a Keynote at Conference on Thursday morning)
 * Leadership:**

__**Conference:**__
 * K-2:** __**Stuart Murphy**__ (confirmed); book signing with Vender



Title: Reading and Math Together: An Equation for Success! Join Stuart J. Murphy, the author of the award-winning MathStart series, as he takes you on a journey through the world of literature and math, and shows you how together they can create an equation for success. This session will explore how stories about the kinds of things that interest children – taking care of a pet, playing a sport, going on vacation, visiting a mall or an amusement park – can engage students and make math relevant to their lives. Ideas will be discussed for encouraging students to sketch, talk, write, and otherwise communicate about math. Stuart will talk about his background, discuss the power of visual learning strategies as teaching tools, and reinforce the importance of developing strong mathematics skills in all learners. Title: Seeing is Believing: The Power of Visual Learning Strategies in the Teaching of Mathematics In this session, Stuart J. Murphy will demonstrate how visual learning strategies can be used to help students in the study of mathematics. Visual models and illustrations can translate difficult new concepts into a visual language that students can readily understand. Stuart will define visual learning, outline the skills associated with it, and describe its benefits in bolstering comprehension. Current visual learning research as it pertains to mathematics education will be shared, and how visual learning supports the goals of the Common Core State Standards will be discussed. Connections will be made between verbal, visual and numerical representations, and how these can come together to provide students with opportunities to express their ideas, reinforce their understandings, and explore their creativity about math.
 * Keynote:**
 * Additional Session:**

Stuart J. Murphy is a visual learning specialist, author and consultant. He is the author of the award-winning MathStart series, which includes a total of 63 children’s books that present mathematical concepts in the context of stories for Pre-K through Grade 4. He is also the author of Stuart J. Murphy’s I SEE I LEARN, a 16-book series of storybooks for children in Pre-K, Kindergarten, and Grade 1 that focus on social, emotional, health and safety, and cognitive skills. The series is also being published as Stuart J. Murphy’s I SEE I LEARN at School by Pearson Education. Stuart is on the authorship team of a number of mathematics programs published by Pearson Education. These include enVisionMATH, digits, and Pearson Prentice Hall High School Mathematics. Most of all, Stuart is an advocate of helping our children develop their visual learning skills so that they become more successful students.
 * Bio:**

(1) He will do a keynote session and another session on a different topic. He wants one session to be in the early afternoon of the first day and the other session to be in the morning of the second day. (2) As soon as we let him know his exact speaking times, he will contact EAI and NASCO to arrange for them to have copies of his books and to set up book signing times for him after each of his sessions. ( Betty assume he wants to do the book signings at the EAI and NASCO exhibit booths.) (3) We negotiated his speaker fee down to $1500 (from $2000). We will also pay his travel expenses, hotel and food. (4) He sent the titles and descriptions of his two presentations to Sheila. He also sent a short bio and a photo

__**Linda Gojak**__-confirmed Keynote at Conference
 * Middle School:**



Developing Mathematical Understanding through Reasoning and Sense Making
 * Title:**

Let's look at how we can support student understanding through instruction that emphasizes student's making sense of mathematical concepts rather than going through the motions of procedural skills.
 * Description:** Too often students consider mathematics as a bag of tricks.

__**Diane Schaefer**__ Keynote as middle school workshop Here is a bio for Diane Schaefer (may need some editing) and a picture:



Here is Diane Schaefer's title and description for the Leadership Seminar:

Are We Teaching Children or Feeding Chickens? I will be discussing how to help all students be successful in school by treating them as individuals and by setting high expectations.
 * Feature HS**: David Burleson (confirmed)

"The Building Blocks of Early Math" What are the building blocks of mathematics? Doug Clements answers these questions by summarizing recent research and development work, including works he helped write, the National Research Council report on early childhood mathematics, the report of President Bush’s National Math Advisory Panel, and the Common Core. One effective instructional approach featured in all these is basing instruction on learning trajectori
 * K-5 Dr. Doug Clements Friday, Nov. 1 at 10:15**
 * Keynote**

**Elementary: 3-5** or 6-8: __**Teruni Lamberg**__ confirmed to talk on Thursday, October 31st--Pearson to sponsor airfare and two nights lodging--copy of e-ticket for flight emailed to everyone on 1/30/13--probably best to schedule in the morning since also doing a book signing Keynote: Dr. Teruni Lamberg University of Nevada, Reno ** Whole Class Mathematics Discussions: Improving in-depth Mathematical Thinking and Learning **

Discover how you can //efficiently// and //effectively// use whole class mathematics discussions to support students to learn math at a deeper level. This process involves naturally integrating the Common Core Standards of Mathematical Practices to teach math. Using this approach will help you differentiate your instruction to meet needs of diverse learners. Many teachers using this approach have discovered significant growth in student achievement scores. This session presents a holistic approach to facilitating effective discussions by paying attention to the process of teaching that includes ideas on how to build on student thinking through lesson planning, developing a classroom environment conducive to discussion and teacher questioning. You will have the opportunity to analyze a classroom video to examine how discussions can support mathematical learning.

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Whole Class Mathematics Discussions blog:

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This blog contains links to many resources and tools related to facilitating effective whole class discussions and implementing the Common Core Standards. .