Charting a Course to Mathematics Leadership - NCSM

In this interactive session, we will draw upon video andwritten student artifacts to support professional developersworking with primary-grade teachers. We will considercharacteristics of video and written student work thateffectively engage teachers in discussions of childrensmathematical thinking as a basis for their teaching., San Diego State University,San Diego, CA , San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, San Diego State University, Coronado, CA, San Diego State University,San Diego, CAFacilitating incorporation of formative assessment practicesis the focus of the Northwest Regional Education Laboratoryproject. This session presents the challenges and successesteachers experience as they use a feedback guide to interpretand use student responses to open solution tasks to providewritten feedback and share instructionally selected studentperformances., Northwest Regional EducationalLaboratory, Portland, OR, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory,Portland, OR, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory,Portland, ORStudent Recognition Certificates are available at theRegistration Desk.Submit a proposal to speak at the 2011 AnnualConference in Indianapolis. See page 76 for details., Executive Director, Silicon ValleyMathematics Initiative, Mathematics AssessmentCollaboration, Morgan Hill, CA Diana Kendrick, NCSM Eastern 2 RegionalDirector, Upper Marlboro, MDAs education shifts from the pitfalls derived from highstakes testing, there is compelling research that indicatesauthentic formative assessment, focused on studentthinking and student work, is an essential strategy forteachers. This session will describe an assessment cycletied to student thinking, using state of the art materials,and the innovation of successful teachers to bringformative assessment practice to the reality of theclassroom. Materials and video cases will be shared.David Foster is the mathematicsdirector of the Silicon ValleyMathematics Initiative comprised of43 member districts in the SanFrancisco Bay Area. He establishedSVMI in 1996 working for theRobert N. Noyce Foundation. DavidFoster is the primary author ofpublished byGlencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1994. This publication is aninnovative mathematics program for middle schoolstudents, grades six through eight. His other worksinclude published by Glencoe, 1996and published by CoherentCurriculum, 1988. His most current work is published as an online curriculumby Agile Mind, 2006. Two recent articles, and , appear inMSRIs ASSESSING STUDENTS MATHEMATICSLEARNING: ISSUES, COSTS AND BENEFITS 2007.David was a Regional Director for the Middle GradeMathematics Renaissance, a component of the CaliforniaState Systemic Initiative sponsored by the CaliforniaDepartment of Education and funded by the NationalScience Foundation. David taught mathematics andcomputer science at middle school, high school andcommunity college for eighteen years. He also workspart-time for San Jose State University. He is Co-Director of the Santa Clara Valley Math Project. He isalso Co-Chair of the advisory committee of theMathematics Assessment Resource Service/BalancedAssessment. He is a consultant to the Urban MathLeadership Network that works with the 25 largestschool districts in America.