TARGET AUDIENCE: Grades 7, 8 & 9 Math and Science Educators

Do you find it helpful to brainstorm about challenges and ideas with a group of colleagues who teach the same courses?   Join our Jr. High drop-in Math and Science evenings to:

• Ask about your specific challenges
• Share resources and ideas
• Listen to the questions and ideas from others

These drop in times require no commitment, just register for the “series” and then join in when it works for you.    Each conversation will depend on the questions and  items that the group shares.   This is an opportunity to connect and learn from each other and to customize your own professional learning! 

The time is 30 mins, plus 15 mins for “overflow”.   When conversations are rich, we will continue to 8:15, if 30 minutes is enough time for a specific night, then we will end at 8:00pm.   You come and go as it makes sense for you - low pressure learning.

These sessions will not be recorded in order to promote candid dialogue and open question asking.

Wanda Dechant

is a Designer of Professional Learning with the Calgary Regional Consortium.  Her role includes supporting teachers, E.A.s, school admin, learning coaches and parents in K-12 Math and Numeracy. Wanda began teaching math and science in 2000, her teaching experience extends from grades 7 – 12.  For the past 7 years Wanda’s work has included a major focus on K-6 Mathematics.  Three critical aspects of learning that Wanda embeds into her work include:

• Student and teacher self-confidence in math
• Students and teachers making their thinking visible to themselves and to each other
• Students and teachers as mathematicians - let’s do the math

Jackie Ratkovic