Book Study

The recent National Council of Teachers of Mathematics publication, Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All, delineates effective teaching practices that promote high levels of learning for all students. To assist you in putting these practices into action at the middle and high school levels, the Wisconsin Mathematics Council in collaboration with the Department of Public Instruction Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching invite you to participate in an innovative online book study focused on unpacking the eight essential Mathematics Teaching Practices outlined in this publication.

Throughout the three-week book study, you will have the opportunity to participate in weekly online discussions and three live webinars with other K-12 educators from around the state. During the webinars, we will focus on unpacking one or more of the following high-leverage teaching practices providing you with structures and robust tasks to help you enact these practices in your own classroom.

1. Establish mathematics goals to focus learning.
2. Implement tasks that promote reasoning and problem solving.
3. Use and connect mathematical representations.
4. Facilitate meaningful mathematical discourse.
5. Pose purposeful questions.
6. Build procedural fluency from conceptual understanding.
7. Support productive struggle in learning mathematics.
8. Elicit and use evidence of student thinking.

Dates: To be determined

The Wisconsin Math Leadership Council

The Wisconsin Math Leadership Council (WiMLC) is a group of administrators, coaches, and teachers who serve as leader in their respective districts. 

Fall Meeting Information

Registration of $20 includes breakfast items, snacks, and lunch.

Option 1:  Thursday, September 28, 2017 (9:00-2:30) at MidState Technical College in Stevens Point (Register)

Option 2:  Monday, October 2, 2017 (9:00-2:30) at Deforest Public Library in Deforest (Register)

 WiMLC is excited to have Dr. Timothy D. Kanold return for WMC Leadership Pre-Conference at WMC Annual Mathematics Conference in Green Lake on May 2, 2018.  Attendees at our WiMLC fall meetings will receive a complimentary copy of Dr. Kanold’s latest book, Heart! Fully Forming Your Professional Life as a Teacher and Leader.  Join us as we journey together and reflect upon our professional impact on students and colleagues, and explore our distinctive heart prints.  See you at our fall WiMLC meetings!

Join the WiMLC Google Group

If you have not already done so, below are the directions to join our group.  Please remember to use the Google Group to communicate with our community.  You can post to the group either through the web interface or by sending an email to wimlc@googlegroups.com. 

1. Log in to your Google Account. 
   
2. Go to: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/wimlc
   
3. Click on the ‘Apply for membership' link. The Join group dialog box appears. 
   
4. Fill in the options on the Join Group dialog box. Please include your mathematics leadership role in this form.
   
5. Click the Apply to Join this group button. As soon as one of the group administrators approves your membership, you will be added to the group.
   

Note:  Many Google Apps for Education (GAFE) accounts do not allow Google Groups, so you may need to use a different account from your school account if you are a GAFE school/district.  You can use any email to create one if you don’t already have one.