This proposed interactive panel brings together teachers and teacher educators from northern, middle, and southern states in the U.S. and Canada to explore, highlight, and value pre-service and in-service teachers and teacher educators’ reflective narratives in working with ELs. Our panel explores the often-discounted stories of our teachers. This interactive session will engage participants into discussion around how fellow researchers and teachers effectively used “narrative” as reflective and effective practice in their current and future work with English learners, including ELs with disabilities. The findings have important implications for the improvement of our own and peer institutions’ teacher preparation programs.

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This particular partnership was initiated by the 82 teachers and administrators at a middle school who wished to have some guidance and added expertise in applying to become a STEM Designation School. In the fall 2017, professors within a college of education met with the school administrators and some of the lead teachers to discuss how to begin.

Presenters will demonstrate concrete examples and supporting research regarding professor presence within online courses. Additionally, the presentation will address the skill of transforming this content into practice, valuable practical applications, the importance of professor presence in the online classroom, and why such presence is important in building a learning community in the online environment. The presentation is appropriate for all instructors of blended and exclusively online environments.

Fun problem solving! Participants will leave with ideas to help students become engaged in the art of solving problems using 3-act tasks and open middle.

This session will present games that use materials you already have to help your students develop fluency in all operations.