Differentiated Support for Math Students: Strategies to Foster Success Across Math Levels

Session 3

Brad Latimer, Luna Frank-Fischer

Room 1069

This session will focus on strategies to support students in math classes. The conversation will include discussion of in-the-moment tactics to help struggling students and also the structures schools and teachers can put in place to help struggling math students succeed.

Brad Latimer, head of the SLA math department, and Luna Frank-Fischer, SLA class of '12, will also explain the specific strategies Science Leadership Academy uses to support students who struggle in math class.

Conversational Practice

Whole group discussion and small group discussion

Conversation Links

Presenter Profiles

Brad Latimer

Luna Frank-Fischer

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Schedule

Friday, Jan 27

Visual Narrative for Teachers 9:30am–12:30pm
- Filmmaking for Teachers*
  
  Room 1069
  
  Work with students and faculty of SLA’s Rough Cut Productions to learn the technical and artistic techniques of communicating through video.
  
  This three-hour interactive workshop has a limit of 30 participants.
Welcome 10am–3pm
- Spend the day at Science Leadership Academy. EduCon attendees have free admission to the Franklin Institute and other local Philadelphia institutions on Friday.
Friday Night Panel 6–8pm
- Sustainability Panel
  
  Essential Questions:
  
  What does it mean to sustain innovation? How do people/organizations continue to grow? How do you avoid regression to the mean? How do you avoid mission drift? How do resources remain shared?
Reception 8–10pm

Saturday, Jan 28

Registration & Coffee 8:30–9:15am
Keynote 9:15–9:45am
- Keynote
Conversation Session 1 10–11:30am
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Cross-Pollination Lunch 11:30am–1pm
- Encienda Educon
  
  Join us for a session of “lightning presentations” delivered by EduCon participants. Each presenter will have five minutes to share an idea, broken down into twenty slides, which automatically advance every fifteen seconds.
  
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Conversation Session 2 1–2:30pm
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Conversation Session 3 3–4:30pm
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Making Connections 5–7pm
- “Philly Classic” Dinner
Networking Social 7:30–11pm

Sunday, Jan 29

Coffee & Conversations 8:30–9am
Panel Discussion 9–10:30am
- Sustainability in Education
  
  Join a panel of world-class educators discuss how the idea of sustainability in the context of education and educational movements.
Conversation Session 4 10:30am–12pm
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Cross-Pollination Lunch 12–12:30pm
Conversation Session 5 12:30–2pm
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Conversation Session 6 2:30–4pm
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