This workshop is intended for teachers in grades TK-1. The goal is to provide strategies for engaging students in rigorous mathematical problem solving experiences and investigations.

Participants may earn a stipend of up to $100.

For an additional fee you may also earn 2 quarter units of course credit through UCSB Professional and Continuing Education.

Participants in this workshop will

• Engage in mathematical sense-making activities.
• Learn how to transform their classrooms into thinking classrooms.
• Practice routines, such as Counting Collections, Choral Counting, Cognitively-Guided Instruction and Describe-Draw-Describe, for engaging students in mathematics reasoning activities.
• Be a part of a community of developing and dynamic early childhood mathematics teachers.
• Visit classrooms to observe routines and problem solving activities in practice with students.

Participant Responsibilities

• Full participation in the two-day workshop
• A commitment to incorporate what is learned into everyday classroom practices

School or District Commitment

• Registration fee of $200
• A commitment to support the teacher in using these teaching practices in the classroom

Leadership Team

• Jeff Linder, Mathematics Specialist, Montecito Union School District
• Abbey Shaw Linder, Teacher, Rio del Sol School
• Kristy Guerrero, Teacher, Canalino School