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Hello Math Community,
Happy 2019! We hope your semester has gotten off to a smooth start, and that the extra day last weekend gave you time to do something meaningful and rejuvenating.
Please read on to find out about:
- Upcoming Professional Development
- Core Curriculum News
- Featured Resource
- Upcoming Opportunities
- Recent Activities
This information (and more!) is also provided on the SFUSD Math website at www.sfusdmath.org, and you can follow us on Twitter: @SFUSDMath. Please share this newsletter with your colleagues.
Thank you for all that you do!
The Math Team
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Upcoming Math Professional Development
For a calendar of all of the high school math professional development activities, see the PD Calendar on the Math Department website.
Monthly Math Meetings
The next meeting of Department Chairs (large schools) and Math Representatives (small schools) is on Thursday, January 24 from 4 to 6 PM at The Academy SF @McAteer, Room 116.
Contact person: Elizabeth DeCarli
Course Collaboration Days
The second set of Course Collaboration Days are coming up in February. Substitute requests have been submitted for these days. Participants will receive an email about a week before each day with more details.
- Geometry Collaboration Day: Tuesday, Feb 12 at Cabrillo Bungalow, 750 25th St.
- Algebra 1 Collaboration Day: Thursday, Feb 14 at Cabrillo Multipurpose Room, 750 25th St.
- Algebra 2 and Algebra 2 + Precalculus Collaboration Day: Wednesday, Feb 20 at Cabrillo Multipurpose Room, 750 25th St.
Contact person: Elizabeth DeCarli
Complex Instruction Program
Teacher Facilitators (T-facs)
The next T-facs meeting is on Tuesday, January 29 at Mission High School. These meetings occur monthly throughout the school year.
Contact person: Angela Torres
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District Assessments
The materials for the Spring District Assessment should arrive at your sites during the week of January 21 (this week). Scores for the District Assessments are due by March 15. See the Assessment Plan for High Schools or the AAO website (tinyurl.com/sfusdaao) for more information.
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Featured Resource
The featured resource this month is an online Participation Quiz created by Nate Pinsky, a former SFUSD math teacher. You can try out the PQuiz app at pquiz.app, and you can create an account if you want to save and manage multiple participation quizzes. And yes, it's free! You can record strengths and questions by group, and you can also create customizable observation categories. If you have used an older version of Nate's PQuiz, you will see that the new version allows you to make the Participation Quiz full screen and to name your quizzes.
After you try out this new version, feel free to send any ideas for new features or feedback to contact@pquiz.app. A huge thank you to Nate for supporting teachers with this wonderful resource!
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Opportunities for Educators and Students
Tensor Women and Mathematics Grants
The Tensor Foundation provides funding to support projects that encourage college and university women and pre-college girls to study and persist in mathematics. The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) encourages secondary mathematics teachers to partner with college or university faculty to submit proposals for projects to the Tensor Women and Mathematics Program. The website shows examples of possible projects, as well as descriptions of projects that have been funded in the past. Applications will be accepted from college and university mathematics faculty or pre-college mathematics teachers working in conjunction with college and university faculty. The application page includes information about other grants funded by the Tensor Foundation. The deadline for submitting a proposal is February 12, 2019 at 11:59 p.m EST.
MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge
MathWorks Math Modeling (M3) Challenge is a contest for high school juniors and seniors sponsored by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). Through participation, students experience what it’s like to work as a team to tackle a real-world problem under time and resource constraints, akin to those faced by professional mathematicians working in industry. The Challenge awards $100,000 in scholarship prizes ranging from $1000 to $20,000. There are no registration or participation fees. The Challenge takes place from March 1–4, 2019, and the deadline for registering is February 22, 2019. Go to m3challenge.siam.org for more information.
SF Math Teachers Circle
The San Francisco Math Teachers' Circle is a professional community of teachers and mathematicians who love solving fun, challenging math problems. Teachers of any grade level are welcome! Upcoming sessions are on 2/2/19, 3/2/19, and 4/27/19 at the Proof School, 973 Mission Street. Sessions are on Saturdays from 9:30–noon, approximately. Sessions are free, and lunch is provided. For more information and to sign up to attend, contact Paul Zeitz: zeitzp@usfca.edu
If you know of other upcoming opportunities for math teachers and students, please let us know!
Contact person: Elizabeth DeCarli
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Recent Activities
On January 17, CI Cohort 10 came together for the second course follow-up day. This group of elementary, middle school, and high school math teachers thought together about how to help students recognize their brilliance and the brilliance of others by assigning competence. Teachers left with big ideas around how they can plan to assign competence, and how it is their responsibility to shine a light on the strengths that students don't always see in themselves and their classmates... yet!
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Thank you for all that you do!
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