Spring 2023 Preservice Teacher Virtual Conference

Welcome to the HAMTE-KAMTE Preservice Teacher Virtual Conference!

An opportunity for preservice teachers to learn more about teaching mathematics, network with one another, and be inspired.

Friday, March 31, 2023, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM EDT

Free Registration Here

Featured Speaker: Dr. Lateefah Id-Deen
Department of Elementary & Early Childhood Education, Kennesaw State University


Conference Schedule

9:00 - 9:20 Conference Opening
Dr. Funda Gonulates, Northern Kentucky University and Dr. Jodi Frost, Indiana State University
9:20 - 10:15

"Engage" Session: Hands-on and Dynamic Geometry
Come explore with us to see how paper-folding and dynamic geometry activities can help students make sense of geometry ideas.
These engage sessions are sessions with practical ideas teacher candidates can take to their classrooms/placements.
Speaker: Dr. Enrique Galindo, Indiana University School of Education, Mathematics Education Program
Grades: K-12

10:15 - 10:30 Coffee Break/Transition Time (offline) 
10:30 - 11:30

Keynote Session: Tuning Into Equity: A Playlist for Culturally Responsive Mathematics Instruction
Speaker: Dr. Lateefah Id-Deen, Department of Elementary & Early Childhood Education, Kennesaw State University
Grades: K-12

11:30 - 12:30 Lunch (offline)
12:30 - 1:00 Lunch (online) continued

Networking Meeting
Join one of the separate zoom breakout rooms for faculty and preservice teachers who are interested in socializing and expanding their network.
12:30 - 1:15 Preservice Teachers Share a Slide Session
This is your chance to share that inspirational moment with other new math teachers!!

All we ask is that you create a Google Slide that focuses on math teaching and/or learning and that you spend a few minutes talking to other preservice teachers about it during the conference. Email Dr. Sarah Kasten (kastens1@nku.edu) by Friday, March 24 if you have something you want to share.
1:15 - 1:30 Coffee Break/Transition Time (offline)
1:30 - 2:15 Grade Band Breakout Sessions (select one):

Elementary Session: Beyond Fingers! Fact Fluency in Addition and Subtraction
Speaker: Tonda Thompson, Course and Implementation Specialist, US Math Recovery Council
Grades: K-5






Secondary Session: Math Modeling
Speaker: Dr. Bethany Noblitt, Northern Kentucky University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Grade: 6-12

2:15 - 2:30 Coffee Break/Transition Time (offline)
2:30 - 3:25 "Engage" Sessions: (select one):

Elementary Engage: Games for Addition & Subtraction within 1000
Speaker: Dr. Cindy Aossey Kentucky Center for Mathematics, Director, Professional Learning Coordinator
Grades: K-5





Secondary Engage
Speaker: Dr. Susan Peters, Department of Elementary, Middle & Secondary Teacher Education
Grades: 6-12

3:25 - 3:30 Closing Session
End of conference survey