Penn Literacy Network

Early Childhood Seminars | Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Seminars
Math Seminars | Whole-School Reform Efforts

Implementing a Balanced Program (Math Literacy 1)
Participants strengthen collegial support as they construct a classroom environment that actively involves students in mathematical investigations and the relationship between math and the real world. Participants develop, implement, and reflect on mathematical ideas, strategies, and assessment approaches. The concepts presented in the seminar can be incorporated directly into the participants’ current math texts.

The seminar guides participants in establishing a classroom environment rich in problem-solving, logical reasoning, and computation, introducing practical strategies and concepts to teach mathematics focused on the NCTM Standards. The seminar also links reading/writing/talking with the teaching and learning of mathematics.

Integrating Teaching/Learning/Assessment in Math Literacy
(Math Literacy 2)
This seminar brings participants to the next level of involvement with PLN literacy frameworks and the NCTM Standards of Math 1. Participants collaborate with colleagues and reflect on these frameworks and their current practice as they engage in goal-planning and congruent assessment approaches in their classrooms and schools for the year (or years) to come.

The seminar emphasizes curricular planning, discussions about classroom, district, and state benchmarks and standards, curricular problem solving, document review of student work, and revisiting and extending reading/writing and math literacy approaches from Math 1.

Implementing Writing and Notemaking Strategies in the Math Classroom (Math Literacy 3)
Participants in this seminar explore a variety of ways to engage students in the writing and notemaking processes while continuing to integrate the PLN literacy frameworks in the math classroom. Strategies presented in this seminar assist participants in finding new and creative ways to use writing and the textbook as effective teaching and learning tools. All strategies can be incorporated into the participants’ current math texts. The seminar emphasizes teacher-guided and student-centered writing and notemaking strategies.