ILS events, recent past and near future.

It’s a beautiful day today, a striking contrast to the extreme weather that we have endured over the past couple of weeks. For too many of us in New York and New Jersey, the hurricane is still present tense. I hope everyone is coping with the continuing aftemath of Sandy, and that the nor’easter last week did not cause any additional damage or stress.

I’m going to try to post once a week from now on. Think of these little squibs as community snapshots (and I mean “squib” in the journalistic sense–not like this or this). I am not trying to be comprehensive (or even accurate). If you have something you want to announce in a future post, please let me know at marcie.wolfe@lehman.cuny.edu.

Conferences Past
On October 27, MTTI (Mathematics Teacher Transformation Institutes) held its annual conference at Lehman College for participants in the program and their colleagues. Miguel Cordero, a math specialist with the NYC Department of Education, got everyone involved in some math problems that illustrated the instructional changes needed to address the Common Core Learning Standards. Miguel was lovely — thoughtful and practical. MTTI participants–emerging teacher-leaders in mathematics in Bronx middle and high schools–led the workshops after Miguel’s talk. Thanks to Ronald Schwarz, Roz Krakowsky, Suzanne Libfeld, and teacher-consultants from the NYC Math Project for organizing, attending, providing leadership, and presenting.

Conferences Future
New York City Writing Project and Lehman WAC people are flying off to Las Vegas on Wednesday, November 14 to participate in and present at the National Writing Project’s Annual Meeting and the annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of English. Heading out are: Erick Gordon, Susannah Thompson, Alison Koffler-Wise, Diane Giorgi, Paul Allison, Elaine Avidon, and Marcie Wolfe. Everyone will be working hard, I swear! For a little traveling music, click on the photo below!

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