Learning and Teaching Fractions Concepts: A Professional Learning Series

• Grades 3-8 Educators

• Deepen your own knowledge of key fraction concepts including foundational concepts (models, equivalence, comparing, etc.) and operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).
• Build flexibility in approaches to fraction concepts by using and connecting representations including manipulatives, visual representations, number lines, and algorithms.
• Use powerful diagnostic and formative approaches for identifying students’ strengths and difficulties related to fraction ideas.
• Expand repertoire of instructional practices for making fraction concepts accessible to struggling learners.
• Gain access to numerous resources and collaborate with other educators.

*Strategies and approaches can be used with any mathematics program.

The series consists of two in-person sessions and four 1.5 hour online sessions. The online sessions are anytime, anyplace and no prior online learning experience is needed.

Estimated Cost:

• On site workshop: $1650/day plus travel
• Virtual options (synchronous/asynchronous):
  $200 per contact hour