Presenter              Session Title                                                                    Audience              
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Mathematics Presenters                                                                                                                                      

Janice Mauldin – Mathematics Roundtable Facilitator

Janice Mauldin specializes in school improvement. Using her 30+ years of experience in education beginning as a teacher’s aide then teaching math on all levels, she gives schools the tools and the inspiration to move from “In Need of Improvement” in math to “Recognized” and “Exemplary.” Janice has a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction and is currently completing a doctoral degree in Education Leadership focusing on Teacher Leaders as an integral part of a school improvement program. Currently, Janice Mauldin works with the Region 10 Education Service Center as a Long Range Planning and School Improvement Consultant.

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  Judy Knight—Instructional Specialist

Judy Knight is a high-energy, determined educator and published author with over 20 years experience making learning fun and engaging for students.  She has presented at numerous state and national conferences and was awarded the Elementary Teacher of the Year for Region XV in 2000.  Judy currently works as an independent consultant in districts across the state helping to improve instruction and ultimately helping students achieve success on the TAKS test.  Her passion for teaching keeps her actively involved in the classrooms working with teachers and students. Her interactive learning strategies keep all learners engaged and enthusiastic about learning.  

Must be Present to Win! - All Levels

Many at-risk students are unsuccessful on state mandated tests.  These "invisible" students generally are not troublemakers, but fail to become involved in learning because of their unwillingness to take a risk in front of their peers.  This session will focus on strategies to cancel out the invisibility factor so that all students can and will be successful on the TAKS test.  Learn how to gently hold their feet to the fire. - Presented by Judy Knight and Lisa Horton

Interactive Learning Strategies to Save Our Students - Grades 2-5
Research shows learning must be active and meaningful in order for students to be successful.  As educators today, we are faced with competing with Guitar Hero and other technological advances that make teaching challenging at times.  But, if we don't move 'em, we lose 'em.  In this interactive session, participants will discover ways to make learning interactive and learn games to help repeat, review, and reinforce math concepts.

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Lisa Horton—Secondary Math Specialist

Lisa Horton is secondary math teacher for 8 years who is dedicated to helping math teachers across the state focus their efforts in curriculum and instruction to be more effective with diverse populations.  A highly sought-after conference presenter, she has an engaging way of communicating interactive and instructional techniques that will restore excitement in learning to your classroom.  Lisa’s experience with diverse populations will give you the ability to teach everyone, including Limited English Proficiency students.  Let her share her insights with you. 

Stackable Math: Interactive Strategies that Connect to Students’ Prior Knowledge – Grades 6-8

Learn interactive methods of instruction that build on students’ prior knowledge and push them well beyond middle school concepts.  This session will help you differentiate your instruction for struggling students by building on simpler concepts they have already mastered.  Gifted students are also challenged to break the boundaries and achieve truly advanced performances. 

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 Larry White

Larry White has 26 years experience teaching secondary mathematics in the Texas public schools system and 6 years experience teaching mathematics courses for pre-service teachers at Angelo State University. He was a Texas Presidential Awardee for Excellence in Mathematics in 1986. Currently, Larry is in his 7th year as the State UIL Number Sense Contest Director and the State UIL Mathematics Contest Director and he is in his 5th year as one of the lead team members on the Texas State University System’s Mathematics for English Language Learner Initiative project, TSUSMELL. He is actively involved in education doing national, state, and local presentations and workshops on teaching mathematics and motivating teachers. He mentors teachers, and writes computer software to help students and teachers improve their mental math skills.

UIL Number Sense Contest and Mathematics Contest - Grades 6-12
Learn how to integrate the contests into the everyday classroom curriculum by correlating the TEKS and the concepts used on the two contests, and using the contests as a great TAKS review.

(UIL State Number Sense Contest Director and Mathematics Contest Director - Larry White)

Math Picnic: Polypopagons Served on Paper Plates (No Ants) - Grades 6-12
Discover how to transform rectangular pieces of tag board into polyhedrons that pop. Participants will also learn how to transform circular paper plates into tetrahedrons that can be used to create neat objects, such as a Taurus ring. Geometry vocabulary will run rampant. It will be a great time for math picnickers.

Area of a Rectangle is One Thing. Area of a Leaf is… - Grades 6-12
Participants will experiment with the areas of some usual polygons and unusual shapes (ex. a leaf) using geo-boards and special methods such as Pick’s Theorem, Descartes Area the Easy Way, apothems, etc.  Materials Download

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Karen Rhynard

Karen Rhynard has a Ph.D. in Math Education from Texas A&M University.  Dr. Rhynard recently retired from Round Rock Independent School District, Round Rock, Texas, as Math Coordinator (K – 12).   Her diverse background in public school education includes teaching mathematic to students and teachers, as well as, serving as principal of an intermediate school and middle school.  She has also served as assistant principal at an elementary, middle school, and high school. Dr. Rhynard has served as an assistant math professor at two universities.  She has presented at many state and national conferences and provided staff development for many educators. She is currently an independent math consultant.

Math PDF:  Percent, Decimal, Fraction - Grades 6-8

Participants will engage in multiple strategies to teach basic concepts of percent, fraction, and decimal.  Hands-on experiences will include using the number line, Cuisenaire rods, and percent bars .  Ratio and proportion problems, the natural sequence to these concepts, will be integrated into the presentation.  These strategies can assist in improving your TAKS scores.

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Julie Fowler

Julie Fowler has 7 years of teaching experience. Her teaching experience includes 8th grade mathematics, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and AVID. She is currently a teacher at Midland High School. Julie graduated from the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas with a B.A. in Mathematics. In addition to her secondary teaching certificate, she has received her GT and ESL endorsement. Julie plans to pursue her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction this fall.

 A Breath of Fresh Air Grades 6-12
Picture a student who year after year is taught math the same way—with notes and homework. After a while, math would begin to stink for him. As educators, we need to bring a breath of fresh air to the way we teach math. This session will provide you with ideas that will help revive your math classroom and attract students who are eager to attend math class.

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Keith Alan Bausman

Keith Bausman has been a mathematics teacher more than a decade.  Mr. Bausman was awarded his B.A.E in secondary mathematics and M. Ed. in secondary curriculum and instruction from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.  In addition to teaching in rural, urban, charter, and suburban high schools both in Arizona and Texas, he has also taught at the collegiate level.  He is currently a certified educator in Texas and Arizona in the areas of ESL, SEI, mathematics, and science.  He has been presented many awards, from the University of Arizona Minority Achievement Award to the Mesa Educational Association Recognition Award.  He has been part of many Hispanic educator mentorship programs and is regularly chosen to assist in the training of beginning teachers to the profession.  He maintains a multicultural approach to mathematics education.  Mr. Bausman’s wife of eight years is an educator at the elementary levels.  They have two young sons.

Discovering the Pythagorean Theorem Through Candy Investigations of a Common Triple - Grades 8-11
Teachers will explore the Pythagorean Theorem through the creation of the TAKS formatted graphics using various household and office materials.  Participants will use the areas of the graphic to prove the sum of the squares of the legs equals the square of the hypotenuse.  This session will provide several hands-on activities with which your students can master the Pythagorean Theorem.

Magic Circle and Math-a-gomy - Grades 8-11
Teachers will use a circle cut out to talk about and discover various aspects of 2 and 3 dimensional geometric figures.  Participants will explore methods to make the properties of polygons come to life.   Materials Download

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                    Gwen Parish

During the 20 years that Gwen has been teaching, she has taught all levels of junior high and high school math and coached UIL Math, Calculator, Number Sense, and Computer Science.  Some of her Math, Calculator, and Computer Science teams have competed at the UIL Academic State Meet.  She is currently teaching Geometry, Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus, Algebra I, and TAKS remediation.  Gwen has also taught online Pre-Calculus and AP Calculus courses for Texas Virtual School (TVS). 

Gwen has presented various in-service training sessions for her school district, including English Language Learner (ELL) training and hands-on training for TXGradebook and the Promethean ActivBoard.  Her ELL presentation emphasizes the characteristics of English Language Learners and strategies for vocabulary acquisition in all grade levels and content areas.  Outside the district, she was an online “trainer of trainers” for TVS teachers.

Book of Knowledge: Not Your Mother’s Math (or Science) Notebook! - Grades 6-12
Turn boring math or science notebooks into interactive, student-created resources that combine notes, investigations, and applications in a personalized, user-friendly, structured product.  Students love the hands-on activities, structure and organization a “Book of Knowledge” provides.  According to one student, “The ‘Book of Knowledge’ keeps students and teachers in sync!”

A “Book of Knowledge” is a structured notebook that uses a consistent format to introduce students to each day’s lesson, guide the students to record the main points of the lesson, and apply their new learning.  Her presentation will engage participants in creating their own sample “Book of Knowledge” and also provide guidelines for adapting the concept to different grade levels and subject areas.  The target audience is junior high and high school teachers.

Participants will create a mini-“Book of Knowledge” about the Pythagorean Theorem and learn how to adapt the “Book of Knowledge” concept for other content and grade levels. Materials Download

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Jennifer Timm

Jennifer attended Angelo State University and graduated from Southwest Texas State University in the dark ages. She has taught in Stockdale, Dallas, Waxahachie, and San Angelo. 

Jennifer has served on many curriculum-writing committees, and has written curriculum and activities for the Department of Education while in Waxahachie, Texas. Jennifer was Teacher of the Year for her campus in Waxahachie in 1986. She has been selected as Teacher of the Year for her campus three times since she began teaching in San Angelo at Crockett Elementary in 1995.

Motivating Math Games and More - Grades 3-5
Are you ready to bring your math classroom back to life?  Come discover motivating, easy-to-make games to reinforce math skills such as factors, multiples, prime numbers, probability and much more.

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Elaine Stribling

Elaine Stribling has been an educator for 29 years. She is currently the principal of Lee Middle School in San Angelo, Texas and was principal at the elementary level for sixteen years.  While principal at Santa Rita Elementary, the campus maintained an Exemplary Rating for 5 consecutive years as well as Texas Business/Education Coalition Honor Roll Member status for 3 consecutive years.  She earned a master’s of education with a math emphasis and while in partnership with Angelo State University, Elaine spent 15 years developing and supervising the math gifted program in San Angelo. Although, “principaling” takes up most of her time, her passion for math education is evident as she still teaches a math class to keep her up to date with the latest issues and best practices in math education.  

Myriad of Math Motivators - Grades 5-8
Sure you want to do well on the TAKS test, but do you ever feel that students are losing the love of math or need a big boost of motivation? In this session, you will learn strategies to keep students TAKS skills honed, and at the same time get great ideas for fun, relevant math games and activities that will keep your students motivated and engaged in math.  This session is appropriate for grades 5-8.

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Amanda Richards

Amanda Richards graduated from Hardin Simmons University with Bachelor of Arts in Biology.  She also graduated from Wayland Baptist University with a Masters in Education.  After teaching science for a year in the Houston area, she started teaching math in her hometown of Brownfield.  She is completing her fifth year in Brownfield and her second year as the Math department head.  Amanda has collaborated to organize and implement many after-school and in-school tutorials.  She has also helped construct the lessons and train and supervise the teachers for these interventions.  Amanda was honored in 2007 with a “Head of the Class” Award from MakeKidsCount.com.  Amanda’s presentation experience includes both presentations at the local campus level and presentations at CAMT.  She and the Brownfield Math Team will also be presenting this summer at the MELL (Math for English Language Learners) Conference.  Materials Download

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Cheri Braden

Cheri Braden has been an educator for 16 years.  The first 8 years were spent teaching first, third, fourth, and fifth grades.  In 2001, she was awarded the Teacher of the Year, and went on to get her M.Ed. in Mid-management.  She now serves as an elementary school principal at a Title I Exemplary campus, Glenmore Elementary. Cheri’s enthusiasm and her passion for making learning fun for teachers, as well as students, can be seen through her presentations. 

Pinpointing Problems for Purpose-Driven Math Instruction - Grades 2-5 

In this interactive session teachers will learn how to effectively use data disaggregation to maximize math instruction.  Come discover how to boost comprehension skills to enhance problem solving strategies to make learning relevant and meaningful.  Materials Download
 

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Judy Workman

Judy Workman has been an educator for 26 years.  She is currently a 6th grade math teacher with previous experience teaching Pre-algebra, Algebra I, II, Pre-Calculus and Calculus. Judy also homeschooled her own 4 children in grades K-6.   During the 2009-2010 school year, she will be a campus math specialist, pre-teaching and tutoring groups of 4^th, 5^th and 6^th grade at-risk students.   She enjoys finding creative ways to engage her students in mastering concepts.  Judy has developed a new and exciting way to teach fractions called “Fractions-Finally Easy!”

Fractions – Finally Easy!  - Grades 5-8

Fractions- Finally Easy!  is a new way to solve old fraction problems. Learn how to teach prime factorization, greatest common factors and, least common multiples in a way that produces success.  Even adding or subtracting fractions with differing denominators becomes easy!  Students enjoy the activities and the success they experience! Materials Download

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Candy Land

Mrs. Candy Land is a graduate of West Texas A&M University.  She has twenty-two years of valuable teaching experience in grades 3-12.  During this time, Mrs. Land became experienced in educating all age groups and sub-populations in Texas and New Mexico.  She maintains an active role in math organizations, UIL, and encouraging students to deliver their best each day.  She devotes her time to team collaboration and incorporating technology into her classroom.  Mrs. Land’s true specialty is disaggregating data, and then constructing interactive lessons targeting areas highlighted by the data.

Color, Cut, and Paste Your Way to Success in Secondary Math Classrooms – Grades 8-12

Get ‘em going and keep ‘em working!  In this session teachers will experience simple activities that catch students’ attention, engage them in discovery, and direct them in intentional learning.  Come prepared to have fun with math.  Sock wars have been known to break out!  Materials Download

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 Holly Pickett

Holly Picket graduated from Stephen F. Austin University in 1976 with degree in Mathematics and Biology.  Since then she has taught middle school science and all levels of high school math in Louisiana and Texas.  After taking a break to raise her children, Holly returned to the classroom in 1998.  Since then she has been a vital member of the math department at Brownfield High School.  During this time, she teamed up with other members of her department to present “Good Teachers are Good Thieves” at CAMT.  In 2008, Holly accepted the position of math inclusion specialist.  This position allows her to display her talents as an excellent math teacher and patient guide to struggling students.  Holly faces each day with one simple goal: make things easier for everyone around her, teachers and students. 

Math Journals that Work! - Grades 9-12

Secondary teachers are just discovering the power of journaling in math classes and as an allowable accommodation for TAKS-A and TAKS-M students.  Holly Picket and Kathleen Crooks will guide teachers and administrators through the jungle of state requirements and practical applications of this new-found gem.  Participants will create their own journal and be ready to integrate this amazing tool into their classrooms next year.  Materials Download

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Robin Graves

Robin Graves is a high school math and physics teacher in Miles, TX.  Robin earned her math degree at Texas Tech University and her Master's of Education in School Administration at Angelo State University.  She has taught in all size schools and has taught junior high and high school.  She is married to the BCIS teacher/tennis coach at Miles, and they have two young children. 
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Bryan Morrison

Bryan Morrison has 13 years experience teaching and coaching in Texas public schools. A graduate of Angelo State University with a B.S. in mathematics, he has taught subjects from 7^th math to Trigonometry, with a specialty in Algebra.  Bryan has spent the last 7 years in San Angelo, working at both Central 9^th Campus and Lake View High School.  As a former head baseball coach, he brings a very logical and realistic approach to attacking and defeating the TAKS. 

Calculator Tricks – Finding Every Opportunity to Achieve Success
The test allows for the use of calculators – so shouldn’t we be using them to the fullest?  Especially designed for those struggling kids that are doing all they can to pass the TAKS, this presentation will show all sorts of tricks that will give the student the very best chance to achieve success!  Materials Download

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