5 Ideas for Building a School
of Mathematical Problem Solvers
Presenter: Jay Meadows and David Woodward
Cost: Free
Location: Remote Webinar
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Using the math classroom to prepare our students to thrive in the 21st century requires educators to teach and assess far more than the ability to calculate accurately. Success in the 21st century requires students to apply their math toolkits as they think critically to unpack complex problems and design effective approaches and solutions, collaborate with teammates as they work on the problem, communicate ideas and approaches, and work creatively to solve these problems.
Success with these goals requires school systems to clearly define these 21st century expectations, utilize research-based practices that demonstrate success, utilize effective assessments that will drive instruction, ensure teachers have strong content knowledge, and have the ability to track these expectations over weeks, months, and years.
Watch this edWebinar with Jay Meadows, of Exemplars, and David Woodward, Founder of Forefront Education, to discuss how they are working with hundreds of schools across the world to move 21st century learning to the next level (for teachers and students). David began his passion for standards-based learning while utilizing Exemplars tasks in his classroom 20 years ago. Their life’s work comes together in this unique discussion about standards-based learning and problem solving in the math classroom.
This recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 teachers, school leaders, and district leaders.
About the Presenters
Jay Meadows serves as Exemplars’ Chief Executive Officer. He is a former middle school math and science teacher and has been working in education for more than two decades. Jay holds a Master of Arts in teaching from the University of Vermont and a master’s in mathematical pedagogy from Southern New Hampshire University.
Jay is also one of Exemplars’ primary performance task writers and professional development consultants for the middle level. Leading sessions throughout the United States, Jay works with teachers to integrate performance tasks and research-based best practices into their curricula. Through Exemplars, Jay dreams of teaching a generation of students to become powerful problem solvers. Prior to his career in education, Jay coordinated delegations from the former Soviet Union through U.S. State Department grants. Jay has also worked alongside a number of international non-profits and is a former Peace Corps Volunteer.
David Woodward is an education insider with over 25 years of experience as a classroom teacher, district leader in math education, and frequent national conference presenter. In 2009, he founded Forefront Education to help educators gain a deeper understanding of student learning through classroom assessments and to support standards-based grading that is automatic, accurate, and reliable. David retired as an elementary math specialist from the Boulder Valley School District in Colorado in June 2020. He leads the Universal Screeners for Number Sense project, a series of open-source assessments.
