The Connecticut Financial Literacy Summit hosted by Connecticut Jump$tart will take place this summer on August 1^st and 2^nd at Foxwoods. This special two-day event is intended to support teachers in their efforts to prepare students for their financial futures. There is a registration fee that will be refunded following attendance at this summer financial literacy professional development opportunity. Please visit https://bit.ly/2023CTFinLitSumREG for more details and to register.

Be the Change: Leading Equity Work from a Coaching Stance 

NCSM’s Summer Leadership Academy will be held July 24-26, 2023 in West Hartford, CT from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm EDT at the West Hartford Conference Center, 50 S Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107. It is intended for PK-16 mathematics education leaders, teams, and individuals. Participants will examine the structures, actions, and mindsets necessary to lead effective and equitable mathematics programs. Visit the website for more information and to register.

Calling all grade 7 math teachers with at least one English learners/multilingual learners in their class to participate in the Visual Access to Mathematics professional development course. This professional learning is being offered for free and participating teachers will receive an $850 stipend. For the 2023-24 school year, the professional development will involve:

• Summer Institute: 3 day in-person workshop August 15-17, 2023; at a location TBD in Connecticut
• Online sessions:  six school-year sessions that include asynchronous activities and a small-group videoconference meeting
• Online workshops: Two school-year 2-hour videoconference workshops

Complete this form to sign up for an information session.

There will be a meeting for teachers who are interested in talking about how to “fill in the gaps” in BTC, i.e. provide further detail on implementation that teachers can use, so that they benefit from the wisdom of each other and don’t have to learn everything about implementation from their own trial and error. We hope this turns into a robust and supportive community of practice. The first meeting will be on June 30th, 9am-noonish, at the Milford BoE. Register here, no cost.

Don’t forget to check out the updated the BTC website

The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) is excited to continue our partnership with the University of Connecticut, Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) through the Aspiring Leaders Academy.  The Academy is designed to develop skills for educators who are interested in becoming special education leaders within your school district.  The Aspiring Leaders Academy is currently seeking interested educators for the second cohort of this initiative. The CSDE, Bureau of Special Education and UCEDD ask for your support in sharing this information with appropriate members of your team.  Mathematics Teachers are encouraged to apply! Please see application link for information related to the second cohort of the Aspiring Leaders Academy. Questions may can be directed to Viviana Toure at Viviana.Toure@ct.gov and Paula De Michiel at demichiel@uchc.edu. 

A New Britain High math teacher has been accepted into a prestigious state leadership program that provides professional training in an effort to advance mathematics education. Learn more in the New Britain Herald.

Three New Haven teachers were chosen for the Noyce Math Teacher Leader Program, a five-year professional learning and service program intended to expand Connecticut’s capacity to advance more equitable mathematics education, according to the school district. Check out the story in the New Haven Patch.