🚀 Prosper Connects 25: Your Ultimate Professional Learning Adventure! 🌟 Get Ready for the Most Incredible Day of Learning in Prosper ISD!July 31st at Rock Hill High School | Over 300 Sessions Await! Calling all educators! Prepare for a day packed with inspiration, innovation, and incredible learning opportunities. From the electrifying drumline welcome to the delicious food trucks, this isn’t just another professional development day – it’s a celebration of education! ✨ Highlights:
In this session, participants will be introduced to a wide range of ways of both teaching vocabulary, and the importance of vocabulary to build and deepen students understanding and confidence in math. We will go over different examples between the middle school and high school grade levels that vertically align through our curriculum that will help students retain more of their math knowledge and build off what they already know. We will also go over some problems that have shown up on both past STAAR and SAT tests, and how the power of vocabulary will be in helping them answer these questions.
Explore a formative assessment strategy that helps to provide a clearer picture of student understanding, allowing for targeted support and intervention. Learn how to foster a growth mindset while ensuring students achieve mastery of learning objectives through meaningful assessment and grading practices.
Discover how Depth of Knowledge (DOK) transforms learning by moving students from recall to deep reasoning. This session equips educators with practical strategies to craft questions and tasks that promote critical thinking and meaningful engagement.
Dr. Kathy Hoernke is a dedicated educator with over 25 years of experience in teaching mathematics and science. She currently teaches Honors Algebra 2 and Statistics at Rock Hill High School and serves as a College Site Supervisor for student teachers across grades K – 12. Dr. Hoernke's... Read More →
Small group instruction in the Secondary Math classroom is DOABLE and WORTH IT. See how our team has been intentional about scheduling and planning to intervene with students that don’t know it YET.
