Training Topic — Mathematics Classroom Management

Here's a summary of the three main areas covered in this topic. The guidance educators will receive and the skills they will acquire are listed for each area.

Differentiated Instruction for the Math Classroom

• Use of effective grouping strategies to address the diverse needs of individual Math students
• An understanding of personality types and individual preferences amongst the students in a class
• An ability to utilize personalized information about students to create customized groupings and a safe classroom environment that encourages academic discussion, sharing, and peer support

Empowering the Mathematics Student

• An ability to create opportunities for choice in the Math classroom to give students the freedom to choose how or what they would like to learn
• The skills to help students to understand assessments and work with them to create their own rubrics

Effective Classroom Design for Mathematics

• The insight and skills to create an effective classroom design for teaching and learning Mathematics
• Acquisition of resources that will enable teachers to learn more about their students' interests and needs
• An understanding of a balanced Math classroom with spaces for individual work, group work, technology, a library, games, and real world applications of Math