Important Message Regarding Summer 2020 Face-to-Face Professional Development Opportunities:
In accordance with the Alabama State Department of Education Academic and Technical Guide for Emergency End-of-Year School Closures Manual, all face-to-face training for this summer is canceled.  Please see our June catalog for virtual training opportunities. ​

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AMSTI Math Training 2020
AMSTI is excited to offer newly developed professional learning opportunities for math teachers.  Our most effective math professional learning occurs when an entire school or system chooses to be trained in unison.  If your school or system has already arranged for AMSTI math learning this summer, private invitations have been sent to your instructional leaders.  We are also offering the following math opportunities to all teachers in our region:
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Training Overviews:
​Numbers:  Number Sense - Two-day training designed to help teachers uncover strategies to help students develop a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts; focuses on number meaning, number relationships, number operations, and problem solving 

Numbers:  Fractions and Decimals - Two-day training designed to help teachers uncover strategies to help students develop a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts; focuses on equivalence and magnitude before the operations, meaning behind operations, and links decimals to fractions

AMSTI Year 1 - Ratios and Proportions - Four-day training designed to focus on high-quality mathematical tasks, effective instructional strategies, and the formative assessment cycle; focuses on the big ideas of ratios and unit rates and their connections to algebraic thinking (followed by four half-day Professional Learning Team meetings during the school year)

AMSTI Year 1 - ACT - Four-day training designed to focus on ACT readiness, high-quality mathematical tasks, various instructional strategies, and the formative assessment cycle (followed by four half-day Professional Learning Team meetings during the school year)

Spotlight on Statistics - Two-day training designed to spotlight the middle school statistics standards in order to equip teachers to more effectively teach statistical concepts to students

Overview - 2019 Alabama Course of Study Mathematics - One-day training designed to provide teachers and coaches with an overview of the 2019 Alabama Course of Study: Mathematics, including the conceptual framework, content areas, and focus standards. 

​Your AMSTI specialist is available for help with registration (see the list below for specialist's grade bands).  Your training choices will be verified by AMSTI staff.  You will receive a confirmation email for training within the next few weeks.

​To register for any of the above math professional learning opportunities, click here. 

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AMSTI Math Specialists
​Sandy Owens - Kindergarten through 2nd Grade
Emily Wesley - Kindergarten through 2nd grade
​Jennifer Trott - 3rd through 5th grade
Lynn Miller - 3rd  through 5th grade
​Debbie Lawrence - 6th through 12th grade
Ali Grace Eiland - 6th through 12th grade

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