SDW: Leadership and Learning: AVMR Training Opportunities for 2021-2022

Welcome back to the new school year! In the School District of Waukesha, we have been training teachers in Add+VantageMR since 2015. During that time, many teachers have experienced the value of learning more about numeracy development in students and how to better facilitate learning. Last year, we only offered courses virtually in the spring. We will continue to offer the training virtually this school year as well due to the shortage of substitutes.

All AVMR courses will be held from 4:15 - 6:45pm. The virtual set up for all of the AVMR classes is both synchronous and asynchronous. Since we will not be having any classes during the day with subs filling your positions, we will be able to offer a stipend for any teacher who participates in the courses!

Below you will also find a list of proposed TDPs centered around AVMR. Please sign up now to indicate your interest on the Google Form by next Friday (September 24th). If there are not at least 5 people interested in a training or course, it will be canceled.

AVMR Trainings:

AVMR Course 1 involves teachers learning about Add+VantageMR assessments and focusing on a continuum of learning in relation to the Learning Framework in Number. Teachers learn to use a series of three assessments to develop a profile of number knowledge for children: number words and numerals, structuring, and addition and subtraction. The profile then assists teachers in making informed instructional decisions to advance students' knowledge and skills.

Fall AVMR Course 1 4:15 - 6:45		Spring AVMR Course 1 4:15 - 6:45
Monday, October 4th		Thursday, January 20th
Thursday, October 7th		Thursday, January 27th
Thursday, October 14th		Monday, January 31st
Monday, October 18th		Thursday, February 3rd
Monday, October 25th		Monday, February 7th
Thursday, November 4th		Monday, February 21st
Thursday, November 11th		Thursday, February 24th
Thursday, November 18th		Thursday, March 3rd

AMVR Course 2 is a continuation of the numeracy continuum of learning in regards to the Learning Framework in Number. You will learn about place value and multiplication/division assessments that can be administered to your neediest students to know exactly where they are in their numeracy development so you can make instructional decisions that will help to move the students along in their learning. To sign up for this course, you need to have completed AVMR Course 1.

Fall AVMR Course 2 4:15 - 6:45		Spring AVMR Course 2 4:15 - 6:45
Wednesday, October 6th		Thursday, February 24th
Monday, October 11th		Wednesday, March 2nd
Wednesday, October 20th		Thursday, March 10th
Wednesday, October 27th		Wednesday, March 16th
Wednesday, November 3rd		Thursday, March 31st
Wednesday, November 10th		Thursday, April 7th
Wednesday, November 17th		Monday, April 11th
Monday, November 22nd		Thursday, April 21st

AVMR Fractions Course

Developing Fractions Knowledge by Amy Hackenberg, Anderson Norton, and Robert Wright serves as the course text and provides a detailed and comprehensive guide to classroom and intervention teaching of fractions. This course combines online learning with team meetings. The teaching approach for this course relies heavily on working with students and then observing and documenting students' mathematical activity and thinking. Instructional sequences take into account detailed information about students' current levels of knowledge, as well as how students reorganize their ways of working with whole numbers in order to meaningfully work with fractions. It is highly recommended that you have completed AVMR Course 1 and 2 before signing up for this course, but not required.

Fall AVMR Fractions 4:15 - 6:45		Spring AVMR Fractions 4:15 - 6:45
Thursday, September 30		Wednesday, January 19th
Thursday, October 7th		Wednesday, January 26th
Thursday, October 14th		Wednesday, February 2nd
Thursday, October 21st		Wednesday, February 9th
Monday, October 25th		Wednesday, February 16th
Monday, November 1st		Wednesday, February 23rd
Monday, November 15th		Wednesday, March 9th
Wednesday, December 1st		Wednesday, March 30th
Wednesday, December 8th		Wednesday, April 6th
Wednesday, December 15th		Wednesday, April 13th

TDP AVMR Courses:

The following TDP courses will be offered that connect to AVMR, if there is enough interest. Again sign up now so the classes are not canceled!

Month	Title	Description
October	AVMR 1 Revisited	Did you complete Add+VantageMR Course 1 and end up with more questions once you got back to your classroom? This course will review the information learned in AVMR and provide the time to further develop your understanding. We will take time to ask questions, share ideas with each other, and look at resources with activities to do with students. We will focus on Number Words and Numerals, Structuring and Addition/Subtraction.
November	AVMR 2 Revisited	When learning something new, it is often hard to remember all of the key concepts. This course will review the information learned in AVMR Course 2 and provide the time to further develop your understanding. We will take time to ask questions, share ideas with each other, and look at resources with activities to do with students. We will focus on Place Value and Multiplication and Division, as well as information in the red book.
January	Connecting AVMR Course 1 to Grade Kinder and First Grade Universal Instruction	How do we best incorporate our learning from AVMR into our universal classroom content? Learn how to integrate AVMR 1 topics into your grade level units for Kindergarten and 1st grade.
February	Connecting AVMR Course 2 to First, Second, and Third Grade Universal Instruction	How do we best incorporate our learning from AVMR into our universal classroom content? Learn how to integrate AVMR 2 topics into your grade level units for first, second, and third grade.
March	Differentiation of Advantage MR Games and Activities	How do you meet the needs of all students? One way is take a game or activity and consider how it can be tweaked for the different levels and constructs. That is exactly what we will do in this course! We will look at several games across the various AVMR areas and discuss how they could be differentiated for our students.