Engage and Bring Joy to Teachers

Below are a series of Virtual Office Hours opportunities that are being hosted by the ADE K-12 Academic Standards Unit. Multiple sessions are scheduled to support educators across Math, Social Studies, World and Native Languages, English Language Arts and Science content areas:

Here are events that will engage and bring joy to teachers during this last week of school.

Grade level band meetings are provided for all math teachers.  These grade level band meetings will include opportunities for networking, problem solving, and sharing different implementation models.

Special Events this Week

Secondary Teachers

James Tanton – May 19^th – 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm What Does it Actually Mean to Solve an Equation?

Special Events & Office Hours Next Week

James Tanton - Trigonometry: The Natural Human Story and Why the Curriculum Tells it Backwards

May 26^th 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm

K-2 Teachers– Student Strategies for Solving Story Problems in Grades K-2

May 27^th 2:00 pm – 3:90 -pm

Special Education Math Teachers - This meeting is open to all Special Education Math Teachers and co-teachers!

May 28th – 10:30 am – 11:30 am

ADE Math Office Hour Meetings

Here are the registration links for our next round of meetings with Math Leaders (Math Specialists, Math Coaches, Math Department Chairs, etc.) Special Education Teachers and Math Teacher Grade Level Band Meetings (We would love to have Special Education teachers at the math specific meetings too!).  We hope you can join us!!!  Just know we are only an email away if you need anything or have any questions.

• Math Leaders Office Hours – April 30^th  8:30-9:30 am
• Special Education Teacher Office Hours – April 30^th 10:30 am – 11:30 am
• Teachers in Grades K-2 – May 6  1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
• Teachers in Grades 3-5 May 6  3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Teachers in Grades 6-8  May 6  10:30 am – 11:30 am
• Teachers in High School – May 6  8:30 am – 9:30 am 

Contacts:      Suzi Mast – K12 Standards                        Eboney McKinney – ESS                        Jenifer Hutchinson – ESS

ADE Social Studies Office Hour Meetings

Here are the registration links for the Social Studies Leadership meetings (Social Studies Specialist, SS Coaches, and SS Department Chairs who serve as district leaders) and Social Studies Educators Office Hours. The meetings are scheduled for the next 6 weeks at the same time. Please reach out if you have any questions.

• Social Studies Leadership Meetings- Mondays 10:30-11:30
• Elementary Social Studies Educators – Thursdays 9:30-10:30
• High School Social Studies Educators- Thursdays 12:30-1:30
• Middle School Social Studies Educators- Thursdays 1:30-2:30

Contact: Tammy Waller – Director of Social studies & World and Native Languages

ADE World and Native Languages Office Hour Meetings

Here are the registration links for the World and Native Languages Leadership meetings (World Language Specialist, World Language Coaches, and World Language Department Chairs who serve as district leaders) and World and Native Language Educators Office Hours. The meetings are scheduled for the next 6 weeks at the same time. Please reach out if you have any questions.

• World and Native Languages Leadership Meetings Mondays-12:30-1:30
• Secondary World and Native Languages Educators-Thursdays 8:30-9:30
• DLI World and Native Language Educators- Thursday 2:30-3:30

Contact: Tammy Waller – Director of Social studies & World and Native Languages

ADE English Language Arts (ELA) Office Hour Meetings

Here are the registration links for the ELA Content Leader Collaborative meetings (ELA/Literacy Specialists, Literacy/Reading Coaches, and English Department Chairs who serve as district leaders) and ELA Office Hours. The meetings are scheduled through the end of May at the same time each week. Please reach out if you have any questions: [email protected]

• ELA Content Leader Collaborative Meetings- Mondays 9:30-10:30
• K-5 ELA Office Hours- Thursdays 10:00-11:00
• 6-12 ELA Office Hours- Thursdays 11:30-12:30

Contact:  Amy Boza – Director of ELA and MOWR

ADE Science Office Hour Meetings

Here is the registration link for our next round of meetings with Science Leaders to support Science Specialists, Science Coaches, Science Department Chairs, etc.  The meetings are scheduled for the next 6 weeks at the same time. Please reach out if you have any questions: [email protected]

• Science Leadership Collaborative-Steering Committee: Monday 2:30-3:30
• Statewide Science Open Leadership Meetings: Thursday 2:30-3:30

Contact:  Sarah Sleasman – Director of Science and STEM