Virtual Meetups for Content Area Educators
The Ohio Department of Education is scheduling virtual meetups in collaboration with various professional organizations across the state to support administrators and educators in each content area during the ordered school-building closure. The purpose of the meetups is to support educators and provide a platform to network, share and gain new skills or strategies to help students succeed while learning remotely. This aligns with the vision of Ohio’s Strategic Plan for Education, Each Child, Our Future, which focuses on the whole child by empowering teachers to help students become resilient, lifelong learners who contribute to society. The virtual meetups will help facilitate discussions about equitable learning opportunities and practices for each child while partnering with educators and professional organizations to promote quality schools and student success.
The Department will co-host and publicize the virtual meetups in conjunction with guest presenters sponsored by professional organizations. Sessions will focus on a broad range of topics or strategies depending on the content area.
Upcoming Meetups by Content Area
General (all content areas)
No meetings at this time.
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English Language Arts
No meetings at this time.
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Fine Arts
Find current events on the Arts Resources webpage.
Fine Arts New Teacher Cohorts
New teachers will learn the nuts and bolts of teaching in Ohio from expert teachers and educational partners. Join colleagues from across the state virtually in these supportive cohorts that will assist new teachers in navigating a successful year of teaching. Topics will include standards-driven lesson planning, innovative practices, advocacy, program development and more.
All meetings will be held virtually the second Tuesday of the month (September - May) from 4:30-6 p.m.
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Health Education
No meetings at this time.
Mathematics
Building Fact Fluency Through Mathematical Storytelling
When teachers ask students to memorize their facts, they are essentially asking students to memorize over 100 isolated equations. This approach doesn’t allow students to explore the relationships between numbers that are foundational to mathematics. In this session, attendees will explore the important role that context plays in developing fact fluency. By purposefully sequencing a series of tasks and activities through the same context, students can begin to make connections and develop an understanding that is scalable well beyond single digits.
Beauty in Building Fact Fluency with Addition and Subtraction in Kindergarten - Grade 2
What is fact fluency with addition and subtraction? What do the Ohio Learning Standards say? What does high-quality instruction of fact fluency look like? Join Barb Weidus and Brooke Lovely as they share the research used to develop fluency standards will be presented as well as a template for how to help teachers approach the teaching of fact fluency will be addressed in this session. This session is interactive so come prepared to share your notice and wonders!
Beauty in Building Fact Fluency with Multiplication and Division in Grades 3-5
What is fact fluency multiplication and division? What do the Ohio Learning Standards say? What does high-quality instruction of fact fluency look like? Join Barb Weidus and Brooke Lovely as they share the research used to develop fluency standards will be presented as well as a template for how to help teachers approach the teaching of fact fluency will be addressed in this session. This session is interactive so come prepared to share your notice and wonders!
Past Virtual Meetups
Content Specific Resource Pages
More resources, including standards and model curriculum can be found on the individual content area resource pages linked below.
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Partnering Professional Organizations
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