It is very hard to shift your teaching FROM a teacher-focused lesson, with you doing all the instruction and kids just listening TO more of a student-centered lesson where kids think, discuss, debate, & wonder while you facilitate the mathematical learning.
That’s where the pillars of The Flexibility Formula come in. By focusing on The Flexibility Formula pillars you will help kids build their math minds and not just create calculators, by seeing math as something that can’t be taught….it’s caught.
All the speakers in the summit are here to help you as you shift your teaching. Each speaker addresses at least one of The Flexibility Formula pillars. The pillars are explained in more detail in your Summit Workbook.
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Zachary spent the first 13 years of his career as an elementary school teacher with a specialization in math and science in Duval County Public Schools. During this time, he received many state and national awards for excellence in teaching, including the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Duval County Teacher of the Year, and Finalist for Florida Teacher of the Year. After this, Zak spent six years as a researcher at the Florida Center for Research in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at Florida State University. He transitioned from that work to the Director of Teacher Leadership at the Jacksonville Public Education Fund where he supported the incredible teachers in Duval County for two years. Zak is also the Immediate Past-President of the Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics and has served on numerous panels for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). He is also co-creator of ShadowCon, an alternative conference experience offered each year at the NCTM Annual Conference. Zak has now returned to the classroom and is privileged to serve as a Lead Elementary Teacher and Math Specialist at The Discovery School in Jacksonville, Florida. He teaches in a multiage Montessori classroom with students in grades one and two. He is currently interested in learning how young students think about mathematics and how to help them understand that mathematics makes sense.
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