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2026 - 2027 MCS Staff Journey Days

26-27 MCS Staff Learning Journey Days | 9.25.26 | 11.20.26 | 2.12.27

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Venue: Z307 clear filter
Friday, September 25
 

8:00am EDT

PROJECT PATHWAY: Building Thinking Classrooms Part 2
Friday September 25, 2026 8:00am - 10:15am EDT
Pathway Description: This project supports the adoption of the newly released Mathematics Tasks for the Thinking Classroom (2025), a best seller from Peter Liljedahl’s Building Thinking Classrooms (2020). Each meeting we will discuss the chapters based off of the proposed schedule below and then break out into course groups for a personalized learning experience that is meaningful to each individual.Journey Day 1 (pgs. 1-36)IntroductionChapter One: What kinds of tasks to use (BTC, Chapter 1)Chapter Two: How, when, and where, to give tasks (BTC, Chapter 6)Collaborative Task Creation by course groupJourney Day 2 (pgs. 37-65)Chapter Three: How to build and utilize student autonomy (BTC, Chapter 8)Chapter Four: How to use hints and extensions to maintain flow (BTC, Chapter 9)Chapter Five: How to consolidate the task(s) (BTC, Chapter 10)Collaborative Task Creation by course groupJourney Day 3 (pgs. 66-91)Chapter Six: How to have students make meaningful notes (BTC, Chapter 11)Chapter Seven: How to check-your-understanding questions (BTC, Chapter 7)Chapter Eight: How to use tasks as the context to improve student competencies (BTC, Chapter 12)Collaborative Task Creation by course groupJourney Day 4 (pgs. 92-99)Chapter Nine: What does a lesson look like in a thinking classroom  (BTC, Chapter 15)Collaborative Task Creation by course group


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Aaron McAlpine

MHS Math Teacher, Mason City Schools
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Sarah Zipes

MHS Math Teacher, Mason City Schools
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Friday September 25, 2026 8:00am - 10:15am EDT
Z307
 
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