SCHEDULE (Click on any session for the program):
8:00-9:00 Registration, Exhibits, and Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:00 Session 1
10:00-10:15 Break & Exhibits
10:15-11:15 Session 2
11:15-12:30 Lunch, Professional Discussion & Exhibits
12:30-1:15 Session 3
1:15-1:30 Break & Exhibits
1:30-2:15 Session 4
2:30-3:30 Keynote, Door Prizes & Certificates
2017 Mathematics In The Mountains Keynote Speaker: Heather Lindfors-Navarro
Make the Invisible Visible
Once a teacher who had decided to leave the profession, Heather is now a teacher leader and a fierce advocate for teachers and students. Heather will talk about the experiences that kept her in education. She will be sharing the key lessons that shifted her mindset from an educator who felt powerless amidst the highly controversial political climate to an educator who realized that the real power was in her ability to affect change within her classroom-starting with her students and fellow teachers. Implementing and affecting change within the education system, with a focus on equity, is an exhausting and sometimes daunting endeavor. Heather will share her thoughts on how to stay focused and develop resiliency, while encouraging others to join in this work by making the invisible visible.
Bio:
Heather Lindfors-Navarro is a Math Specialist within the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community at Salt River Elementary School. She has taught 4th, 5th, and 6th grades in the Chandler Unified School District. Heather has taught in a Title 1 school for her entire career and has taken on leadership roles in the areas of professional development, assessment and district-wide implementation of formative assessment to drive instructional decisions. She has provided professional development in the areas of mathematics, assessment, and instructional equity and access for ELLs.
