In addition to presenting at conferences nationally and internationally, I facilitate professional learning as an independent consultant in Massachusetts. I have been interviewed for NPR’s The Pulse, Scholastic’s Teacher Magazine, the Boston Globe, and other publications, in addition to facilitating professional learning for Illustrative Mathematics nation-wide.
2023
October 27, 2023 – NCTM Annual Meeting (Washington DC)
“Counting Collections as Context for Liberation” (with Kassia Omohundro Wedekind)
October 12, 2023 – ATMNE Conference (Portland, ME)
“Cultivating Student Ownership of Mathematical Language and Ideas” (with Louisa Connaughton)
May 2023 – Ipswich Public Schools (Ipswich, MA)
“Orchestrating Classroom Discussions”
March 30, 2023 – ATMIM Conference (Worcester, MA) [landing page for participants]
“Games that Promote Equity and Mathematical Brilliance in the Upper Elementary Classroom” (with Louisa Connaughton)
March 25, 2023 – RIMTA Conference (East Providence, Rhode Island)
“Slow Reveal Graphs: An Instructional Routine to Promote Sensemaking About Data”
March 2023 – Reading Public Schools (Reading, MA)
“The Slow Reveal: Adapting Tasks to Inspire Thinking”
March 14, 2023 – Waters Center for System Thinking (Arizona, via zoom)
Slow Reveal Graphs (with DaNel Hogan)
February 26, 2023 – Build Math Minds Virtual Math Summit
“Using Clinical Interviews in the Math Classroom: Learning from Students”
2022
December 1-2, 2022 – NCTM Regional (Baltimore, MD)
“Rethinking Pre-Assessments: Gathering Data with Equity in Mind”
“Games that Promote Equity and Mathematical Brilliance in the Upper Elementary Classroom” (with Louisa Connaughton)
November 5, 2022 – WMMP Fall Institute (South Hadley, MA)
“Slow Reveal Graphs: An Instructional Routine to Promote Sensemaking About Data”
Registration is free!
October 2022 – guest on the Math Teacher Lounge podcast (Season 4, Episode 3)
Nominating Miss Frizzle as the best teacher from TV or film (Dan Meyer’s top pick)
September 2022 – NCTM Annual Meeting (Los Angeles, CA)
“Rethinking Pre-Assessments: Gathering Data with Equity in Mind”
July 2022 – Math Routine Collaborative #SummerMRC (zoom)
“Slow Reveal Graphs”
hosted by Shelby Strong and Annie Forest, with Amy Zimmer
June 2022 – Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) National Conference (Orlando, FL)
“Counting Collections as Context for Liberation” (with Kassia Omohundro Wedekind)
“Culture and Identity in the Math Classroom” (with Janaki Nagarajan)
April 2022 – Maths Teacher Circles (Australia, via zoom)
“Questions to Inspire Mathematical Thinking”
2021
October 2021 – Northwest Mathematics Conference hosted by the BCAMT [Links & Slides]
“Slow Reveal Graphs: An Instructional Routine to Support Sensemaking about Data”
September 2021 – NCTM Annual (Atlanta) [cancelled due to COVID-19]
July 2021 – Math Teacher Lounge (with Bethany Lockhart Johnson & Dan Meyer) Free PD for Teachers
Featured in Course 1: Technology in the math classroom and using a slow reveal graph
July 2021 – Build Math Minds’ Virtual Math Summit [handout]
“Slow Reveal Graphs: An Instructional Routine to Support Sensemaking about Data””
March 2021 – guest on the Math Together show (March 31)
“How can we empower students to become data literate citizens? Interview with Jenna Laib”
February 2021 – NCTM Virtual Conference [slide deck]
“Whose Math Class?: Making Choices that Broaden Cultural Representation” (with Janaki Nagarajan)
January 2021 – guest on the Math Teacher Lounge web show (season 1, episode 3)
“The power of data science with Jenna Laib”
2020
November 2020 – guest on Greg Curran’s Pushing the Edge podcast (November 7 episode)
April 2020 – NCTM Annual (Chicago) [cancelled due to COVID-19]
March 2020 – RITMA (Providence, RI) [cancelled due to COVID-19]
March 2020 – ATMIM (Worcester, MA) [cancelled due to COVID-19]
2019
September 2019 – NCTM Regional (Boston, MA)
“Rethinking Pre-Assessments: Gathering Data with Equity in Mind”
April 2019 – ATMIM (Worcester, MA) [Slide Deck]
“Slow Reveal Graphs: An Instructional Routine to Support Sensemaking about Data”
2018
December 2018 – ATMNE (Pawtucket, RI) [Slide Deck]
“Slow Reveal Graphs: An Instructional Routine to Support Sensemaking about Data”
October 2018 – NCTM Regional (Hartford, CT)
“Strategies for Cultivating Mathematical Thinking in All Learners” (with Heidi Fessenden
- Slide Deck
- Blog Posts
- NCTM Hartford 2018: Strategies for Cultivating Mathematical Thinking for All Learners (Fessenden & Laib)
- Strategy 1: Reword the SMPs in Student-Friendly Language
- Strategy 2: Assign Competence
- Strategy 3: Use High-Leverage Instructional Routines
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I have also facilitated professional learning as an independent consultant in Eastern Massachusetts, and for Illustrative Mathematics with schools nationwide.
I have been interviewed for NPR’s The Pulse, Scholastic’s Teacher Magazine, the Boston Globe, and other publications.
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