#SwDMathChat

That’s all for tonight! Thanks for being here! Also feel free to engage with the questions after the hour of the chat! See you next month for our next #SwDMathChat

Q8: What topics would you like to discuss at future #SwDMathChat? We’d like to hear from you! Also we’re looking for hosts and facilitators for upcoming chats. Let us know if you’d like to get involved!

A7: I agree with @joanna_hayman6 less edu jargon would go along way to increasing family and student involvement and access to the IEP process. Also focusing on implementing ways to have students lead their own IEP meetings. #SwDMathChat

Q7: What could be improved or altered about the IEP process to increase family/student involvement? #SwDMathChat

A6: We have IEP coordinators that work with families to advocate for students who struggle to advocate for themselves. They also take a lot of the paperwork/bureaucracy off of the teacher’s caseloads. #SwDMathChat

Q6: In what ways do you facilitate family partnerships in the IEP process? #SwDMathChat

Q5: In your experiences, how do students participate in their own IEP process? What affordances and challenges are present? #SwDMathChat

A4: We use @Seesaw for digital portfolios and ongoing family communication via work samples, digital activities, and pics and videos of students working. #SwDMathChat

Q4: Share any resources you use to facilitate communication and partnership with families. #SwDMathChat

Q3: What has worked for you in facilitating communication and partnership with families? #SwDMathChat

Q2: How have the events of the last few years (e.g. COVID; remote learning) impacted your communication with families? #SwDMathChat

A1: We generally have very good relationships with families at our school, because it has taken a lot of work and advocacy to get their children to our school. So our families are pretty committed to our school community. #SwDMathChat

Q1: What are your experiences with family communication and partnership? #SwDMathChat

Welcome! Please introduce yourself! - Your name - Where you are from - Your educational setting (self-contained, inclusion, etc.) - Is a hotdog a sandwich? Also remember to include the #SwDMathChat hashtag in all your tweets tonight so everyone can follow along!

Join us tomorrow at 8:15PM EST for #SWDMathChat to discuss family communication and partnership. Please SHARE this with your PLC and twitter communities in order to amplify the message. #iteachmath #MTBoS

Join us tonight at 8:15PM EST for #SWDMathChat Please share to amplify the message! #MTBoS #iteachmath

Thank you so much for joining us! What a joyful and thought-provoking evening it has been. Stay tuned for our next #SwDMathChat coming in November!

Q8: Francis Su @mathyawp encourages us to think about mathematical virtues in ourselves and our students. How might framing our thinking about these math virtues change our classrooms and our practice as teachers for ALL of our students? #SwDMathChat

Q7: What opportunities for math freedom and meaning-making do you see in this task, #countingcollections ? How does this task create space for students with disabilities to engage in sensemaking? (photo and class cred: @suzannehuerta) #SwDMathChat

Q5: Pictured is a #choralcounting activity done in a special day class. Students started at 1/2 and counted by 1/2. What opportunities might this task open for students with disabilities? #SwDMathChat (read more about #choralcounting at the link in chat)