Joanna Chaktsiris (Glad Park Public School)

Title: Data Management in the Early Years (Kindergarten/Grade 1).

Description: Joanna will discuss curriculum expectations, tasks for students, and noted problems that students and educators have in teaching/learning about statistics.

Bio: Joanna Chaktsiris is an Ontario Certified Teacher. She is currently teaching Grade 1 with the York Region District School Board and has had experience teaching Kindergarten and Grade 7 and 8. She has recently completed her Primary/Junior Mathematics Specialist. Joanna has supported the professional development of teachers by facilitating workshops and developing Mathematics curriculum tasks in her board. Her passion in Mathematics is based on inquiry learning where all students are able to find entry points into the rich world of Mathematics learning.

Paul Alves (Department Head of Mathematics, Fletcher's Meadow SS, Peel District School Board)

Title: Data Management in the Secondary Classes.

Description: I frequently tell my students in Data Management that they are required to have the Grade 11 University/College credit as a prerequisite for the course but that there is almost nothing from that course that they NEED to take Data Management. The course exists as an island in the secondary math curriculum but it is far from lonely on the island. There is so much to explore and so many connections that students can make with the world around them. But there is a frustration that exists as students aren't prepared for the level of critical thinking and analysis necessary to engage with many of the expectations in the course. This frustration stems from the perception that exists of this course among students and teachers.

Bio: Paul has been teaching for over 20 years and is currently the department head of math at Fletcher's Meadow Secondary School in Brampton. He has been a department head at two other schools as well as a resource teacher with the Peel District School Board. Paul has presented at conferences as a workshop presenters and keynote speaker including the OAME Provincial Conference, the OCMA conference and the T3 International Conference. Paul has served on the board and executive for OAME and was president of OAME during the 2015-16 school year.