Welcome to OAME. The Ontario Association for Mathematics Education is the professional organization for everyone interested in Mathematics Education in Ontario. Our mission is to promote, support, and advocate for excellence in mathematics education throughout the Province of Ontario. For more about OAME, check out our Vision for Learning Mathematics.
OAME/AOEM and all of their professional learning opportunities, including the OAME/AOEM Annual Conference, are not funded in any way by the Ministry of Education or any Boards of Education. If further clarification is required, please contact your local federation office.
OAMEtalks Podcast - Season 3Check out the latest podcast from season 3 of OAMEtalks with Tara Flynn and Shelley Yearley talking about how "Unit Fractions Unlock Learning!". Webinar available in Members Only
March GazetteThe latest Gazette is now available for download for OAME Members - login to Members Only and it's all yours!
OAME/AOEM 2021: Equity Counts - Huge successOAME/AOEM 2021 concluded its live portion with 5 straight days of presentations. Kudos to all involved.
New Position Paper on Critical ThinkingCheck out the position paper on Critical Thinking newly released in December 2020.
Nominate someone for an OAME/AOEM Award!Do you know an exceptional and creative teacher-leader who has contributed significantly to student learning of mathematics ? Nominate them for an Exceptional and Creative Teaching Award for Elementary or Secondary teachers.
Nominate a group for an OAME/AOEM Award!Do you know an exceptional group of teachers who fosters collaborative and excellent mathematics teaching ? Nominate them for a Staff Award for Exceptional and Collaborative Mathematics Teaching for Elementary or Secondary teachers.
OntarioMath.support - Lessons and Webinars availableAs of May 2021, all of the lessons and assessment plans have been posted to OntarioMath.support. As well, all of the Subject based webinars are also available for viewing on demand.
Nominate someone special for an OAME/AOEM Award!Do you know someone who has contributed to Mathematics Education in a very special way? Nominate them for a Life Membership award or the Award for Leadership in Mathematics Education or the Award for Outstanding Contribution to OAME/AOEM and Mathematics Education in Ontario.
OAME/AOEM position paper on STEM
Ottawa area chapter renamed!Did you know that the Ottawa area chapter has now been rebranded? It is now the Ottawa Zone for Mathematics Education, or O34ME. (The chapter formerly known as the Carleton Ottawa Mathematics Assocation, a prince of a chapter!)
Are you an OAME Member?If you're an OAME member, there are benefits including access to the Members Only Area, which includes publications, resources, and useful links.
OAME/AOEM Position PaperCheck out the OAME/AOEM Position Statement on Access, Equity, and Inclusion, now published on the OAME website.
History of OAMECheck out Ye Olde OAME Archives, and for a special treat - check out the Timeline of OAME
@OAMEcountsCheck out our Twitter account, @OAMEcounts - and tag us in your tweets!
OAME ElectionsCongratulations to the winners of the 2021 OAME elections : President-Elect: SANDRA JENA PRICE, Vice-President : MELISSA BLACK, Director, JK to 6 : LORI YEE (acclaimed), Director, 7 to 12: JIMMY PAI Director, 7 to 12 : HEMA KHODAI
OAME 2020 Virtual Conference webinars in Members OnlyLogin to the OAME Members Only are to view 50+ webinars from the recent Virtual Conference held in May 2020.
Featured OAME Chapter: SAME OAME is made up of chapters from around the province of Ontario. The current featured chapter is SAME .
Do you know who SAME is?
(If not - stay tuned for the next scrolling news item ...)
OAME Chapter: SAME SAME , the Scarborough Association for Mathematics Education,
serves Ontario teachers of mathematics from Scarborough region.
The current President CLARENCE SZE-CHUN YEUNG of SAME is CLARENCE SZE-CHUN YEUNG.
Chapter Rep for SAME The current Chapter Rep for SAME
who sits on the OAME board of directors is
FRANCA GENCO.
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OAME 2021 Conference - A Virtual Success!
A HUGE thanks goes out to the incredible organizing committee for this year's Annual Conference, led by Wayne Erdman and Margaret Quinn, from TEAMS. What an amazing amount of work went into this totally virtual event - which ran a record 5 days live, and continues until June 11th with recordings available for viewing on demand till then. Thanks to all who presented, provided pre-recorded sessions, and the many volunteers hosting, moderating, working with sponsors, and doing all the things in the background that makes the main event go so smoothly. Kudos to all! link ...
OAME Elections results
The Executive Committee and the Nominations/Elections Committee are pleased to announce the results of this year's election for the OAME Board of Directors.
President-Elect : SANDRA JEAN PRICE
Vice-President : MELISSA BLACK
Director, JK to 6 : LORI YEE (acclaimed)
Director, 7 to 12 : JIMMY PAI
Congratulations to each of the individuals who, in volunteering to work on the OAME Board of Directors, will be helping us meet the goals of our organization and supporting mathematics education in Ontario. Our gratitude to all the candidates who put their names forward.
mathies.ca update - BREAKING NEWS !!!!
The mathies project lives!
The Ministry of Education has just signed a development deal with AFEMO and OAME to produce an HTML 5 version of mathies Colour Tiles, Money and Fraction Strips apps by early in the next school year (Fall 2021). This is very exciting news for all!
In the meantime ... Flash is dead (in a browser)! But, long live mathies apps (elsewhere)!
The Medium Version:
YES - you can still access mathies learning tools,
especially on mobile devices, but also on some computers.
The Long Version (click here for more details!) link ...
OntarioMath.support
All of the Subject based Webinars are now available for viewing on demand:
link ...
- Coding
- Financial Literacy
- Mathematical Modelling
- Number, with a focus on Fractions
link ...
Elementary Curriculum updates
Check this out:
- Sample long range plans that outline possible sequences of instruction are now available.
- English - long range plans
- Français - planifications à long-terme
- Document released: Key Changes - Ontario Mathematics Curriculum, Grades 1 to 8
- Document released: High-Impact Instructional Practices in Mathematics
- Elementary Curriculum website : https://www.dcp.edu.gov.on.ca/en/curriculum/elementary-mathematics
Online Resources for Math at Home
In response to the current COVID-19 outbreak, OAME/AOEM wants to remind members that there are many supports available for teachers and students to assist with online learning that are available on the OAME/AOEM website. Free to all (members and non-members) are resources such as:
- Mathies (https://www.mathies.ca/) - These online tools provide students and teachers games, activities, learning supports and other links to assist with learning at home. Note that many of these are also available in French.
- Grade Specific Resources (https://oame.on.ca/main/index.php?code=grspecres) - Many resources from K-12 that include activities (many from the TIPS4RM lessons) as well as financial literacy resources. NOTE: This now includes resources that were originally in the Members Only section.
- Math4theNines (http://www.math4thenines.ca/resources.html) - These resources were specifically designed for Grade 9. Great tasks for your students and research for you to dive into.
We would also like to remind you of resources that have been made available to all students and teachers in the province such as:
- The Ministry of Education has made available online learning supports for elementary students (https://www.ontario.ca/page/learn-at-home#section-0) and secondary students (TVO has support available to students in Grades K-6 through mPower (https://mpower.tvo.org/#/login/) and for students in Grades 6-10 through Mathify (href=https://www.tvomathify.com/students). Note that students will need to create an account to access these supports.
- OAME is an affiliate of NCTM and NCTM has many free resources available to teachers to support them through online learning. There are webinars, problems and interactives available at https://www.nctm.org/freeresources/.
- CEMC out of the University of Waterloo also has a variety of resources to support teachers and students . Resources range from problems and online courseware to computer science tutorials. Check out everything available at https://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/news/coronavirus.html.
- ChatterPack has a list of free, online, boredom-busting resources https://chatterpack.net/blogs/blog/list-of-online-resources-for-anyone-who-is-isolated-at-home?fbclid=IwAR1aDg3N2n6hYlqJ3h-oADUhfpyAMF4R7e2fOhnJDv1N8ljcujSUpWzFuRI
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