Agenda for 2019 Chicago Lesson Study Conference

This agenda is subject to change.

Day 1 – Wednesday, May 15

7:45 Bus departs from The Freehand
8:45 Check-in and breakfast
9:30 Welcome
9:45 Preparing to observe the research lesson
10:15 Simultaneous lessons:

  • Grade 3: division with remainders
  • Grade 7: compound probability
  • Grade 5-8 (cross-categorical): volume of rectangular prisms

11:15 Post-lesson discussions
12:00 Final comments by invited experts
12:20 Lunch with simultaneous (optional) breakout sessions

1:10 Invited speaker: Maurice Swinney, CPS Chief of Equity
2:00 Break
2:10 Panel discussion: “Addressing equity using Teaching through Problem Solving and Lesson Study”
3:00 Announcements, evaluation, & reflection
3:15 End – Bus returns to The Freehand

5:30 Kanpai! Optional celebration at Cafe Iberico, 737 N. LaSalle

Day 2 – Thursday, May 16

9:00 Bus departs from The Freehand
9:30 Breakfast
10:00 Feedback from yesterday; Q & A
10:15 Transition and preparation to observe the research lesson
10:45 Simultaneous lessons:

  • Grade 5: division with fractions
  • Grade 2: multiplication
  • Grade 8 humanities: “Reparations Won: Case Study in Police Torture, Racism, and the movement for justice in Chicago”

11:35 Post-lesson discussions
12:20 Final comments by invited experts
12:40 Lunch w special breakout session for administrators
1:30 Keynote address: Dr. Janice Jackson, CEO of Chicago Public Schools
2:10 Break
2:20 Panel discussion and Q&A with Lesson Study Alliance teachers and administrators
3:00 Wrap-up, evaluation, & reflection
3:25 End

3:25 Bus to California Blue Line station, then hotel
4:15 Arrive at ORD by Blue Line