Caty Romero Workshop #3: The 8 Effective Teaching Practices

September 12 - 13, 2025 

REGISTRATION OPEN SOON

Registration Deadline: September 1, 2025

Attendees

Open to all elementary classroom/math teachers, instructional coaches, and administrators.  

Cost

HKD3,500 (non-HKIS participant)

Overview

HKIS is offering Primary classroom teachers 4 math workshops with Caty Romero over 2023-2026.

• These workshops provide participants with the knowledge, tools, resources and strategies to provide a balanced approach to teaching, learning and assessing math in early childhood, and elementary.

• Using current research-based approaches to learning math, participants explore the essential components of student-centered math lessons where students demonstrate proficiency in mathematics through essential math practices including problem solving, modeling, and communicating & reasoning. 

• Each workshop can be stand-alone. 

Session Outcomes

Workshop 3: The 8 Effective Teaching Practices

Participants will:

• Explore the 8 Effective Teaching Practices: Enhance their teaching effectiveness in mathematics. 
• Examine fluency in mathematics, effective practices, and myths: Understand what true mathematical fluency entails, debunk common myths, and discuss best practices. 
• Integrate rich tasks and transdisciplinary tasks: Apply mathematics through engaging, real-world tasks that connect various disciplines. 
• Understand the importance of fluid grouping in math class: Learn the benefits of flexible student grouping to enhance learning. 
• Discover differentiation strategies for all learners: Implement techniques to meet the diverse needs of all students. 
• Implement concrete, pictorial, and abstract strategies: Build students' conceptual understanding through multiple representations. 
• Incorporate the Math Practices: Develop effective learning experiences and assessments that integrate the Math Practices. 

Focus standards: Operations and algebraic thinking (EY/ES) leading into Expressions and Equations (MS)

Speaker

Caty Romero

Caty Romero is an early childhood, elementary, and middle school mathematics curriculum, instruction, and assessment instructional leader passionate about learning and teaching mathematics through the lens of inquiry, modeling, reasoning, and communicating. Caty is currently the Director of Teaching and Learning at MYIS International in Bangkok, Thailand. Prior to that, she was the Early Childhood and Elementary School Mathematics Instructional Coach at Shanghai American School for 5 years where she worked in partnership with teachers to facilitate the development, implementation, and transformation of the math curriculum.

Caty serves as a contracted mathematics consultant at several international schools. In addition, she has facilitated workshops for international school teachers and leaders at various AASSA, NESA, EARCOS, SENIA, Learning 2, and ACAMIS regional conferences. 

Schedule 

Day 1

Day 2

Note: This two-day workshop provides an immersive experience with focused sessions on fostering a growth mindset, designing assessments, building conceptual understanding, and integrating math practices. The schedule is designed to be dynamic, allowing for participant engagement, discussions, and hands-on activities. Adjustments may be made based on participant needs and interactions. 

REGISTRATION OPEN SOON

Registration Deadline: September 1, 2025

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