Teaching Math through Financial Literacy with Dr. Philip Dituri Transformative Principal 418

<p>Phil Dituri is Director of Education for <a href= "https://ficycle.org">Financial Life Cycle Education</a>, also known as FiCycle. FiCycle is a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring every student has access to knowledge of the financial concepts necessary to live a prosperous life and the math skills needed to grasp those concepts and put them into practice.</p> <p>Phil has taught and inspired educators and children for over 20 years. He is an educational consultant and served as a Visiting Professor at Fordham University. He was also a teacher, instructional coach, and chairperson of the mathematics department at New Design HS in lower Manhattan. While in public school, he was a three-time Math for America Master Teacher and Big apple award finalist. Phil has a B.A. in Mathematics from NYU and a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from Columbia University.</p> <ul> <li>It is a failure of our approach to teaching math.</li> <li>The tools of algebra were developed to meet the needs of business.</li> <li>Why math teachers are mad about our line of questions so far.</li> <li>Algebra 2 curriculum that answers the question, when am I going to use this is my life?</li> <li>These are gatekeeper topics: to be successful, you need to be competent?</li> <li>how to be a transformative principal? Look for authentic, real-world learning opportunities for your students.</li> </ul> <h2>Sponsors</h2> <h3>InControl SEL for Middle School</h3> <p>In Control created an effortless social and emotional, character development video curriculum for your students that’s ZERO-TEACHER-PREP AND it’s so cool looking- it feels like a Youtube or Netflix Series- and that’s purposeful, they meet students right where they’re at.</p> <p>The videos are 5-6 minutes, kids love them, teachers love them, and you will too. There’s no guesswork in the program because there’s a 21-video progression for each grade level.</p> <p>They’ve thought of everything-- because it’s a group of award winning counselors, teachers, and principals that came up with