Are you interested in numeracy and would like to learn more about how to improve students’ math performance in developing countries? Join our webinar on Wednesday November 7th at 10:00am EST Access the webinar through Adobe Connect: http://worldbankva.adobeconnect.com/numeracywebinar/ (Click on the “Enter as Guest” option, enter your full name in the text field and then click the “Enter Room” button.) The webinar will be presented by Shirin Lutfeali, senior specialist for basic education at Save the Children. She will discuss Save the Children’s Numeracy Boost program which aims to improve students’ math achievement through targeted activities both inside the classroom and in the community through math camps, parent awareness sessions, and family math days. Numeracy Boost is being piloted in Bangladesh, Malawi and Pakistan. The webinar is part of a Community of Practice on Numeracy facilitated by the Global Partnership for Education. It is open to teachers, educators, practitioners, researchers, academics and others interested in numeracy. Join the community of practice on ‘Numeracy for Development’ here Why a community of practice on numeracy? 3 out of 10 children in developing countries complete primary school without the basics of numeracy. Bring together a group dedicated to working on numeracy issues in developing countries, including the development of early grade mathematics assessments, teacher training, classroom interventions, parent and community awareness. Connect practitioners, academics, teachers, graduate students, among others, working on numeracy, with a special emphasis on work in developing countries. Showcase members. A special feature of the community of practice is a monthly webinar series which serves as a vehicle for members to share good practices, research, have discussions on numeracy, and network with others in the field. The monthly webinars take place every first Wednesday of the month, where a member from the community presents on a numeracy/math education topic. This is followed by an online discussion throughout the month where community members can access the presenter’s webinar presentation and other related content. The presenter is also available for any questions from members. Numeracy Webinar Calendar October 3rd, 2012 – Wendi Ralaingita, RTI – Early Grade Mathematics Assessment (EGMA) November 7th , 2012 – Shirin Lutfeali, Save the Children – Numeracy Boost Program December 3rd – 4th, 2012 – International Numeracy Conference (Berlin, Germany) January 9th, 2013 - David Chard, Professor, Southern Methodist University – Teacher Training in Liberia and Kenya February 6th, 2012 -Yasmin Sitabkhan, University of Berkeley – Bridging informal and formal knowledge in numeracy education to support high quality instruction March 6th, 2013 – Emma Näslund-Hadley, Inter-American Development Bank – Inside the Math Classroom in Latin America and the Caribbean April 3rd, 2013 – Abigail Bucuvalas, Sesame Workshop – Sesame Workshop’s Numeracy work May 1st, 2013 -Nadia Nosworthy, University of Western Ontario – The relationship between arithmetic achievement and symbolic and nonsymbolic numerical magnitude processing in primary school June 5th, 2013 – Linda M. Platas, University of California Berkeley – ECD and numeracy July 10th, 2013 – Steve Leinwand, American Institutes for Research – What we know about high quality instruction and need to see in all math classes