Building Powerful Multiplication
Online Workshop
Building Powerful Multiplication Online Workshop
Math teachers, are you . . .
✔ tired of your students always forgetting their multiplication facts?
✔ unsure how to support students who struggle to memorize?
✔ excited to learn powerful multiplication strategies and how to teach them?
✔ hoping to develop your own multiplicative reasoning?
Mastery ≠ Robotic
Mastery = Confidence
Ready to conquer multiplication facts?
We got you.
This workshop is everything you need. 7 modules, 7 weeks, a powerful transformation to make a REAL impact for your students. $347
Leaders - Looking for packages to support groups?
"If you have even one student in your class that struggles with math, then take a Pam Harris workshop."
-Christopher Peterson, West High School, CA
Ready to conquer multiplication facts?
We got you.
This workshop is everything you need. 7 modules, 7 weeks, a powerful transformation to make a REAL impact for your students. $347
Leaders - Looking for packages to support groups?
"If you have even one student in your class that struggles with math, then take a Pam Harris workshop."
-Christopher Peterson, West High School, CA
From Participants of the Live Workshop
What will I learn from this workshop?
Why should I attend this workshop?
Emily spent her lunch break on a phone call because she was so excited to share what she was learning.
Will this help my students?
Ashika felt rejuvenated and believes everyone will have an amazing experience.
Is this workshop good for High School teachers?
Andrew learned new ways to expand his students' minds.
What if I'm skeptical?
Jamie is really looking forward to applying what she learned to her High School Geometry class.
What if I've taken a Pam Harris workshop before?
Once Justin "got out of [his] own way" he could see the simplicity and how much time reasoning saves.
Anne is a High School teacher who has come to several workshops and learned "so much more" from this one.
Why should I attend this workshop?
Shari was thrilled to see a K-12 perspective so she could better understand where her students were coming from.
From Participants of the Live Workshop
What will I learn from this workshop?
Emily spent her lunch break on a phone call because she was so excited to share what she was learning.
Will this help my students?
Andrew learned new ways to expand his students' minds.
What if I'm skeptical?
Once Justin "got out of [his] own way" he could see the simplicity and how much time reasoning saves.
Why should I attend this workshop?
Shari was thrilled to see a K-12 perspective so she could better understand where her students were coming from.
Ashika felt rejuvenated and believes everyone will have an amazing experience.
Is this workshop good for High School teachers?
Jamie is really looking forward to applying what she learned to her High School Geometry class.
What if I've taken a Pam Harris workshop before?
Anne is a High School teacher who has come to several workshops and learned "so much more" from this one.
A 7-week deep dive into
Building Multiplicative Reasoning
Learn:
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the top 5 multiplication strategies and how to develop them
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a BONUS middle school and a BONUS high school multiplication strategy
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the most important multiplicative models, the order to use, and their purposes
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how to develop multiplicative reasoning in all grade bands
Runs February 18, 2025 - June 9, 2025. All for $347.
What Participants Have to Say . . .
Your "Developing Mathematical Reasoning" workshop was incredible! You have enlightened my math brain with more flexible thinking, of which I can take back to my students to help them grow as mathematicians! I'm taking away a whole new way of thinking about math! This has opened my math brain to new ways to mathemetize!! Thank you for what you do!
Christy Couch
Woodland Heights, Brownwood, Texas
If you teach because you want to help your students grow and really reach their potential, I absolutely recommend Pam's workshops. After just two workshops, I have a whole new outlook on helping my students understand and APPRECIATE math! I am really excited to implement the strategies we discussed in my classes in the future.
I have learned a WHOLE NEW WAY TO TEACH!! I will definitely be implementing Problem Strings into my teaching next year.
Laura Douglas
Birdville Highschool
Have an open mind and be ready to be challenged to think differently about your teaching practice and the world of mathematics. Thank you for your ideas and encouragement.... I feel empowered! :-)
Janerl Lampson
Kindergarten, Ronald Reagan Elementary, CA
1000%. A million times yes. Take the workshop. Whether it's to get credit, learn math, or whatever. It will exceed all expectations and be the BEST use of your professional learning time.
Kaitlynn D
Birdville ISD
This was amazing. Absolutely amazing. I wish I had learned this way instead of rote memorization and algorithms...which I am really good at.
Tammy Rudloff
Coggin Intermediate, Brownwood, TX.
I loved this experience! It is something that helped me gain more insight on how I can reach my goal of helping my students understand that there is more than the "one way" or "my way" of coming to a solution. By understanding the levels and different ways of reasoning, we open the window to a much diverse and rich way of thinking about math.
Edna Lynn Cruz
McFarland Jr High School
Growing up, I had always gotten such great grades in math...but it turns out that I'm just good at memorizing and plugging things into formulas.
I can't believe how much I struggle with actual problem solving! I want my students to be able to think and problem solve, and I believe using what I've learned in Pam's workshop will help both me and my students become better mathematicians and problem solvers. So excited to apply what I've learned!
Natalie Carpenter
Haltom Middle School
What Participants Have to Say . . .
Your "Developing Mathematical Reasoning" workshop was incredible! You have enlightened my math brain with more flexible thinking, of which I can take back to my students to help them grow as mathematicians! I'm taking away a whole new way of thinking about math! This has opened my math brain to new ways to mathemetize!! Thank you for what you do!
Christy Couch
Woodland Heights
Brownwood, Texas
If you teach because you want to help your students grow and really reach their potential, I absolutely recommend Pam's workshops. After just two workshops, I have a whole new outlook on helping my students understand and APPRECIATE math! I am really excited to implement the strategies we discussed in my classes in the future.
I have learned a WHOLE NEW WAY TO TEACH!! I will definitely be implementing Problem Strings into my teaching next year.
Laura Douglas
Birdville Highschool
Have an open mind and be ready to be challenged to think differently about your teaching practice and the world of mathematics. Thank you for your ideas and encouragement.... I feel empowered! :-)
Janerl Lampson
Kindergarten
Ronald Reagan Elementary
California
1000%. A million times yes. Take the workshop. Whether it's to get credit, learn math, or whatever. It will exceed all expectations and be the BEST use of your professional learning time.
Kaitlynn D
Birdville ISD
This was amazing. Absolutely amazing. I wish I had learned this way instead of rote memorization and algorithms...which I am really good at.
Tammy Rudloff
Coggin Intermediate
Brownwood, Texas
I loved this experience! It is something that helped me gain more insight on how I can reach my goal of helping my students understand that there is more than the "one way" or "my way" of coming to a solution. By understanding the levels and different ways of reasoning, we open the window to a much diverse and rich way of thinking about math.
Edna Lynn Cruz
McFarland Jr High School
Growing up, I had always gotten such great grades in math...but it turns out that I'm just good at memorizing and plugging things into formulas.
I can't believe how much I struggle with actual problem solving! I want my students to be able to think and problem solve, and I believe using what I've learned in Pam's workshop will help both me and my students become better mathematicians and problem solvers. So excited to apply what I've learned!
Natalie Carpenter
Haltom Middle School
Have you ever felt frustrated that you have to teach content you were never taught to unprepared students? Do you wonder how it is that you work so hard and your students aren’t doing better?
If you’re a mathematics teacher, leader, or professional learning facilitator looking to energize your teaching, then you probably already know that your students come to you unprepared, have gaps, often not even knowing their multiplication facts.
This course will help you feel empowered, enlightened, and energized.
By using the Development of Mathematical Reasoning to guide your decisions, you choose tasks that are open enough so that all your students have access and each are challenged.
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What is in the Workshop?
Module 1: What is Multiplicative Reasoning?
What Will I Learn?
- What "Math is Figure-Out-Able" means, what is real math, and what it means to mathematize
- How to help students think like young mathematicians
- Why it is important to develop reasoning, not just get answers
- How to use the instructional routine "I Have, You Need" to build important relationships in students' brains
- Steps to take action in your classroom
Why Is This Important?
This is the why, the background, the setting that sets the stage for the rest of the workshop, so that you can implement lessons and strategies knowing how it all fits together.
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Module 2: Building Models for Multiplicative Thinking
What Will I Learn?
- What Multiplicative Thinking can look like
- How to use a Rich Task to assess student understanding, build multiplicative reasoning, and develop a powerful model at the same time
- Important place-value understandings of our complex base-10 place value system
- How to use Ratio Tables and Open Arrays to model multiplication strategies
- A Problem String to help students progress from a Closed Array to the Open Array model
- Where and how algorithms fit into instruction and practice
Why Is This Important?
Students need to develop the major models for multiplication and division as visual representations of numerical and spatial relationships. Students also need to transition to use those models as tools for thinking. Teachers need to know the progression of models, which ones to use with each string and in what order, and how to model-represent student thinking.
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Module 3: Building the Major, Important Multiplication Strategies
What Will I Learn?
- Each of the five, major, important multiplication strategies
- How to use Problem Strings to develop each of the major strategies
- When and how to build the properties on which the strategies are based on
- How to represent student thinking on open arrays and ratio tables
Why Is This Important?
You can solve any problem, that's reasonable to solve without a calculator, by using one of the five, major, important strategies. It's not about a huge, undefinable set of strategies. Rather, it's about building relationships in students' heads so that these strategies become natural inclinations. Students look at the problem and let the numbers dictate the strategy based on the inherent relationships.
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Module 4: Models and Strategies Working Together
What Will I Learn?
- How to use a Problem Talk to evaluate multiplicative strategies
- To choose the best strategy based on the numbers
- Where and how the traditional algorithm fits in instruction and practice
- To clarify the difference between strategies and models
Why Is This Important?
This module brings strategies and models together. You will solve one problem using all of the major strategies and models, comparing which works better and why. You will consider groups of numbers and decide which strategies work well for which groups. You will make a flow chart of which strategies and sequences of strategies to consider when.
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Module 5: Top 3 Lesson Types for Student Success
What Will I Learn?
- Rich Tasks to develop concepts
- Problem Strings to introduce and solidify strategies, models, and concepts
- Problem Talks to compare strategies
- How to sequence lessons to maximize learning
- Steps to implement to take action in your classroom
Why Is This Important?
This is the how-to-do-it module, allowing you to ensure success for all your students all of the time.
___________________________________________________
Module 6: Expert Teacher Moves that Help You Help Your Students
What Will I Learn?
- High leverage teacher moves to encourage student sense making
- Teacher moves that support equity and access
- Teacher moves to differentiate — to support and challenge all learners
- How to support meaningful discourse to facilitate learning
- Steps to implement to take action in your classroom
Why Is This Important?
In this module, you’ll learn the high level teacher moves that make the learning happen like a pro.
___________________________________________________
Module 7: (Optional) Single-digit facts and Higher Math
What Will I Learn?
Single-digit facts:
- Specific tasks and games to help students automatize the single-digit facts
- How to create personal flash cards sets with specific clues for students
- Important early models and strategies
- Pitfalls to avoid
Higher math extensions:
- BONUS Middle school multiplication strategy that helps students do all of the fraction work
- BONUS High school multiplication strategy
- How multiplicative reasoning links to and supports polynomial multiplication
Why Is This Important?
No matter what grade you teach, this module has something for you. Single-digit fact mastery is probably one of the biggest, misunderstood and damaging things that is happening right now in math classes around the world. We need to get this right and this module delivers.
Also, when teachers of higher math learn all about multiplicative reasoning, it impacts what they teach. Learn some higher math multiplication strategies and polynomial multiplication done right.
___________________________________________________
Live Q&A With Pam
During the workshop you will have the opportunity to submit questions to Pam for her to answer during a live Q&A. This Q&A will be recorded and you will have access to it.
What is in the Workshop?
Module 1: What is Multiplicative Reasoning?
What Will I Learn?
- What "Math is Figure-Out-Able" means, what is real math, and what it means to mathematize
- How to help students think like young mathematicians
- Why it is important to develop reasoning, not just get answers
- How to use the instructional routine "I Have, You Need" to build important relationships in students' brains
- Steps to take action in your classroom
Why Is This Important?
This is the why, the background, the setting that sets the stage for the rest of the workshop, so that you can implement lessons and strategies knowing how it all fits together.
_____________________
Module 2: Building Models for Multiplicative Thinking
What Will I Learn?
- What Multiplicative Thinking can look like
- How to use a Rich Task to assess student understanding, build multiplicative reasoning, and develop a powerful model at the same time
- Important place-value understandings of our complex base-10 place value system
- How to use Ratio Tables and Open Arrays to model multiplication strategies
- A Problem String to help students progress from a Closed Array to the Open Array model
- Where and how algorithms fit into instruction and practice
Why Is This Important?
Students need to develop the major models for multiplication and division as visual representations of numerical and spatial relationships. Students also need to transition to use those models as tools for thinking. Teachers need to know the progression of models, which ones to use with each string and in what order, and how to model-represent student thinking.
_____________________
Module 3: Building the Major, Important Multiplication Strategies
What Will I Learn?
- Each of the five, major, important multiplication strategies
- How to use Problem Strings to develop each of the major strategies
- When and how to build the properties on which the strategies are based on
- How to represent student thinking on open arrays and ratio tables
Why Is This Important?
You can solve any problem, that's reasonable to solve without a calculator, by using one of the five, major, important strategies. It's not about a huge, undefinable set of strategies. Rather, it's about building relationships in students' heads so that these strategies become natural inclinations. Students look at the problem and let the numbers dictate the strategy based on the inherent relationships.
_____________________
Module 4: Models and Strategies Working Together
What Will I Learn?
- How to use a Problem Talk to evaluate multiplicative strategies
- To choose the best strategy based on the numbers
- Where and how the traditional algorithm fits in instruction and practice
- To clarify the difference between strategies and models
Why Is This Important?
This module brings strategies and models together. You will solve one problem using all of the major strategies and models, comparing which works better and why. You will consider groups of numbers and decide which strategies work well for which groups. You will make a flow chart of which strategies and sequences of strategies to consider when.
_____________________
Module 5: Top 3 Lesson Types for Student Success
What Will I Learn?
- Rich Tasks to develop concepts
- Problem Strings to introduce and solidify strategies, models, and concepts
- Problem Talks to compare strategies
- How to sequence lessons to maximize learning
- Steps to implement to take action in your classroom
Why Is This Important?
This is the how-to-do-it module, allowing you to ensure success for all your students all of the time.
_____________________
Module 6: Expert Teacher Moves that Help You Help Your Students
What Will I Learn?
- High leverage teacher moves to encourage student sense making
- Teacher moves that support equity and access
- Teacher moves to differentiate — to support and challenge all learners
- How to support meaningful discourse to facilitate learning
- Steps to implement to take action in your classroom
Why Is This Important?
In this module, you’ll learn the high level teacher moves that make the learning happen like a pro.
_____________________
Module 7: (Optional) Single-digit facts and Higher Math
What Will I Learn?
Single-digit facts:
- Specific tasks and games to help students automatize the single-digit facts
- How to create personal flash cards sets with specific clues for students
- Important early models and strategies
- Pitfalls to avoid
Higher math extensions:
- BONUS Middle school multiplication strategy that helps students do all of the fraction work
- BONUS High school multiplication strategy
- How multiplicative reasoning links to and supports polynomial multiplication
Why Is This Important?
No matter what grade you teach, this module has something for you. Single-digit fact mastery is probably one of the biggest, misunderstood and damaging things that is happening right now in math classes around the world. We need to get this right and this module delivers.
Also, when teachers of higher math learn all about multiplicative reasoning, it impacts what they teach. Learn some higher math multiplication strategies and polynomial multiplication done right.
_____________________
Live Q&A With Pam
During the workshop you will have the opportunity to submit questions to Pam for her to answer during a live Q&A. This Q&A will be recorded and you will have access to it.
I’m Pam Harris and I empower teachers to be the teacher they want to be.
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I have been working with educators for over 20 years as a classroom teacher, university instructor, and teacher trainer, as well as writing books and creating resources for teachers.
As a beginner teacher, I worked hard to make lessons understandable and interesting but I didn’t realize how much I relied on rote memorization and repeating procedures until I immersed myself in math research. This fundamentally changed the way I do and teach mathematics so that teachers and students reason mathematically, not mimic like robots.
I’m Pam Harris and I empower teachers to be the teacher they want to be.
_____________________________
I have been working with educators for over 20 years as a classroom teacher, university instructor, and teacher trainer, as well as writing books and creating resources for teachers.
As a beginner teacher, I worked hard to make lessons understandable and interesting but I didn’t realize how much I relied on rote memorization and repeating procedures until I immersed myself in math research. This fundamentally changed the way I do and teach mathematics so that teachers and students reason mathematically, not mimic like robots.
Are you ready?
If you have heard enough and you are ready to join me in my online workshop, then click below to register now!
The workshop costs $347, which is less than the registration cost for many large conferences and also way more convenient.
Are you ready?
If you have heard enough and you are ready to join me in my online workshop, then click below to register now!
The workshop costs $347, which is less than the registration cost for many large conferences and also way more convenient.
How Does The Workshop Compare?
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My Guarantees
✔ If you complete my workshop and do not learn anything that you can use in your classroom, email me at [email protected] within 10 business days of the workshop ending and I will give you a full refund.
✔ You will feel very supported because there are live Q&A sessions to ask questions, bonus videos and materials, as well as optional activities.
✔ I estimate an average of 2 hours of work each week for this seven-week workshop. You will have access to the workshop content for 16 weeks.
My Guarantees
✔ If you complete my workshop and do not learn anything that you can use in your classroom, email me at pam@mathisfigure outable.com within 10 business days of the workshop ending and I will give you a full refund.
✔ You will feel very supported because there are live Q&A sessions to ask questions, bonus videos and materials, as well as optional activities.
✔ I estimate an average of 2 hours of work each week for this seven-week workshop. You will have access to the workshop content for 16 weeks.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
How does it compare to a math conference?
Math conferences can be hit or miss, depending on the presenters you see. In the best case scenario, you see many great presenters, but when you only spend 60 to 90 minutes with them, you rarely leave with enough experience to comfortably implement what you learned. In the worst case scenario, you see many mediocre presenters with disconnected topics and it can feel like a big waste of time.
In contrast, my workshop is an extended experience that is cohesive and coherent with specific topics. This workshop focuses on developing Multiplicative Reasoning. In the course we will therefore explore lesson types, models, and high-leverage teacher moves that will help students progress from Additive Thinking to Multiplicative Reasoning in their Development of Mathematical Reasoning.
How does your workshop compare to an online university professional development course?
Because this workshop is offered online with 7 weeks of content available for 16 weeks, you have lots of flexibility in where and when to work on it.
There are both big picture ideas to chew on and lots of activities you can implement right away in your math class.
What are the start and end dates of this workshop?
Registration opens Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM CDT and ends Friday, February 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM CDT.
The workshop begins on February 18, 2025 and ends on June 9, 2025. That includes 7 weeks of content with 9 additional weeks access.
What grade levels are this workshop intended for?
This workshop is for anyone who teaches multiplicative reasoning, what leads into it, and what comes after. That said, it is directly for 3rd through 12th grade teachers, although 2nd grade teachers would find it useful as well.
Anyone who works as a leader, instructional coach, PD facilitator, or trainer will also find this workshop useful.
What technical requirements are there?
This is an online workshop, so you need to have an Internet-connected device and feel comfortable browsing websites. Most devices including computers, tablets (such as iPads), and phones should have no problem using the site.
You will need to have the ability to watch videos—some school districts block websites that play videos. If you can see the video at the top of this page, you're probably going to be fine.
Please ensure that emails from [email protected] are being received and not going to your SPAM folder.
If none of those options allow you to receive emails from [email protected], then please email [email protected] and we will work to resolve the issue.
Is there a flyer I can download and print?
Yes. Download the flyer here and feel free to share it with others.
Is there a flyer I can download and print?
Yes. Download the flyer here and feel free to share it with others.
Registering for the workshop
What if I can't get approval to register before the registration deadline?
I totally get that a three-week window makes registering for my workshop challenging when it takes a long time to get approval from your administrators or school district. In most cases, we can usually find a way to make this work. Email me at [email protected] about your situation and we can take it from there.
I'm interested in your workshop, but I can't afford it. Is there something you can do?
I want this workshop to be accessible to everyone. So, please email me at [email protected], explain your situation, and we'll see what we can work out.
What if I can't get approval to register before the registration deadline?
I totally get that a one-week window makes registering for my workshop challenging when it takes a long time to get approval from your administrators or school district. In most cases, we can usually find a way to make this work. Email me at [email protected] about your situation and we can take it from there.
How do I register more than one teacher at a time?
Registering multiple people is most easily accomplished by instructing all participants to go to www.mathisfigureoutable.com/bpm and having them register themselves.
If this presents a problem to you, you can also collect each participant's information and email it all to pam@mathisfigureoutable.com.
Please provide the information in the following format, with each participant's information on a separate line:
Firstname Lastname,[email protected]
What happens right after I register?
You should receive two emails shortly after you register. One email will be a confirmation of your registration. Another email will be from me and will have all the information you'll need to get started. At the bottom of that email will be a button you can click to get started.
You can always find the workshop by logging in on the Mathisfigureoutable.com homepage and going to the My Content tab. There you will find the workshop and any other content linked to your account.
Can I pay with a purchase order?
Of course! It's a two step process.
Please gather the names and emails of all teachers being paid for with the purchase order. Send that information to [email protected]. Please format it as follows: Firstname Lastname,[email protected]
Step 2 is to go to this url and fill out the Purchase Order Request Form.
We'll take it from there!
Need help requesting funding from your school?
Use this template in Google Drive or contact [email protected] for a PDF version
The workshop experience
What role does Pam have in this workshop?
This is not a workshop where you never hear from the instructor after you sign up. In addition to sending out weekly emails about what to expect, my team and I will be very engaged on the message board and interact with posted questions and comments. Please email support@
Are your workshop videos closed captioned?
Yes, all videos used in this workshop have closed captions entered by hand.
In addition to closed captioning, transcripts are available for download.
Do I have to be online at a specific time for this workshop?
No. This workshop is set up so that you can do it at any time of the day or night.
How much time will this workshop take each week?
Workshop participants can spend an average of about 3.5 hours per module. There are seven modules over the seven-week workshop. Some modules, especially modules 2 and 3, require more time than others. However, remember that even though the workshop is seven weeks, you have access to the content for sixteen weeks.
What homework or extra assignments are there?
While there are no homework or extra assignments associated with this workshop, I provide several things to try in your class. We explore these tasks in terms of how you experience them, how students experience them, and how teachers facilitate them. There is a message board you can interact with others on. There are no papers, reports, essays, or other written documents you must do as a part of this workshop.
When do the live Q&As take place?
The first Q&A takes place around the time that module 7 is released and another is held near the end of the workshop. You can add your questions to the "Live Q&As with Pam" section. I will endeavor to answer as many of these questions as I can during the scheduled workshop Q&As.
Dates, times, and information about how to join the live Q&As will be provided in your workshop specific emails and inside the "Live Q&As with Pam" module.
After the workshop ends
Can I earn a Professional Development Unit (PDU) for this workshop?
Yes! We are partnered with University of Massachusetts Global so you can earn 1 to 4 Graduate Level Professional Development Units. In order to earn PDU's, you need to apply for admission to University of Massachusetts Global, pay $80 per PDU, complete the online workshop, and complete the university's assignments.
Go to the Pam Harris Consulting partnership page, then click on Register Now to get started. Choose EDTU 9115 to register for Building Powerful Multiplication.
Please check with your school or district to determine whether these credits are accepted. Note that these credits require additional fees ($80 per credit) and follow-up assignments.
Can I get a certificate of participation?
Yes. After you complete all the lessons and the workshop feedback form, you will receive an electronic certificate of participation via email. If you need specific information on your certificate of participation, just email [email protected] and explain what you need to have added.
What is your refund policy?
If you complete my workshop and do not learn anything that you can use in your classroom, email me at [email protected] within 10 business days of the workshop ending and I will give you a full refund.