PD for ME (Professional Development for Math Educators)

Who’s it for?

All Colorado Math educators and those who support them, including:

• All Pre-K and elementary teachers
• Secondary Math teachers
• Administrators supporting elementary or math teachers
• Paraprofessionals
• Out-of-school time professionals
• Math tutors
• Tribal Education Agencies
• District and BOCES personnel
• Charter school instructional staff

When is it?

The course will launch for participants in June 2024. Once registered, participants will have access to all course material for 12 months. There will be additional opportunities for schools, districts, BOCES or other educational organizations to organize cohorts, with assistance from CDE, to help support participants with online meetings and facilitation guides to structure deep discussions that can lead to greater impact on practice in the classroom.

Sounds great, where can I register?

While all spots for the cohort beginning in June 2024 have been filled, sign up here to pre-register for the cohort beginning in July 2024!

What’s in it?

The course supports educators to develop an understanding of evidence-informed instructional methods to teach math to students in grades K-12, with particularly attention paid to teaching students who are below grade level or struggling in math, children with disabilities and students who are English language learners. The online curriculum allows participants to work independently or with a cohort supported by regular discussions. The titles of the 14, 1-hour modules are below with detailed descriptions of specific module objectives here.

• How the Brain Learns Math: An Overview
• Rigor: Let your standards be your guide
• Procedural Fluency and Conceptual Understanding: Two sides of the same coin
• Fluency: It’s more than speed
• Learning Goals: Focus on the math not the trick
• Learning Goals: What’s language got to do with it?
• Math Tasks: What’s in a task?
• Representations: Opening the doors to mathematical ideas
• Word Problems: The problem with key words
• Discourse: Look who’s talking now
• Questioning: Assessing and Advancing Student Understanding
• Expectations: Power of asset-based language
• Just in Time Supports: Moving beyond remediation to accelerate learning
• Putting it all together