Program Offerings

Description: This course provides an opportunity for classroom teachers of students in grades 9-12 to learn strategies and acquire culturally responsive teaching tools to embed in their classrooms. Aligned to research-based teaching practices from Zaretta Hammond’s Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain, NCTM’s Catalyzing Change for High School, and KAS, participants will explore lesson tasks that include calculus, algebra, and geometry topics as well as, understand and create mathematics lessons for social justice. Participants will receive books and instructional materials.

Participants are expected to attend all 6 days of the course.

Duration: 6 half-day sessions (Each session includes 2 hours of synchronous work plus 1 hour asynchronous work.)

Cost: FREE

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: This course provides an opportunity for classroom teachers of students in grades 9-12 to learn, understand, apply the modeling process as well as the standards or mathematical practice for students. Participants will explore lesson tasks that include algebra and statistics topics as well as create high yield tasks that incorporate student mathematical practice for modeling. Participants will receive digital materials.

Participants are expected to attend all 6 sessions of the course.

Duration: 6 half-day sessions (Each session includes 2 hours of synchronous work plus 1 hour asynchronous work.)

Cost: FREE

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: This course provides an opportunity for classroom teachers of students in grades 5 through 8 to learn strategies and acquire tools to advance students' mathematical reasoning. Aligned to research-based teaching practices and the Kentucky Academic Standards, this course will use instructional routines to give participants specific and repeatable designs for learning that support both the teacher and students in the class-room. Reasoning routines for the middle grades are designed to improve student problem-solving, build crucial mathematical thinking habits, and improve classroom discourse.

Duration: 5 Sessions (1 in-person day & four 90-minute virtual sessions)

Cost: FREE

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: We know that students develop their mathematical reasoning skills over time and at different rates and that the past year has created instructional gaps due to the time available for math instruction in different pandemic teaching situations. This year-long, in-depth course provides teachers with information and materials to enable them to strengthen mathematics instruction by building from students’ current funds of knowledge. Participants will learn teaching strategies for helping students develop the more sophisticated reasoning needed for middle grades mathematics with the goal of improving student access to grade-level content.

Duration: 10 Sessions (2 in-person days and 8 half-day virtual sessions)

Cost: FREE

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: Modeling with mathematics is one of the most misunderstood Standards for Mathematical Practice, yet it is essential for ALL students to master. Participants will:

• experience an instructional routine that builds students' capacity to make sense of models and to develop questions to ask themselves when modeling.
• learn about designs for interaction that build opportunities for students to develop mathematical language and process the ideas and concepts of modeling.

Participants will receive a book of routines for fostering mathematical reasoning and other materials to support them in engaging students in mathematical modeling.

Duration: 4 half-day virtual sessions

Cost: FREE

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: Statistics is gaining recognition as an important component of mathematics education, from the primary grades to middle and high school continuing to post-secondary. During this course, participants will deepen their understanding of statistics and see the standards and skills of their grade level as part of a progression starting in primary and continuing into middle and high school. Essential statistics standards in the Kentucky Academic Standards for Mathematics begin in first grade and continue through all grade levels with the goal of developing student ability to comprehend and deal with variability and statistical information in the world around them and participate effectively in an information-laden society. The KCAS- Mathematics also position students as doers of statistics as they take part in the production, interpretation, and communication of data. Participants will explore instructional strategies for developing statistical understanding and receive virtual resources for use with students. The intended audience for this course is 2nd through 6th Grade teachers.

Duration: 2 half-day sessions

Cost: FREE

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: This course provides an opportunity for classroom teachers of students in Grades 2 and 3 to learn strategies and acquire tools to advance students' mathematical reasoning. Aligned to research-based teaching practices and the Kentucky Academic Standards for Mathematics, topics will include addition, subtraction and place value from the NBT and OA standards; the use of instructional routines including number talks; and the use of manipulatives, visual models and number lines. Participants will receive books, activities and instructional materials including a classroom number line.

Participants will be expected to attend all 4 sessions of the course.

Duration: 4 Sessions (2 in-person days and 2 half-day virtual sessions)

Cost: $200

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: Grade 3 is a critical year in which students should develop strong conceptual foundations for understanding fractions. During this session, teachers will explore hands-on activities and tasks aligned to the Kentucky Academic Standards for Mathematics designed to support students in developing conceptual understandings of fractions as numbers. Teachers will deepen their understanding of the third grade fractions standards, seeing them as part of a progression starting in first grade and continuing into middle school. Participants will receive prepared materials and manipulatives, including fraction squares, Cuisenaire rods and KNP-IG activities.

Duration: 1 in-person day

Cost: $100

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: This course provides an opportunity for classroom teachers of students in Grades 4 and 5 to learn strategies and acquire tools to advance students’ mathematical reasoning. Aligned to research-based teaching practices and the Kentucky Academic Standards for Mathematics, topics will include addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and place value (NBT and OA standards); the use of instructional routines including number talks; and the use of manipulatives, visual models and number lines. Participants will receive books, activities and instructional materials including a classroom number line.

Duration: 6 Sessions (2 in-person days & 4 half-day virtual sessions)

Cost: $300

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: Intermediate grades are a critical time in which students are expected to develop an understanding of fractions as numbers and make sense of fraction operations. During this three-day session, teachers will explore instructional strategies such as the use of manipulatives, fraction models (including number lines) and rich tasks. Teachers will deepen their understanding of the Kentucky Academic Standards for Mathematics, particularly the grades 4 and 5 fractions standards for number and operation, seeing them as part of a progression starting in first grade and continuing into middle school. Participants will be provided with a variety of books and manipulatives.

Duration: 3 days (2 in-person days & 2 half-day sessions)

Cost: $200

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: Geometry is a critical area spanning all elementary grade levels with connections to measurement, operations and algebraic thinking, and fractions. Participants will:

• attend 2 half-day synchronous virtual sessions.
• receive the book Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics for grades K-2 or 3-5 (choose a grade band during registration) and hands-on materials.
• deepen their understanding of the Van Hiele Model of geometric reasoning and the Kentucky Academic Standards for Mathematics Geometry standards.
• explore both virtual and hands-on instructional tasks for developing geometric reasoning.

Duration: 2 half-day sessions

Cost: $50

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: The Stages of Early Arithmetical Learning (SEAL) describes a progression through which young children make sense of quantity, addition, and subtraction. In this introductory session, participants will be introduced to the SEAL through the use of video exemplars and discussion.

Participants can extend the learning by attending one or both of the application sessions in the following course.

Duration: 1 half-day session

Cost: FREE

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: The Stages of Early Arithmetical Learning (SEAL) describes a progression through which young children make sense of quantity, addition and subtraction. In this follow-up session, participants will connect the SEAL to the Kentucky Academic Standards-Mathematics for EITHER Kindergarten or First Grade and explore instructional experiences that will support students in meeting those standards.

NOTE: Participants need to have completed the SEAL Introduction in order to attend an application session.

To attend both application sessions, participants must register for both.

Duration: 1 half-day virtual session

Cost: FREE

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: Designed for elementary grades teachers and interventionists, participants will learn and practice assessments and teaching strategies for advancing students’ foundational number knowledge, including identifying numerals, counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Formally called KNPI (Kentucky Numeracy Project Intensive) course, participants will complete Add+Vantage Math Recovery™ (AMVR™) Courses 1 & 2, supplemented by additional resources and support.

AVMR™ PLUS Part 1 consists of AVMR™ Course 1 (completed by attending 8 virtual two-hour sessions) and a bonus KCM-designed in-person day where participants will receive additional materials and instructional resources. Topics covered include identifying numerals, counting, addition, and subtraction.

AVMR™ PLUS Part 2 consists of AVMR™ Course 2 (completed by attending 8 virtual two-hour sessions) and a bonus KCM-designed in-person day where participants will receive additional materials and instructional resources. Topics covered include place value, multi-digit addition & subtraction, and multiplication & division.

NOTE: To attend Part 2, participants are required to have completed AVMR™ Part 1 or KNPI Part 1.

Each part must be registered for separately.

Duration: Each part is 8 virtual sessions & one optional in-person day

Cost: Each part is $500 ($1000 for both)

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: This learning opportunity is designed for classroom, special education and mathematics intervention teachers of students in Grades K-2. Participants will engage in varied instructional strategies, and will acquire tools to assess, support, and advance students' mathematical reasoning and knowledge. Aligned to research-based teaching practices and Kentucky Academic Standards for Mathematics, topics will include counting and cardinality, numbers and operations in base ten, operations and algebraic thinking, conceptual place value, measurement and data, and math/literature connections. Participants will receive books, activities, and instructional materials, along with assessment strategies to identify and target student needs and misconceptions in early numeracy.

The course is divided into two parts; participants may choose to take just Part 1 or take both sections.

• Part 1 Big Ideas: Mathematical Fluency & Number Sense and Computational Fluency to 100
• Part 2 Big Ideas: Measurement, Time & Money, Algebraic Reasoning & Problem Solving

To attend Part 2, participants must have completed Part 1.

Each part must be registered for separately.

Duration: Each part is 6 sessions (4 virtual and 2 in-person)

Cost: Part 1: $400; Part 2: $400

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: This course is built around Add+Vantage Math Recovery™ and is designed for elementary grades teachers to learn and practice assessments and teaching strategies for advancing students’ foundational knowledge of whole number topics such as number words and numerals, structuring numbers, addition and subtraction, and topics that affect the development of future mathematical understanding. The topics and domains covered often appear later on as holes in understanding for older struggling students.

This course is for Elementary Teachers who teach in the state of Kentucky only.

Duration: 8 two-hour sessions

Cost: $500

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: This course is built around Add+Vantage Math Recovery™ to prepare teachers to expand and deepen their knowledge and understanding of the mathematical development for all students by implementing diagnostic assessments for multiplication and division and place value understanding.

This course is for Elementary Teachers who teach in the state of Kentucky only.

Participants must have completed AVMR™ 1 training in order to participate.

Duration: 8 two-hour sessions

Cost: $500

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: This one-day professional learning experience is for participants who have completed Add+Vantage Math Recovery™ (AVMR™) Courses 1 & 2.

• The morning session will focus on AVMR Course 1 content including video analysis, Learning Framework in Number (LFIN), Classroom Instructional Framework (CIFEN), Number Words & Numerals, Structuring Number and Addition & Subtraction.
• The afternoon session will focus on AVMR Course 2 content including video analysis, Learning Framework in Number (LFIN), Classroom Instructional Framework (CIFEN), Place Value, and Multiplication & Division

This course is for Kentucky Educators only.

Cost: FREE

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: Manipulatives can be a powerful learning tool to help students discover and represent mathematical concepts. This course explores ways to increase conceptual understanding through the use of concrete and virtual manipulatives. We will support this learning with discussions on connecting representations and integrating research based instructional strategies. Participants will walk away with manipulatives for their classroom and ideas on how to use them effectively.

Duration: 3 Sessions (1 in-person day & 2 half-day virtual sessions)

Cost: $100

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Description: Foundations for Early Childhood Mathematics professional development course is for Preschool and Kindergarten teachers who teach in the state of Kentucky only. It features content developed by the Erikson Institute, leaders in early childhood education. This professional learning highlights the "Big Ideas" in early mathematics which include sets, number sense, counting, number operations, pattern, measurement and shape. Participants will learn how to spark children’s mathematical learning through developmentally appropriate exploration, discussion and activity using high-impact, evidence-based strategies and children’s literature which support the teaching and learning of early mathematics.

Duration: 8 half-day in-person sessions

Cost: FREE

Dates and locations for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.