Program Offerings

KCM does the most relevant, important PD I have attended in 22 years of teaching. My teaching practice improves every time I attend a PLE. Always relevant and timely. There are a wealth of resources that will continue to give well beyond. I appreciate the discourse and connection with peers. This [PLE] changes the way I look at things.

The KCM professional learning offerings are listed below by grade bands. Click a grade band to see the offerings.

NOTE: Offerings for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

 

General  
Deep thinking about mathematics. Always impactful. I learn something new at every KCM PD.

KCM Offerings

Family Math  

Description: During our virtual sessions, we will explore research on family engagement and how to educate parents concerning math fluency and the current standards. Participants will explore family math resources and how to conduct a family math night event.

Participants will be given materials to conduct 2 family math nights-one per semester. We will meet together after hosting their math night to share our successes and takeaways.

This course is for Kentucky mathematics educators only.

Duration: 8 virtual 90-minute sessions, 2 Family Math Night implementations

Cost: FREE

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

Math Fact Fluency  

Description: Fluency in the basic facts for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division is an essential goal for all students. Providing rich experiences founded in research is necessary to provide access and equity for all students. This course provides participants with routines, games, and assessments to lower student anxiety and increase agency. Participants will receive Math Fact Fluency, by experts Jennifer Bay-Williams and Gina Kling, laminated Math Fact Fluency games and materials needed to play them, along with strategies they can implement right away.

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

Cost: $100 per participant

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

Fluency Assessment Training  

Description: In this 90 minute, virtual session, participants will learn how to administer and score the KCM Kentucky Numeracy Project Fluency Assessments. Participants will gain access to the full suite of Fluency Assessments after completing a practice assessment with an elementary-aged student.

Duration: 90 minutes (virtual) + assignment

Cost: FREE

For a list of currently scheduled offerings, see the Fluency Assessments registration page

Fluency Assessment Training Follow-up: Using the FM100  

Description: The FM100 is a KCM fluency assessment designed to assess students' understanding of multiplication and division within 100 (Fluency Standard KY.3.OA.7). This session will introduce participants to administering and scoring the FM 100.

Duration: 60 minutes (virtual)

Cost: FREE

For a list of currently scheduled offerings, see the Fluency Assessments registration page

Postsecondary  
I am just starting in my teaching career and this was my first experience seeing an algebra class from the perspective of a teacher. We were seeing the students thinking and reasoning, instead of just having the teaching giving them the info.

KCM Offerings

Offerings for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

Adult Education  
Having only been in teaching for less than two years, this seminar gave me tools that will increase my confidence level.

KCM Offerings

Offerings for 2023-24 school year are TBD. Check back in April.

High School (9-12)  
After 11 years of teaching, while I know and attempt to continually improve?I have a clear focus on 'how' to improve.

KCM Offerings

Culturally Responsive Teaching and High School Mathematics  

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.

High School Modeling  

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.

Middle School (6-8)  
This was the best PD I have attended in 21 years. I had several 'A-ha' moments in understanding the standards for mathematical practice.... This was invaluable...
This PLE has helped to transform my philosophy of teaching and will definitely affect my pedagogical practice.
This experience has transformed my teaching (and I've been teaching a LONG time)!

KCM Offerings

Routines for Reasoning – Middle Grades (5-8)  

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.

Building Numeracy with Middle Grades Students (5-8)  

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.

Modeling WITH Mathematics (6-8)   

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.

Statistics as a Progression   

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.


Intermediate (3-5)  
This was on the best PLEs I have participated in within the last 20 years. Every time we met I gained valuable information to help my students in learning math and with me teaching math. I feel I have a much better understanding of math and how best to teach kids. I look forward to sharing all the information and practices I have learned to anyone who will listen.

KCM Offerings

Explorations in Number Talks & Routines Grades 2 & 3   

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.

Explorations in 3rd Grade Fractions  

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.

Explorations in Number Talks & Routines Grades 4 & 5  

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.

Explorations in 4th & 5th Grade Fractions

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.

Explorations in Geometry (K-5)

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.

Fluency Assessment Training

See General for course description and registration.

Statistics as a Progression

See Middle School for course description and registration.


Primary (K-2)  
Foundations for Primary Grades has been a wonderful experience that has had positive effects on my students.
Participants came to realize the difference between real fluency and memorizing facts. Many commented that they will throw out the old way of teaching math and will encourage their colleagues to do the same.

KCM Offerings

Foundations for Early Childhood (Pre-K)

See Preschool for course description and registration.

Explorations in the SEAL Introduction  

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.

Explorations in the SEAL Application  

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.

AVMR PLUS (Formerly KNPI)  

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.

Comprehensive Course for Primary Grades  

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.

AVMR 1  

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.

AVMR 2  

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.

AVMR Refresher  

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.

Mastering Manipulatives (K-2)  

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.

Fluency Assessment Training Follow-up: Using the FM100

See General for course description and registration.

Fluency Assessment Training

See General for course description and registration.

Statistics as a Progression

See Middle School for course description and registration.

Explorations in Number Talks & Routines Grades 2 & 3

See Intermediate for course description and registration.

Explorations in Geometry (K-5)

See Intermediate for course description and registration.

Preschool  
This program was excellent! I have been able to return to my classroom and implement all of the lessons immediately. This is by far the best professional development I have ever participated in for teacher learning/understanding and implementation within the classroom.
This was by far the best training I have attended in all my 25 years teaching experience. I absolutely love teaching math and I have expanded with what I have learned in so many ways.

KCM Offerings

Foundations for Early Childhood (Pre-K)  

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.