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.