Professional Development
Empowering Teachers to Transform Math Outcomes for Every Student
The most powerful factor in student math success is the teacher in the room. Our professional development programs equip educators with the research-based strategies, hands-on tools, and deep instructional knowledge they need to reach every learner.
Grounded in more than 40 years of proven results and the research-based Concrete-Representational- Abstract (CRA) instructional framework, our professional development transforms not just how teachers teach math, but how students experience it and the success they achieve.
Organized System Empowers Teachers
All programs use the Moving with Math Learning System that empowers teachers with an organized, systematic process to raise achievement for every student.
Implementation training shows teachers how easy it is to use, streamlining classroom management and integrating standards-aligned assessments to direct data-driven, personalized CRA instruction with continuous progress monitoring.
Research-Based CRA Instruction
CRA is recognized as an effective, research-based instructional model that effectively blends explicit instruction with an inquiry-based approach. It uses explicit, step-by-step teacher modeling and guided practice, while also fostering inquiry through hands-on, discovery-based exploration using manipulatives in the concrete stage, allowing students to build conceptual understanding before moving to abstract symbols. Teachers easily gain confidence using the CRA instruction model because our lesson plans give them all the tools to confidently engage students and lead effective classrooms.
Daily Teacher Support Promote Teaching Excellence
Comprehensive Lesson Plans Provide Daily Professional Development
A detailed lesson-plan structure and evidence-based strategies help teachers guide students from the Concrete through the Representational to the Abstract stage of learning.
Teach with Confidence
Lightly scripted lesson plans make CRA instruction straightforward for every teacher — even those new to manipulative-based teaching. Guiding questions built into every lesson help teachers facilitate inquiry-based instruction where students actively explore, discover, and communicate the mathematical concept of every lesson.
First Steps & Beyond™ Professional Development
Promote Teaching Excellence
Getting started with a new curriculum or intervention program can feel overwhelming. Our First Steps & Beyond™ training gives teachers everything they need to implement the Moving with Math Learning System with confidence from day one. Teachers will learn how to use assessments to personalize data driven student instruction, explore CRA instructional strategies with hands-on manipulative practice and learn how to use the various progress monitoring tools in the curriculum.
Teachers leave training ready to implement the program with fidelity and lead effective hands-on lessons. These trainings can be done virtually or in person and are complimentary on qualifying orders.
Moving with Math’s Next Steps™ Coaching
Enhance Teacher Knowledge and Effectiveness
Build In Next Steps™ workshops, qualified educators work with school leaders and classroom teachers to build on the First Steps & Beyond™ experience, creating learning partnerships that are sustainable, data-driven, and customized to participants’ particular needs. Our engaging, hands-on workshops bring teachers together to deepen their understanding of math intervention, CRA instruction, and evidence-based teaching strategies.
Next Steps™ workshops are available as standalone professional development days or as part of a broader school or district professional development plan with administrators, trainers or instructional coaches.
- Half-day, full-day, and multi-day workshop options
- Available on-site or virtually
- Tailored to School District’s Goals
Build Teacher Expertise and Confidence
More than 40 years of proven results and 7+ million students served has helped us understand what it takes to transform math outcomes. It starts with the teacher in the room. Our professional development gives educators the research-based strategies, hands-on tools, and ongoing support they need to implement with confidence and deliver results that last. We are with your teachers every step of the way from initial First Steps & Beyond training to daily professional development with our lightly scripted lesson plans. Build your teacher’ expertise confidence, and instructional skills to raise achievement for all students.
