Leadership Course: Ensuring a Successful Transition
to the Mathematics Standards

• Strengthen their math content and pedagogical knowledge around the Common Core Mathematics Standards
• Understand how students learn mathematics
• Support teachers as they begin to incorporate practice-based instructional strategies that promote thinking, reasoning and sense making into their classrooms
• Assess instruction in the "processes and proficiencies" outlined in the Mathematical Practices

Math Common Core Quick Start Series™

Course 1:	Making Sense of Math A Focus on Reasoning and Discourse This full day course provides teachers with a deeper understanding of why and how students should expect mathematics to make sense, along with the role of discourse to support deeper understanding. Includes a Participant Guide. This course will enable participants to: Characterize problem-solving experiences that require math reasoning and communication of that reasoning Select and adjust mathematical tasks and questions to promote and assess deeper levels of student understanding and thinking Describe examples of how the mathematics standards in the Common Core State Standards exhibit focus and coherence Use strategies to help students deepen and communicate their mathematical reasoning Prepare students for performance tasks on the Next Generation Assessments Target Audience: Teachers and Math Coaches Courses are designed for the following grade level groupings: K–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Special Pricing: $3800 for up to 30 participants Contact a Math Solutions Representative for More Information
Course 2:	Mathematical Thinking A Focus on Representations and Procedural Fluency This full day course provides teachers with a deeper understanding of procedural fluency and how access to mathematical representations and related ideas can help students significantly expand their mathematical thinking. Includes a Participant Guide. This course will enable participants to: Expand the understanding of procedural fluency to include carrying out procedures flexibly, accurately, and appropriately Implement instructional strategies that build on tools students already use to approach math problems Consider students' use of tools and representations for the purpose of supporting and assessing student understanding Prepare all students for the rigor of Next Generation Assessments Target Audience: Teachers and Math Coaches Courses are designed for the following grade level groupings: K–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Special Pricing: $3800 for up to 30 participants Contact a Math Solutions Representative for More Information
Course 3:	Problem Solving A Focus on Developing Students' Disposition, Competence, and Confidence This full day course provides math teachers with a deeper look at building perseverance in problem-solving and applying mathematics to everyday situations. Participants will learn strategies to structure problem solving lessons that build a bridge for all students to solve problems. Includes a Participant Guide. This course will enable participants to: Create a classroom environment that promotes confidence and perseverance as students pursue mathematical understanding Engage students in straightforward and complex problems that require application of recently learned mathematics Challenge students with complex problems that require critical thinking and connections across multiple mathematical concepts, skills, and ideas Use reflections and rubrics as tools to assess mathematical understanding Understand the role of performance tasks on Next Generation Assessment Target Audience: Teachers and Math Coaches Courses are designed for the following grade level groupings: K–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 Special Pricing: $3800 for up to 30 participants Contact a Math Solutions Representative for More Information

Unpacking Common Core Content—Priority Standards

Grades K–2: Number & Operations—Base Ten
This three-day course focuses on the priority domains of Number and Operations in Base Ten and Operations and Algebraic Thinking for students in Grades K–2. The emphasis of the course is on building understanding of the role of place value and properties of operations in the primary grades as well as the focus on coherence across the grades that is an integral aspect of the Common Core.

This course will enable participants to:

• Learn the content of the Common Core State Standards of Number and Operations in Base Ten and Operations and Algebraic Thinking at grades K through 2
• Familiarize themselves with the Common Core State Standards of Number and Operations in Base Ten and Operations and Algebraic Thinking in the Intermediate grades
• Understand the complex nature of the base-ten number system with the purpose of supporting all learners as children develop concepts and internalize the intricacies of our numeration system
• Describe the interconnectedness of place value and the base-ten number system to operations and algebraic thinking
• Characterize teaching strategies that exemplify the Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practices
• Relate knowledge of the Common Core State Standards content and mathematical practices to current classroom practices

Target Audience: Teachers and Math Coaches

Special Pricing: $11,400/3-days for up to 30 participants
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Grades 3–5: Number & Operations—Fractions
This three-day course focuses on the priority domain of Number and Operations—Fractions for students in Grades 3–5. The emphasis of the course is on building understanding of fractions as numbers and connections between whole number knowledge and fraction knowledge that is an integral aspect of the Common Core.

This course will enable participants to:

• This course Learn the content of the Common Core State Standards of Number and Operations—Fractions at grades 3–5
• Familiarize themselves with the Common Core State Standards of Number and Operations in Base Ten and Operations and Algebraic Thinking in the Intermediate grades
• Understand fractions as numbers that operate in similar ways as whole numbers
• Describe the role of properties of operations in fraction computation
• Characterize teaching strategies that exemplify the Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practices
• Relate knowledge of the Common Core State Standards content and mathematical practices to current classroom practices

Target Audience: Teachers and Math Coaches

Special Pricing: $11,400/3-days for up to 30 participants
Contact a Math Solutions Representative for More Information

Grades 6–8: Ratios & Proportional Reasoning
This three-day course explores proportionality, proportional relationships, and proportional reasoning, acknowledging that the ability to reason proportionally is at the forefront of the middle school mathematics curriculum. The course addresses the CCSS standards for ratios and proportional relationships in the middle grades and supports teachers with strategies to help make the standards accessible to all students.

This course will enable participants to:

• Learn the content of the Common Core State Standards of Ratios and Proportional Relationships for grades 6 and 7 and establish connections to Expressions and Equations for grades 6–8
• Examine problem-solving activities and investigations that develop proportional reasoning
• Identify proportionality in all of the CCCSS domains
• Utilize a variety of ways to organize the classroom—whole-class, small-group, and individual learning—to maximize the learning of all students
• Implement instructional strategies that support students' proportional reasoning

Special Pricing: $11,400/3-days for up to 30 participants
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Differentiating Common Core Mathematics Instruction

• Experience and analyze strategies to adapt classroom practices that address the wide range of learners in their classrooms and make learning accessible for all students
• Gather and use information about what students already know, what interests them, and how they best learn
• Choose, analyze, and adjust tasks to accommodate students' varying levels of readiness
• Experience a classroom atmosphere that stimulates and supports students’ learning of mathematics

Math Reasoning Inventory™ for School and District Leaders

• Gain a solid understanding of the theory, structure and focus of the MRI assessment and its relationship to Next Generation Assessments and numerical reasoning as outlined in the Mathematical Practices
• Understand how students learn mathematics and how instruction needs to be tailored based on assessment outcomes
• View data and create reports across schools and districts

Math Reasoning Inventory™ for Formative Assessment in the Common Core Classroom

• Establish a solid foundation of the structure and focus of MRI and the CCSS Mathematical Content & Practices
• Conduct effective student interviews, record and report using the online tool
• Learn how to analyze and use information about students’ whole number, decimal, and fraction comprehension to develop effective instructional strategies that target gaps in understanding and reasoning
• Explore the role of classroom discourse and the use of intentional language to improve student proficiency in math as called for in the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice

Comprehensive Approach:
About Teaching the Common Core (Multi-Day Institute)

• Strengthen math content and pedagogical knowledge relative to the Common Core standards in order to understand various solution paths and students' reasoning.
• Understand how students learn in order to make instructional decisions about tasks to use and questions to pose to make math accessible to all students
• Develop insight into individual learners' skills and math reasoning.
• Cultivate new instructional strategies that promote thinking, reasoning, and sense making.
• Experience a variety of ways to organize the classroom—whole-class, small-group, and individual learning and various tools and materials to support learning.

Customize Your Professional Development

Our Common Core Courses incorporate our four Guiding Principles
and support educators to:

• Strengthen their math content and pedagogical knowledge in order to understand various solution paths and students’ reasoning
• Understand how students learn in order to make instructional decisions about tasks to use and questions to pose
• Develop insight into individual learners' content mastery and math reasoning
• Cultivate new instructional strategies

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