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The bedrock of student achievement is the intentional and consistent use of common instructional language across grade levels and content areas. Unintentionally, students are being exposed to key concepts through divergent and often, erroneous instructional language which inadvertently perpetuates underperformance. This workshop will expose school leaders and teachers to the power resident in and the practice […]

Algorithms are not the panacea to student success in mathematics. To the contrary, conceptual understanding, over procedural knowledge, is the linchpin of mathematical fluency. Students who are given the instructional opportunity to develop a firm grasp on concepts prior to engaging in problem solving are exponentially more likely to demonstrate mastery of the content in the […]

A myopic focus on teaching algorithms or a step-by-step, procedural fluency approach to solving mathematical problems is insufficient to transfer the most valuable approach to teaching mathematics to mastery: conceptual understanding. This workshop will build teacher and school leaders’ capacity to link concepts to be assessed to engaging, meaningful, real-world mathematical tasks.