Math Coaching

Through our Math Coaching Services, we grow math educators skills and knowledge acquisition for effective implementation that ultimately impacts student learning.


About CORE's Math Coaching Services

In 1-on-1 on small group settings, CORE Coaches work with teachers to support a deeper understanding of adopted instructional materials, resolve implementation issues, and provide coaching on implementing effective instructional techniques. 


CORE Math Coaches work with teachers to:

Deepen understanding of adopted instructional materials

Resolve implementation issues

Implement effective instructional techniques

Get in touch

The CORE Learning team is here to share information, answer any questions you may have, and partner to meet your educators’ and students’ needs.

Meet Our Math Experts

Dean Ballard
Dean Ballard

Director of Mathematics | CORE Learning

Dean Ballard is the Director of Mathematics for CORE. Dean has developed CORE’s math trainings, overseen CORE’s expert math team and services, and worked extensively with schools, teachers, and consultants on effective instruction and implementation of rigorous standards through their core and intervention programs.

Cyndia Ackerman
Cyndia Acker-Ramirez

Director, Professional Learning | CORE Learning

Cyndia Acker-Ramirez partners with schools and districts to reimagine job-embedded professional learning, with a focus on the instructional core, instructional decision-making, and leveraging curricular materials to deepen students’ mathematical understanding.

Dr. Katie Kaskasky
Katie Laskasky

Program Manager | CORE Learning

Katie Laskasky works to collaboratively develop and support the implementation of CORE’s professional learning and coaching model with schools and districts to include developing teacher capacity in instructional decision-making and integrating job-embedded curriculum implementation support.

Tatiana Mirzaian
Tatiana Mirzaian

Program Manager | CORE Learning

Tatiana Mirzaian works collaboratively to develop and support the implementation of CORE’s Collaborative Inquiry model with schools and districts to reimagine job-embedded professional learning.

Get in touch

Get in touch and together we can develop a plan to build school leadership, develop teachers’ skills, and ensure success for every student.