Onsite Math Academy

CORE’s Math Academy for Elementary Schools and middle schools is designed to enable students to become mathematically proficient and meet the Common Core and other State Standards.


About CORE's Onsite Math Academy

CORE’s Math Academy is designed to increase mathematical content understanding and evidence-based practices to enable students to become mathematically proficient and meet the Common Core and other State Standards. Based on the current research and findings from the National Mathematics Advisory Panel, the National Research Council and other prominent mathematics researchers, the CORE Math Academy focuses on the critical topics that pose challenges for many students, particularly those who are behind in mathematics achievement.

 

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Participant Outcomes:

Connect algebraic and conceptual thinking during K-12 instruction

Strengthen students’ fluency in applying mathematical relationships

Develop students’ perseverance and flexibility as problem solvers

CORE Math Academy Includes:

Big Ideas & Conceptual Domains

Orient student learning around connected concepts and relationships

Concrete-Representational-Abstract Models

Develop students’ flexible use of representations and strategies when doing math

Evidence-Based Practices

Learn instructional strategies grounded in how students learn math

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Math Academies Overview


One-Day Training

Build the foundations to foster student mindsets and practices that lead to success with math. Learn how to apply and adapt instructional strategies that connect fluency and numbers sense, activate discourse, or develop student problem solving skills.

 

Academies:

  • Build Fluency & Number Sense

  • Motivate Math Discourse

  • Perseverance in Problem Solving


Four-Day Training

Promote student reasoning and thinking when learning math and engaging in tasks. Understand key domains in elementary, middle, or high school math that connect across grades. Learn tools and techniques to connect learning to instruction.

 

Academies:

  • Elementary Academy

  • Middle School Academy

  • High School Academy

Meet Our 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. As part of these efforts, Cyndia is leading the development and scale of CORE’s collaborative inquiry model that aims to support growth in student belonging, academic identity, and achievement while fostering teacher collective efficacy and individual agency in instructional decision-making.

Tatiana Mirzaian
Tatiana Mirzaian

Program Manager | CORE Learning

As Program Manager, Tatiana Mirzaian works collaboratively to develop and support the implementation of CORE’s CORE’s Collaborative Inquiry model with schools and districts to reimagine job-embedded professional learning. In doing so, Tatiana works to create experiences with partnering schools and districts to deepen teacher pedagogical content knowledge and develop their capacity in instructional decision-making.

Dr. Katie Kaskasky
Katie Laskasky

Program Manager | CORE Learning

As Program Manager, 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. Katie also revises CORE’s professional learning curriculum to deepen teacher pedagogical content knowledge in providing math instruction aligned to the CA Mathematics Framework.

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Contact CORE to learn more about CORE Learning’s Onsite Math Academy.