Overview

We offer a variety of professional development opportunities, each supporting the implementation of the K-5, Investigations in Number, Data and Space® curriculum. The audience for our workshops and on-site professional development includes teachers, math specialists, math leaders, and principals.

Workshops

These five-day workshops offer participants opportunities to explore mathematics, to examine children’s thinking, to hear their strategies, and to see their work and assess their learning. The mathematics sessions allow participants to deepen their own learning while focusing on the content of Investigations. They involve a combination of hands-on activities and discussions. Topics woven throughout our workshops include equity, home-school connections, and change.

  • Investigations in the Classroom
    5 days
    This workshop familiarizes participants with the mathematics content of Investigations. It focuses on the development of children’s mathematical understanding and teachers’ roles in classrooms: listener, learner, mathematical leader, decision maker, researcher, and facilitator of mathematics learning. This workshop is right for you if you’re a teacher who is implementing Investigations or about to start using Investigations in your classroom, including the new, Second Edition. Learn More »

  • Building Computational Fluency, K-5
    5 days
    This workshop examines the development of computation and number in Investigations. It focuses on two big ideas of computational fluency—counting and decomposing/recomposing numbers—and how these develop across the elementary grades. Learn More »

  • Exploring Geometry, K-5
    5 days
    This workshop examines the development of spatial sense and geometric ideas in Investigations. It explores the size and measurement of shapes, the software in the units, and the relation between 2-D and 3-D representations. Learn More »

  • Leadership Workshop
    5 days
    This workshop provides school leaders an opportunity to examine various resources, mathematical ideas, and structures to help them support teachers implementing Investigations in their schools/districts. It addresses math content and implementation issues including coaching, equity, and assessment. This workshop is right for you if you’re a math specialist or administrator charged with supporting teachers implementing Investigations. Learn More »

  • Principals’ Institute
    2 days
    This two-day institute provides principals and assistant principals an overview of Investigations, hands-on experience with the mathematics content, discussions about how to support and evaluate teachers, and ways to facilitate the implementation of Investigations in their buildings. Learn More »

  • Implementation Institute
    3 days
    This three-day institute is for teams from schools/districts responsible for planning the implementation of Investigations in their districts. Teams experience the content of the curriculum, learn about different professional development models and resources for teachers, and design an implementation plan for their schools. Learn More »

On-site Professional Development

In addition to these workshops, we work with schools and districts on-site in a variety of ways. We facilitate grade level meetings, work with teachers on specific units they are preparing to use, plan with, observe, and provide feedback to teachers, look at student work with groups of teachers, lead parent night sessions, and more. For more information about on-site professional development, call us at 617.873.9785.