Why Mathematics at Work^™?

Mathematics at Work^™ is built on the fundamental belief that every PreK–12 student can learn mathematics. Participants in the Mathematics at Work^™ professional development:

1. Gain deeper insight into the essential mathematics team agreements and teamwork actions as part of the Professional Learning Communities at Work™ process.
2. Reflect on current practice using team-discussion protocols, author stories, teacher-reflection activities, and team recommendations for their daily work.
3. Examine research and use professional best-practice design criteria and routines for the design of common unit assessments, daily instruction and processes, daily homework, grading, and schoolwide Tier 1 and Tier 2 mathematics intervention
4. Design and use effective grade band and unit-by-unit grade-level and course-based standards for appropriate sequencing and story arcs across PreK-2, 3-5, 6-8, and high school.

The authors of Mathematics at Work understand that to achieve this purpose, teachers and leaders of mathematics should establish a reflect, refine, and act formative learning process for their students and for themselves. Mathematics lesson design and implementation, assessment design and intervention, and design and grading routines become purposeful outcomes to support your school or district—one teacher, teacher team, and teacher leader at a time.