2024 National Teacher Institute
Summer Professional Learning Tailored for Math Educators
Taking place on the beautiful campus of Westminster University, CPM’s National Teacher Institute provides a wide range of learning opportunities for teachers new to CPM, teachers with CPM experience, and leaders supporting those teachers in their implementation of CPM. Participants attending this event will have the chance to network and explore content with other educators of the same course, all the while collaborating to improve their pedagogy. Add in Westminster’s Sugar House campus with access to the Rocky Mountains, downtown Salt Lake City, and many of Utah’s natural wonders, and you just may feel like you are on a little getaway instead of at a professional learning event!
Any questions or concerns, please reach out to Sara Thompson, Regional Professional Learning Coordinator.
Foundations for Core Connections, MS or HS
Foundations for Inspiring Connections
Foundations Follow-Ups, Days 4 & 5
Building on Equity
Building on Assessment
Inspirations & Ideas
Site-Based Leadership Academy
Foundations for Coaching
Foundations for Core Connections, MS or HS
Foundations for Core Connections, MS or HS
Cost: $325
- 5 days, Monday through Friday
- June 24-28
- This learning event is for teachers new to implementing CPM’s Core Connections series and occurs prior to the start of the school year. The entire series contains multiple components and is grounded in active experiences delivered over the first year. The experiences in the foundational series will encourage teachers to adjust their instructional practices, expand their content knowledge, and challenge their beliefs about teaching and learning. Through this learning event and additional on-demand work, teachers and leaders will gain first-hand experience with CPM and concentrate on the course content they will be teaching. Over the course of the series, educators will experience mathematics, consider instructional practices, and gain strategies to create the classroom environment necessary for a successful implementation of CPM curriculum resources. This week-long event covers the 3-day summer Foundations for Core Connections agendas and more! Participants will need to complete the fall and spring follow-up events either virtually or in person at a Regional Site to complete the full Foundations for Core Connections series.
Foundations for Inspiring Connections
Foundations for Inspiring Connections, MS
Cost: $325
- 5 days, Monday through Friday
- June 24-28
- This learning event is for teachers new to implementing CPM’s Inspiring Connections Middle School series and occurs prior to the start of the school year. The entire series contains multiple components and is grounded in active experiences delivered over the first year. The experiences in the foundational series will encourage teachers to adjust their instructional practices, expand their content knowledge, and challenge their beliefs about teaching and learning. Through this learning event, teachers and leaders will gain first-hand experience with Inspiring Connections and concentrate on the course content they will be teaching. Over the course of the series, educators will experience mathematics, consider instructional practices, and gain strategies to create the classroom environment necessary for a successful implementation of Inspiring Connections. This event covers the 4-day summer Foundations for Inspiring Connections agendas and more! Participants will need to complete the fall and spring follow-up events either virtually or in person at a Regional Site to complete the full Foundations for Inspiring Connections learning event series.
Foundations Follow-Ups, Days 4 & 5
Foundations Follow-Ups, Days 4 & 5 (Core Connections)
Cost: $325
- June 24-26, 2024
- 2 ½ days, Monday-Tuesday 8am-4pm, Wednesday 8am-12pm
- Participants can also register for 2 ½ days of Building on Assessment to create a week-long professional learning experience (at a discounted price of $600 for both events).
- If you already attended Days 1-3 last summer (or virtual Sessions 1-6) but were unable to attend any follow-up days during the school year, this learning event is for you! This is the continuation of the Foundations for Core Connections series (Days 1-3) designed for teachers new to implementing CPM Core Connections materials. This live event is the final two follow-up days of the five in-person series, in conjunction with On-Demand modules, that complete the Foundations for Implementation Series.
- In Day 4 of the Foundations series, participants strengthen their knowledge of instructional strategies and research connections to build their instructional toolkit to support all learners, examine their beliefs about productive struggle and share implementation struggles and successes, identify the purpose of Study Team and Teaching Strategies and plan for specific teacher actions through lesson planning, review Study Team and Teaching Strategies and connect them to collaboration, discourse, status, productive struggle, and math understanding, and collaborate with peers and connect new learning to their classroom practices.
- In Day 5 of the Foundations series, participants connect CPM’s Three Pillars of Research to previously examined research and formative assessment, reflect on student learning and identify evidence of student successes and challenges in the classroom, investigate how formative assessment connects to best practices and how it is often overlooked as a solution to support student struggle, examine researched-based instructional strategies as a necessary component for intentionally planning effective lessons for all students, and anticipate student struggles while intentionally planning a lesson and purposefully integrating formative assessment strategies to support all learners.
Building on Equity
Building on Equity
Cost: $325
- 2 ½ days, Monday through 12pm Wednesday
- June 24-26 (12pm)
- Participants can also register for 2 ½ days of Building on Assessment to create a week-long professional learning experience (at a discounted price of $600 for both events).
- The Building on Instructional Practice Series is designed for teachers with a minimum of one year of experience teaching with CPM instructional materials and who have completed the Foundations for Implementation Series. In Building on Equity, participants will learn how to include equitable practices in their classroom and support traditionally underserved students in becoming leaders of their own learning. Essential questions include: How do I shift dependent learners into independent learners? How does my own math identity and cultural background impact my classroom? The focus of day one is equitable classroom culture. Participants will reflect on how their math identity and mindsets impact student learning. They will begin working on a plan for Chapter 1 that creates an equitable classroom culture. The focus of day two and three is implementing equitable tasks. Participants will develop their use of the 5 Practices for Orchestrating Meaningful Mathematical Discussions and curate strategies for supporting all students in becoming leaders of their own learning. Participants will use an equity lens to reflect on and revise their Chapter 1 lesson plans.
Building on Assessment
Building on Assessment
Cost: $325
- 2 ½ days, 12pm Wednesday through Friday
- June 26 (12pm) – 28
- Participants can also register for 2 ½ days of Building on Equity to create a week-long professional learning experience (at a discounted price of $600 for both events)
- The Building on Instructional Practice Series consists of three different events – Building on Discourse, Building on Assessment, Building on Equity – that are designed for teachers with a minimum of one year of experience teaching with CPM instructional materials and who have completed the Foundations for Implementation Series.
In Building on Assessment, participants will apply assessment research and develop methods to provide feedback to students and inform equitable assessment decisions. On day one, participants will align assessment practices with learning progressions and the principle of mastery over time as well as write assessment items. During day two, participants will develop rubrics, explore alternate types of assessment, and plan for implementation that supports student ownership. On the third day, participants will develop strategies to monitor progress and provide evidence of proficiency with identified mathematics content and practices. Participants will develop assessment action plans that will encourage continued collaboration within their learning community.
Inspirations & Ideas
Inspirations & Ideas
Cost: $1500
- 5 days, Monday through Friday
- June 24-28
- This learning event is designed for teachers who will be using CPM’s 8th grade support course, I&I. Participants will be immersed in a CPM classroom setting to experience the curriculum from the perspective of both a learner and an instructor. Several topics will be covered including course design, productive struggle, building relationships, numeracy, mindsets, brain research, and how to teach Inspirations & Ideas with fidelity. This learning event will be facilitated by a contributing author and an experienced Inspirations & Ideas classroom teacher to provide participants with the best support possible.
- Enter now for a chance to win all-expenses-paid professional learning supporting Inspirations & Ideas implementation at your school!
Site-Based Leadership Academy
Site-Based Leadership Academy
Cost: $450
- 2 ½ days, Monday through 12pm Wednesday
- June 24-26 (12pm)
- Participants can also register for 2 ½ days of Foundations for Coaching to create a week-long professional learning experience (at a discounted price of $990 for both events with Standard Coaching or $1140 for both events with Premium Coaching).
- At the Site-Based Leadership Academy, you will have the opportunity to engage with others as you work to support the successful implementation of high-quality mathematics teaching and learning. You will also build your leadership capacity and skills for empowering teacher teams at your site to foster ongoing change and collective effectiveness in student achievement.
- Featuring guest speaker Mona Toncheff and facilitated by Sharon Rendon, Pam Lindemer, John Hayes, and Patricia Vandenberg, this academy will provide opportunities to network and consider how to cultivate and sustain a positive teaching and learning culture at your site.
Foundations for Coaching
Foundations for Coaching
Cost: $600 Standard Package or $850 Premium Package
- 2 ½ days, 12pm Wednesday through Friday
- June 26 (12pm) – 28
- Participants can also register for 2 ½ days of Site-Based Leadership Academy to create a week-long professional learning experience (at a discounted price of $990 for both events with Standard Coaching or $1140 for both events with Premium Coaching).
- This learning event is designed for district or school-based coaches who support teachers using CPM materials. Participants will develop listening, thinking and responding skills to support the work of a math coach, consider how building relationships impact the effectiveness of the coach’s role, and learn how to use tools to support continuous teacher growth. They will leave with CPM resources that can be used in coaching any student-centered, problem-based math class.
- The Standard Coaching Package includes the learning event and published materials, tools, and coaching resources.
- The Premium Coaching Package includes the Standard Coaching Package plus up to five follow-up webinars and three individual virtual coaching sessions with a coaching leader.
The registration fee for each event includes:
- Facilities at Westminster University
- Professional Learning and learning materials/supplies
- National Teacher Institute 2024 t-shirt
- Follow-up communication and support from event facilitator(s)
- Coffee, lunch, and snacks each day of your registered event
The registration fee does not include:
- Transportation or Lodging
Lodging
CPM room blocks are available at two hotels in the Salt Lake City Sugar House area. Participants are responsible for securing their own lodging, if needed.
- SpringHill Suites Salt Lake City Sugar House
- 2206 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84106
- Book online or call 385-297-8300 and reference CPM Educational Program when making the reservation.
- The group rate is available until May 23, 2024. Once the room is secured with a credit card, free cancellation is possible up until 24 hours prior to check-in.
- Extended Stay America Salt Lake City Sugar House
- 1220 East 2100 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84106
- Call 877-701-3383 and reference CPM Educational Program when making the reservation.
- The group rate is available until May 24, 2024. Once the room is secured with a credit card, free cancellation is possible up until May 24, 2024.
- Please note: If the individual does not cancel before May 24, 2024, and does not show up to claim reservation, the individual will be responsible for paying up to three nights of the room rate, plus applicable taxes.
- Both hotels are located off campus and are a 15-minute walk to Westminster. There are many other hotels and Airbnbs in the area if participants wish to stay elsewhere. Please account for transportation to Westminster each day if lodging is not within walking distance.
Location Information
- Westminster University is located in the eclectic Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City and is close to the outdoors, the arts, restaurants, unique shops, and the downtown business district, allowing you to cultivate a great National Teacher Institute experience in and out of the classroom!
- View a map of Westminster University Campus. All CPM events will be held in the Gore School of Business.