University Support Program
Free curriculum access for university math educators
Complimentary, renewable 18-month licenses to CPM’s full grades 6–12 curriculum, for university researchers, math teacher educators, and their pre-service teachers.
- $0complimentary access
- Grades 6–12full curriculum suite
- 18 monthsrenewable license
How to Join
Enroll in the University Support Program, pick your path
New members get complimentary 18-month access. Returning members can renew their license.
Complimentary Access
What Is Included: the full 6–12 shelf
USP members get complimentary access to CPM’s full curriculum suite for grades 6 to 12, for instructors and their pre-service teacher students.
Every title: 18-month renewable licenseInspiring Connections
6789101112Inspirations & Ideas
6789101112Core Connections Series
6789101112What's Inside
Edition Features: teacher & student
Inspiring Connections includes dedicated features for both teachers and students. Flip between them below.
Teacher Editions: 8 features
- 01Strategies for supporting collaboration and productive struggle
- 02Pocket questions to scaffold student thinking and elicit deeper thinking
- 03Language objectives, math language routines, and sentence frames to support access
- 04Reflection questions on valuing cultural differences in collaboration and communication
- 05Strategies to support rough draft talk and growth mindset
- 06Support for unpacking cultural dimensions of tasks with students
- 07Explicit attention to addressing stereotypes and biases that may emerge in discussions
- 08A “Want to Learn More?” section with resources for continued teacher learning
Also includedSample assessments
Student Editions: 7 features
- 01A first chapter that establishes a productive class culture
- 02Alignment with Universal Design for Learning
- 03Learning targets (LTs) for lessons and independent practice with explicit links to multiple LTs
- 04Mathematical and contextual storylines that spiral through chapters, courses, and series
- 05Launches to promote socioemotional learning
- 06Tasks with diverse contexts, including complex societal issues
- 07Data Chats that examine real-world data, often illuminating important issues for society
Also includedLessons that follow a Launch, Explore, Closure sequence with regular reflection, and work at Vertical Non-Permanent Surfaces
Inspiring Connections
What to expect from Inspiring Connections
Inspiring Connections is designed for both teachers and students to engage deeply with mathematics, centering identity, culture, and community alongside rigorous problem-based learning.
Support teachers to
Support students to
- TeachersPractice strategic questioning to support students in grappling with meaningful, rigorous mathematical tasksStudentsSuccessfully grapple with complex mathematical tasks through collaboration and independent practice
- TeachersCreate a learning community where students’ identities and cultures are sustained as they grow as mathematiciansStudentsArticulate their mathematical strengths, areas for growth, and the role of mathematics in their lives
- TeachersFoster a class culture where risk-taking and mistakes are a valued part of the learning processStudentsProvide and connect verbal, written, and visual explanations for mathematical strategies and concepts
- TeachersUse strategies that support students in accessing language and cultural assumptions embedded within mathematicsStudentsFully participate in linguistically diverse and language-rich classrooms
- TeachersSkillfully facilitate discussions around tasks with contexts that illuminate complex social issuesStudentsCritically interpret real-world data and data visualizations using interdisciplinary competencies
Inclusive by Design
CPM’s Commitment to Inclusive Mathematics Curriculum
Equity and inclusion are not add-ons to CPM’s curriculum. They are foundational design principles embedded in both the illustrations and the mathematical tasks throughout every course.
Diversity in the Illustrations
- Varied gender expression
- Many different races and ethnicities
- Multiple physical abilities and visible aids
- Diverse physical attributes including weight, height, and hair
- Various styles of clothing including cultural clothing
Diversity in the Text
- Names from communities around the world
- Tasks that defy gender stereotypes and include non-binary identities
- Tasks that center cultures from around the world
- Tasks that showcase real people (e.g., famous athletes)
For Researchers & Math Teacher Educators
Ways to Use CPM in Your Work
USP members use CPM materials in two main ways: in their own teacher education courses, and in direct collaboration with CPM’s professional learning team.
In Teacher Education Courses
In your own courses with future teachers- Critical conversationsUse materials to support future teachers in facilitating critical conversations in the math classroom
- Real, rigorous curriculumContextualize pedagogy and content with real, rigorous curriculum
- Lesson planningEnhance lesson-planning and modify lessons to meet local teaching performance assessment requirements
- Pedagogy in practiceExamine how resources incorporate pedagogical practices
- Distance learningUse CPM materials for distance learning contexts
- Model CPM tasksModel the teaching of CPM tasks with pre-service teachers
- Curricular analysisUse CPM in rubric-based curricular analysis
- Library collectionRequest print materials for your library’s curriculum collection
- edTPA & PPATUse as an edTPA and PPAT planning resource
Collaborating with CPM Professional Learning
Working directly with CPM’s team- Co-select tasksJointly select CPM tasks to meet your specific instructional goals
- CPM presentationsUtilize CPM presentations in your university courses
- CPM-led lessonsModel with CPM-led lessons (e.g., introduce pre-service teachers to algebra tiles)
- Learning eventsAccess professional learning events, both you and your students
- Classroom placementsConsider CPM classrooms as placements for future mathematics teachers
USP Community
Where USP Is Active
USP members are active at universities and teacher education programs across the United States. Join a growing community of math teacher educators using CPM to prepare the next generation of mathematics teachers.
Join the programReady to Enroll?
Join the University Support Program, free.
New members receive complimentary 18-month access. Returning members can renew their existing license.
- Grades 6–12
- Instructors + pre-service teachers
- Renewable