PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT CHANGES HOW TEACHERS SEE MATHEMATICS
Help teachers move beyond procedures and develop the deep mathematical understandings that connect number, operations, decimals, fractions, and algebraic reasoning.
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT GOES BEYOND “SIT AND GET”
Teachers should experience the mathematics they are being asked to teach.
Patrick’s professional learning is built around active mathematical thinking, discussion, representations, and reflection — not hours of slides.
Participants will:
solve and discuss meaningful mathematical tasks
work with visual models and representations
analyze mathematical language
examine student thinking
challenge familiar procedures and assumptions
leave with ideas they can use immediately
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES
UNLEASHING CHILDREN’S MATHEMATICAL BRILLIANCE
K–6
Help teachers uncover the mathematical ideas that connect number, operations, decimals, fractions, and algebraic reasoning.
Participants explore:
numbers as quantities connected to sizes of units
equal exchanges
analogous problems
language that makes mathematical structure visible
connections across whole numbers, decimals, and fractions
UNLEASHING MULTIPLICATIVE BRILLIANCE
Grades 3-8
Help teachers move students beyond memorizing isolated multiplication facts toward flexible multiplicative reasoning and meaningful mathematical relationships.
Participants explore:
additive versus multiplicative reasoning
arrays and visual models
scale factors and multiplicative units
using known facts to derive unknown facts
distributive reasoning and problem strings
strategies that help students see relationships instead of isolated facts
UNLEASHING CHILDREN’S FRACTION BRILLIANCE
Grades 3-8
Help teachers move beyond part-whole models and develop stronger fraction-as-number and fraction-as-measure conceptions.
Participants explore:
unit fractions as sizes of units
fractions as numbers on a number line
equal exchanges and equivalent fractions
partitioning and iterating
multiple meanings of fractions: measure, ratio, action, and division
representations and language that can create or prevent misconceptions
SAYING IT DIFFERENTLY TO SEE IT DIFFERENTLY
K-8
Help teachers examine how language, representations, and symbols shape what students understand about mathematics.
Participants explore:
the See It, Say It, Symbolize It framework
conceptually consistent mathematical language
numbers as quantities connected to sizes of units
equal exchanges
analogous problems
ways to make the mathematics beneath symbols visible
HOW CAN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING BE STRUCTURED?
FULL-DAY WORKSHOPS
Highly interactive, focused experiences built around one of Patrick’s core professional learning topics.
MULTI-DAY & ONGOING LEARNING
Extend the learning across multiple days or sessions so teachers have time to apply ideas, reflect, and return with new questions.
CUSTOMIZED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Professional learning can be tailored to your school, district, grade band, instructional priorities, and the mathematical ideas your teachers are working to strengthen.