K-12 Mathematics Professional Learning

Identifying Opportunities to Foster Mathematical Proficiency

Intended audience: K-12 mathematics educators

Educators will deepen their understanding of mathematical proficiency and explore practical strategies for fostering it through instruction and curriculum. Participants will examine how the five strands of mathematical proficiency—conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, strategic competence, adaptive reasoning, and productive disposition—can be intentionally developed in classrooms.

Through examples and activities spanning elementary, middle, and high school mathematics, teachers will learn to identify opportunities within tasks, lessons, and curriculum materials that promote meaningful mathematical learning. Participants will also analyze how instructional choices and curricular design can either support or limit students’ development of mathematical proficiency beyond procedural fluency, and consider ways to adapt tasks to better engage all five strands.