Description:

How can we ‘change the story’ for students who have unfinished learning and math anxiety? Math workshop allows teachers to differentiate and creates an environment where students feel less anxious, take risks, and engage in discourse. Let’s explore how moving to a workshop model is best for everyone by changing what math classrooms look like.

Delivery Format: In-Person|Virtual|Hybrid|Keynote|Implementation Support|Coaching Support

Target Audience: Pre-Service Teacher|Classroom Teachers|Instructional Coaches|School Administrators|District Administrators

Duration: Workshop (60-90 minutes)|Half-Day (3 hours)|Full Day (6 hours)|Yearlong Coaching Series

Facilitators:

Learning Intentions:

• Explore the core components of a math workshop model 
• Understand how workshop structures reduce math anxiety and support unfinished learning
• Identify strategies for differentiation within a student-centered environment
• Examine how discourse and risk-taking foster deeper mathematical understanding
• Reflect on shifts needed to create inclusive, agency-building math classrooms

Grade Level: Elementary|Middle|High|Higher Education

Success Criteria:

• Describe the key features of math workshop and how they support diverse learners
• Articulate how workshop routines promote engagement, discourse, and risk-taking
• Apply differentiation strategies that meet students where they are
• Commit to one actionable shift that supports a more student-centered math environment

Expected Impact:

Implementing a student-centered math workshop model empowers learners to take ownership of their thinking, engage in meaningful discourse, and build confidence through differentiated support. At the school level, this shift fosters a culture of inclusion, risk-taking, and shared instructional coherence across classrooms. District-wide, it strengthens educator capacity, improves achievement outcomes, and advances equity by addressing unfinished learning with sustainable, responsive practices.

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