Learning Year Round
WINTER
Dec - FebThe Winter Virtual Professional Learning is designed for classroom teachers, coaches/TOSAs, and administrators that cover a wide range of topics. Future courses may include: Slow Reveal Graphs, Data Talks, Math Talks for Secondary Classrooms, Choral Counting for Upper Grades, Math Progression for Grades TK-5, Building Math Fluency That STICKS!, Groupwork for Math, and so much more! PLs are facilitated by classroom educators and designed to be accessible by most grade levels and/or courses.
Registration for the Winter Professional Learning is included as one of the many perks of SVMI membership and open to Guests for a small fee.
SPRING
Mar - MayThe Spring Virtual Professional Learning is designed for classroom teachers, coaches/TOSAs, and administrators that cover a wide range of topics. Courses that have been offered in the past include: Joyful Problem Solving in K-2 Classrooms, 8-Minute Math Routines for Grades 3-5, POM Workshop for Middle and High School, Ed Tech and AI for Math Leads, Rough Draft Thinking in Math, Counting Collections in Primary Classrooms, Talk Data to Me, and Math Workshop Model.
Future courses may include: Math for Multi-Age Classrooms, Meaningful Manipulatives, School-wide POM Support, Supporting Math PLCs, Universal Design for Learning, Mathematics for Neurodivergent Brains, 2023 CA Math Framework, Math Stations & Centers, BTC + MAC, and so much more! PLs are facilitated by classroom educators and designed to be accessible by most grade levels and/or courses.
Registration for the Spring Professional Learning is included as one of the many perks of SVMI membership and open to Guests for a small fee.
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Little Learners, Big Thinkers, Brilliant Mathematicians!
Our youngest mathematicians amaze us with the brilliance they bring into our classrooms—confidence, curiosity, joy, and a natural sense of wonder about the mathematical world. Let’s build on those strengths while deepening teaching practices to support their brilliance. These sessions will introduce early childhood educators to high-impact instructional routines that develop number sense in their students. We will explore routines that build intuition, number relationships, and deep number understanding through counting, subitizing, comparison, and composition and decomposition.
Registration is now open.
Play, Talk, Learn: K-5 Math Games for Discourse

In this hands-on course, participants will play, analyze, and design games that build number sense, operations, and mathematical reasoning, all while increasing student discourse. This course goes beyond the "fun Friday" framing to examine how game design choices (e.g., rules, materials, variation) create or reduce cognitive demand and increase opportunities for language rehearsal. Participants will also identify specific design choices that support multilingual learners, creating low-stakes opportunities to practice academic language and increase mathematical talk. Participants will learn how to design HQIM-aligned games, supporting instructional coherence.
Registration is now open.
Every Voice Matters: Classroom Routines for Meaningful Student Discourse
Explore engaging instructional routines such as Number Talks, Choral Counting, and open-ended, floor-to-ceiling tasks that promote mathematical discourse and ensure every student has opportunities to think, participate, and share their reasoning.
Registration is now open.
Designing Locally Rooted & Culturally Relevant Performance Tasks

In this hands-on course, participants will analyze, adapt, and design performance tasks that connect to students' cultural contexts and local environments, all while increasing access and relevance for every learner. This course goes beyond surface-level representation to examine how task design choices (e.g., context, constraints, entry points) create or reduce cognitive demand and increase opportunities for authentic mathematical reasoning. Participants will also identify specific design choices that center students' identities and places, creating meaningful opportunities to engage with rigorous mathematics in contexts that reflect their lives.
Registration is now open.
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Spring Session: Coming Soon

Spring Session: Coming Soon
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