This Teaching & Learning professional learning opportunity will provide content, material, and strategies to assist educators in meeting the needs of students in their district.

This academy is designed to:

• connect problem solving experiences and discourse strategies to deepen the content experienced in the original Mathematics Achievement Academy, Grade 2;
• explore and apply the problem-solving model found in the TEKS as a tool to help students make sense of mathematics and to help the mathematics make sense to students; and
• explore and apply mathematical language routines to equip students to communicate their mathematical understanding with clarity.

Important Session Information: 

There are two pre-requisites to attend the training:

• Teachers must have completed all 18 hours from the original Mathematics Achievement Academy for kindergarten-grade 1, grade 2, or grade 3.

• Teachers must be assigned to teach grade 2 mathematics during the 2021–2022 school year.

Prior completion of the Mathematics Achievement Academy will be verified prior to the start of the session. Participants who do not meet this eligibility requirement will be removed from the session to allow for those who are eligible to attend.

Additional Information:

Teachers who successfully complete an academy may be eligible to receive the $100 stipend. Stipends will not be provided to teachers who do not meet eligibility and attendance requirements.

• Teachers must be assigned to teach grade 2 mathematics during the 2021–2022 school year for fall and spring sessions.
• Teachers must attend the face-to-face sessions for a total of 6 hours – 3 hours on the opening day and 3 hours on the closing day.
• Absences, late arrival, and early departure will disqualify a participant from stipend eligibility.
• Teachers must also complete the online, asynchronous sessions for a total of 12 hours over four weeks.
• Teachers will need to complete an eligibility verification form at the academy training to receive their stipend. Each teacher will need his or her TSDS unique ID number. Instructions for locating the unique ID number from TEA may be found at http://tea.texas.gov/curriculum/academies/.

Teachers employed at campuses at which 40% or more of the students enrolled are educationally disadvantaged (eligible to participate in the national free or reduced-price lunch program) receive priority in registering to attend the academies. Administrators and instructional coaches from eligible campuses may attend if they meet the eligibility requirements though they are not eligible for stipends. If a session reaches capacity, administrators and instructional coaches will be removed from the session so that classroom teachers may attend.