Math for All, Peters, Spring 2025

Instructor:	Patrick Peters, Ph.D.
Location:	Online. This is an asynchronous course, there will be no scheduled meeting times.
Dates and Times:	Mar 18 - Jun 07, 2025
Credits:	3 Graduate Credits
Tuition:	$1,195

Course Description

Participants will learn how to engage all learners in mathematics. Participants will learn strategies for structuring their math lessons to engage all students in rich, rigorous mathematical work. Participants will develop an understanding of how mathematical tasks can aid in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Finally, participants will learn strategies for creating a positive mathematical community that encourages critical thinking, problem-solving, productive struggle, and discourse among students.

Audience: Grades K-8, math teachers and math interventionists with a Bachelor's Degree

Course Goals & Objectives

Course Goals: This course aims to teach students...

instructional strategies to engage all learners in mathematics.
how to use mathematical tasks to engage students in mathematics.
how to create a positive mathematical community within their math class.

Course Objectives: By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Use a mathematical lesson structure that meets the needs of all students.
Develop strategies to engage all students in the learning of mathematics
Effectively use mathematical tasks as a means to engage students in rich and rigorous mathematical work.
Develop strategies for creating a positive mathematical community.

Instructor

Patrick Peters, Ph.D., has been in education for the last thirteen years. For ten of those years, he taught 3rd grade, and more recently, he has served a mathematical instructional coach. Patrick has a passion for improving instruction in mathematics so that all students can achieve mathematics to the highest level. This passion let to Patrick attending The Vermont Mathematics Institute (VMI) and earning his masters in the Science of Teaching Mathematics and then to go on to get his Ed.D in Educational Leadership.

Required Texts

Required Texts are not included in the course tuition.

Liljedahl, Peter, et al. Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning, Grades K-12. Corwin, 2021.

Darcey, Linda, and Jayne Bamford Lynch. Math For All: Differentiating Instruction. Math Solutions, 2007

For additional course information

Patrick Peters

(802) 356-4015

For additional registration information

Center for Schools Team

(802) 468-1325