California Professional Development

Professional Development for California Educators

Big Ideas Learning has created a professional development (PD) package for use in your district to help teachers incorporate the SMPs into everyday instruction. We are excited to be able to offer this PD session to you as a complementary service for all California teachers.

Incorporating the Curriculum Framework with SMPs

• The newly revised Mathematics Framework (2023) highlights the importance of using the Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMPs) as part of high-quality instructional strategies. The framework provides a model by which the SMPs work together with the three Drivers of Investigation (DIs) and the four categories of Content Connection (CCs) to motivate students to learn coherent, focused, and rigorous mathematics.