The Pathways Professional Development Model
Pathways professional development training supports teachers and departments throughout the entire process from piloting materials to scaling the curriculum’s use to sustaining its success into the future. Initial two- or three-day professional development workshops at a site introduce new Pathways instructors to Pathways learning goals and model strategies for engaging students in constructing productive mathematical meanings.
Workshop leaders engage participants in discussing general and specific learning goals for Pathways precalculus students, including developing students’ confidence and competence in using their mathematical thinking to make sense of problems and ideas independently.
The development team maintains long-term connections with each site to help train new instructors, support professional learning communities, and modify curriculum materials to meet the site's unique needs to maximize success.