Teacher Research Community
The best ideas come from teachers. TRC is CPM's national community of teacher-researchers — collaborating, investigating, and publishing work that improves classrooms across the country.
TRC is an 18-month program that pairs CPM teachers with a team of like-minded colleagues and a dedicated leadership mentor. Together you identify a problem of practice, investigate it in your classroom, and share your findings with the broader CPM community — at the annual Teacher Conference and beyond.
All travel and lodging are covered. You receive a financial stipend. And the colleagues you make tend to stick around long after the program ends.
Every TRC member moves through four interconnected phases over the course of the program — each building toward work you're proud to share.
Investigate and Learn
Collaborate with Researchers
Write and Publish
Share Your Findings
Participation in TRC should never be limited by budget. CPM covers all costs associated with the program so you can focus entirely on your research.
Financial Stipend
You receive a financial stipend for your participation in the program.
Travel and Lodging
All travel and lodging is covered for the 4-day summer institute and the 3-day annual in-person conference.
Leadership Mentorship
Work alongside up to 5 TRC leadership members, including university professors and CPM's research faculty.
TRC has been the biggest game changer for me as a math educator. Being able to collaborate with educators and leaders from around the country has kept me motivated to stay in the classroom.
TRC Member
TRC helps us move off auto-pilot with our teaching. It re-energizes us to push ourselves to change.
TRC Member
I have continued to participate in TRC year after year because of the way we collaborate and learn from and with like-minded colleagues who want to do the hard work.
Returning TRC Member
I love the sense of community that I get from the teachers that I have worked with.
TRC Member
I appreciate being able to talk to others going through similar experiences and struggles so that I can continue growing.
TRC Member
I have enjoyed being challenged to think in a different light instead of getting caught up in my day-to-day routines.
TRC Member
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. If you're a CPM teacher who wants to grow your practice, connect with colleagues across the country, and contribute to the field of math education — TRC is for you. Download the flyer for full program details, or apply now to get started.
2.3.4
Defining Concavity
4.4.1
Characteristics of Polynomial Functions
5.2.6
Semi-Log Plots
5 Closure
Closure How Can I Apply It? Activity 3
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Transition States
9.3.2
Future and Past States
10.3.1
The Parametrization of Functions, Conics, and Their Inverses
10.3.2
Vector-Valued Functions
11.1.5
Rate of Change of Polar Functions
This professional learning is designed for teachers as they begin their implementation of CPM. This series contains multiple components and is grounded in multiple active experiences delivered over the first year. This learning experience will encourage teachers to adjust their instructional practices, expand their content knowledge, and challenge their beliefs about teaching and learning. Teachers and leaders will gain first-hand experience with CPM with emphasis on what they will be teaching. Throughout this series educators will experience the mathematics, consider instructional practices, and learn about the classroom environment necessary for a successful implementation of CPM curriculum resources.
Page 2 of the Professional Learning Progression (PDF) describes all of the components of this learning event and the additional support available. Teachers new to a course, but have previously attended Foundations for Implementation, can choose to engage in the course Content Modules in the Professional Learning Portal rather than attending the entire series of learning events again.
