University Support Program

Free Curriculum Access for University Math Educators

CPM's University Support Program provides complimentary 18-month renewable licenses to university researchers and math teacher educators — bridging the gap between the ideals of teacher education and the realities of classrooms.

University math educators using CPM materials

Complimentary Access

What's Included

USP members receive complimentary 18-month renewable licenses to CPM's full 6–12 curriculum suite — available to both instructors and their pre-service teacher students.

New

Grades 6–8 · Middle School

Inspiring Connections

CPM's newest middle school curriculum — a multimodal program blending digital and print materials, designed around meaningful mathematics with culturally responsive pedagogy and the Mathematician's Notebook.

18-month renewable license

New

Grade 8 · Support Class

Inspirations & Ideas

CPM's innovative 8th grade support course — a non-graded concurrent class for students who sometimes struggle, focused on building confidence, number sense, and a genuine interest in mathematical thinking.

18-month renewable license

Grades 6–12 · Full Suite

Core Connections Series

CPM's full 6–12 Core Connections curriculum — Middle School Courses 1–3, and the High School Traditional and Integrated pathways (Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2, Integrated I–III).

18-month renewable license

What's Inside

Edition Features

Inspiring Connections includes dedicated features for both teachers and students. Teal-bordered items are new to this curriculum.

Teacher Editions Include:

Sample assessments
Strategies for supporting collaboration and productive struggle
Pocket questions to scaffold student thinking and to elicit deeper thinking
Language objectives, math language routines, and sentence frames to support access
Reflection questions on valuing cultural differences in collaboration and communication
Strategies to support rough draft talk and growth mindset
Support for unpacking cultural dimensions of tasks with students
Explicit attention to how to address stereotypes and biases that may emerge in discussions
A "Want to Learn More?" section with resources for continued teacher learning

Student Editions Include:

The first chapter establishes a productive class culture
Alignment with Universal Design for Learning
Lessons that follow a Launch, Explore, Closure sequence with regular reflection opportunities
Learning targets (LTs) for lessons and independent practice with explicit links to multiple LTs
Mathematical and contextual storylines that spiral through chapters, courses, and series
Work at Vertical Non-Permanent Surfaces
Launches to promote socioemotional learning
Tasks with diverse contexts, including complex societal issues
Data Chats that examine real-world data, often illuminating important issues for society

Existing feature

*New in Inspiring Connections

Inspiring Connections

What to Expect from CPM's Newest Curriculum

Inspiring Connections is designed for both teachers and students to engage deeply with mathematics — centering identity, culture, and community alongside rigorous problem-based learning.

Teacher Editions Support Teachers To

  • Practice strategic questioning to support students in grappling with meaningful, rigorous mathematical tasks
  • Create a learning community where students' identities and cultures are sustained as they grow as mathematicians
  • Foster a class culture where risk-taking and mistakes are a valued part of the learning process
  • Use strategies that support students in accessing language and cultural assumptions embedded within mathematics
  • Skillfully facilitate discussions around tasks with contexts that illuminate complex social issues

Student Editions Support Students To

  • Successfully grapple with complex mathematical tasks through collaboration and independent practice
  • Provide and connect verbal, written, and visual explanations for mathematical strategies and concepts
  • Fully participate in linguistically diverse and language-rich classrooms
  • Critically interpret real-world data and data visualizations using interdisciplinary competencies
  • Articulate their mathematical strengths, areas for growth, and the role of mathematics in their lives

Inclusive by Design

CPM's Commitment to Inclusive Mathematics Curriculum

Equity and inclusion are not add-ons to CPM's curriculum — they are foundational design principles embedded in both the illustrations and the mathematical tasks throughout every course.

Diversity in the Illustrations

  • Varied gender expression
  • Many different races and ethnicities
  • Multiple physical abilities and visible aids
  • Diverse physical attributes including weight, height, and hair
  • Various styles of clothing including cultural clothing

Diversity in the Text

  • Names from communities around the world
  • Tasks that defy gender stereotypes and include non-binary identities
  • Tasks that center cultures from around the world
  • Tasks that showcase real people (e.g., famous athletes)

For Researchers & Math Teacher Educators

Ways to Use CPM in Your Work

USP members use CPM materials across two main areas — in their own teacher education courses and in direct collaboration with CPM's professional learning team.

In Teacher Education Courses

  • Use materials to support future teachers in facilitating critical conversations in the math classroom
  • Contextualize pedagogy and content with real, rigorous curriculum
  • Enhance lesson-planning and modify lessons to meet local teaching performance assessment requirements
  • Examine how resources incorporate pedagogical practices
  • Use CPM materials for distance learning contexts
  • Model the teaching of CPM tasks with pre-service teachers
  • Use CPM in rubric-based curricular analysis
  • Request print materials for your library's curriculum collection
  • Use as an edTPA and PPAT planning resource

Collaborating with CPM Professional Learning

  • Jointly select CPM tasks to meet your specific instructional goals
  • Utilize CPM presentations in your university courses
  • Model with CPM-led lessons (e.g., introduce pre-service teachers to algebra tiles)
  • Access professional learning events — both you and your students
  • Consider CPM classrooms as placements for future mathematics teachers

USP Community

Where USP Is Active

USP members are active at universities and teacher education programs across the United States. Join a growing community of math teacher educators using CPM to prepare the next generation of mathematics teachers.

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Calculus
Third Edition

Precalculus
Third Edition

Precalculus
Supplement

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

9.3.1

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

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Integrada I

Matemática
Integrada II

Matemática
Integrada III

Integrated I

Integrated II

Integrated III

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Core Connections en español, Geometría

Core Connections en español, Álgebra 2

Core Connections
Algebra

Core Connections Geometry

Core Connections
Algebra 2

Core Connections 1

Core Connections 2

Core Connections 3

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Algebra Tiles Session

  • Used throughout CPM middle and high school courses
  • Concrete, geometric representation of algebraic concepts.
  • Two-hour virtual session,
  •  Learn how students build their conceptual understanding of simplifying algebraic expressions
  • Solving equations using these tools.  
  • Determining perimeter,
  • Combining like terms,
  • Comparing expressions,
  • Solving equations
  • Use an area model to multiply polynomials,
  • Factor quadratics and other polynomials, and
  • Complete the square.
  • Support the transition from a concrete (manipulative) representation to an abstract model of mathematics..

Foundations for Implementation

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.

Building on Instructional Practice Series

The Building on Instructional Practice Series consists of three different events – Building on Discourse, Building on Assessment, Building on Equity – that are designed for teachers with a minimum of one year of experience teaching with CPM instructional materials and who have completed the Foundations for Implementation Series.

Building on Equity

In Building on Equity, participants will learn how to include equitable practices in their classroom and support traditionally underserved students in becoming leaders of their own learning. Essential questions include: How do I shift dependent learners into independent learners? How does my own math identity and cultural background impact my classroom? The focus of day one is equitable classroom culture. Participants will reflect on how their math identity and mindsets impact student learning. They will begin working on a plan for Chapter 1 that creates an equitable classroom culture. The focus of day two and three is implementing equitable tasks. Participants will develop their use of the 5 Practices for Orchestrating Meaningful Mathematical Discussions and curate strategies for supporting all students in becoming leaders of their own learning. Participants will use an equity lens to reflect on and revise their Chapter 1 lesson plans.

Building on Assessment

In Building on Assessment, participants will apply assessment research and develop methods to provide feedback to students and inform equitable assessment decisions. On day one, participants will align assessment practices with learning progressions and the principle of mastery over time as well as write assessment items. During day two, participants will develop rubrics, explore alternate types of assessment, and plan for implementation that supports student ownership. On the third day, participants will develop strategies to monitor progress and provide evidence of proficiency with identified mathematics content and practices. Participants will develop assessment action plans that will encourage continued collaboration within their learning community.

Building on Discourse

In Building on Discourse, participants will improve their ability to facilitate meaningful mathematical discourse. This learning experience will encourage participants to adjust their instructional practices in the areas of sharing math authority, developing independent learners, and the creation of equitable classroom environments. Participants will plan for student learning by using teaching practices such as posing purposeful questioning, supporting productive struggle, and facilitating meaningful mathematical discourse. In doing so, participants learn to support students collaboratively engaged with rich tasks with all elements of the Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices incorporated through intentional and reflective planning.