Reimagining Adaptive and Responsive Teaching in Secondary Mathematics Classrooms

This course prepares secondary mathematics teachers to design and implement equitable, responsive remediation and intervention in their own classrooms. Participants examine root causes of mathematics learning challenges and analyze gaps between instructional intent, implementation, and impact. Drawing on case studies from math classroom contexts and aligned with current standards and frameworks in mathematics education, the course emphasizes research-based practices that disrupt deficit views of mathematical ability and expand access to rigorous learning. Through self-reflection, collaborative inquiry, and problem-solving, participants deepen their mathematical knowledge for teaching and strengthen their capacity to notice, interpret, and respond to student thinking in real time. Emphasis is placed on just-in-time intervention, in-the-moment remediation, and instructional strategies that leverage multiple representations, complex reasoning, and students' identities and lived experiences. By the end of the course, participants are prepared to enact and sustain classroom practices that advance more equitable mathematics outcomes for all students.