Your Traditional Math PD Isn’t Getting You Results
You've tried. And tried. And it's still not working.
New curriculum. New programs. That expensive summer training where teachers leave amped up ready to put it into practice.
Then, real life hits. The lesson doesn’t go as planned. Students aren’t grasping the concepts. The data isn’t showing that students are mastering the standards.
And many teachers revert back to ineffective methods of teaching, because it feels comfortable. It’s as though the summer training never happened, and your math scores still aren't where they need to be.
That's not a failure of effort. It's a failure of approach. One-time professional development doesn't change what happens in classrooms on Tuesday morning. It never has.
Real change in math education requires something most schools have never been offered: a sustained partnership that develops teachers over time, builds internal leaders, and stays long enough to actually work.
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Real Transformation Happens After Consistent, Focused Practice Over Time
Picture This: a building where every educator, from the Title 1 support to the classroom teacher, speaks the same mathematical language. Where students don't dread math because the adults around them love teaching it. Where your data tells a story of growth, not just scores.
This isn't wishful thinking. It's what the research says is possible with sustained and focused practice. Douglas Reeves found that it takes 30 to 100 hours of professional learning focused on a single goal before educators see meaningful improvement.
That's why we don't offer a workshop. We offer a partnership. One focused goal. Sustained over time. Building deeper with every phase.
Meet Your Coach
Jessica Kaminski, M.Ed.
In 20 years of math education, 7 in the classroom and 13 leading teachers around the world, I've seen one thing proven true over and over again:
When teachers grow, students thrive.
I'm a Singapore Math expert, and the author of two K–6 mathematics textbook series. I've coached hundreds of teachers across the globe and spent the last decade building Math with Purpose around the belief that quality math instruction is a craft. Every educator deserves the support to develop it.
What makes this work different is that I don't believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. Every school I partner with gets a customized strategy built around their teachers, their students, and their goals. Because the only partnership worth having is one that actually fits.
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Introducing
The Rooted
to Thrive Framework
When teaching is rooted in research-based practice, every student thrives.
This is not a program you buy and implement alone. It's a customized, sustained partnership that develops your educators phase by phase, building deeper with every cycle.
Every partnership begins with a free 30-minute leadership call to define your school’s math goals. Together, we evaluate your current PD efforts using a research-based rubric and create a customized PD plan with SMART goals, timelines, and accountability check-ins.
STEP 1: Schedule Your Math Goal Strategy Call
Free Resource ⬇
Want to evaluate your school’s math PD readiness now?
Download our PD Reflection Rubric based on Douglas B. Reeves’ PIM Framework.
We start together, in person. Every educator in your building — classroom teachers, Title 1 support, special education staff, and leaders — aligns around a shared vision of quality math instruction. Participants don't just learn about math. They do the math, through manipulatives and problem-solving, fully immersed in the classroom experience.
This is usually scheduled at the end of the year or beginning of the school year as 2 focused days of staff development. Using my 4 Pillars of Teacher Growth, we ensure everyone is starting on the same page with a clear vision moving forward.
STEP 2: Build a Solid Foundation
After the foundation is set, teachers take it into their classrooms and try it on their own. When the roadblocks hit, and they will, we're ready.
Selected teacher leaders engage in a 6–9 week virtual coaching cycle with me to build the internal capacity of each school to develop on-site support.
Teachers also have the option of continuing to grow using The Math Learning Lab asynchronous modules. This library full of math tools will include everything from classroom management to content specific modules to meet teachers where they are.
STEP 3: Keep the Momentum by Growing
Why It Works?
The Rooted to Thrive Framework is built on the Learning Lab Model to provide reflective and action-based professional development that can be implemented while teaching. The goal is to practice effective teaching strategies immediately to see ultimate progress.
It’s also aligned with the PIM Framework by Douglas B. Reeves, which links focused, sustained PD with measurable student achievement.
This is where everything comes together in the classroom. I return on-site for demo lessons and co-teaching visits, planned collaboratively via Zoom the week before and debriefed together after. Teachers observe, reflect, and walk away with concrete next steps connected to their own students and their own growth.
This isn't a one-time visit. Steps 3 and 4 repeat and deepen throughout the year, because the most powerful growth happens in the second and third round, not the first. Each cycle goes deeper, informed by real classroom data and the goals we set together with your leadership team.
Throughout every step, we work directly with your administrators and math leads to set SMART goals, track classroom data, and measure what's actually moving.
STEP 4: Develop Through Intentional Practice
3 Phases, one Continuous Partnership
Phases 2 and 3 continue for as long as needed.
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You Might be Wondering...
"This sounds great, but we don't have the budget for a sustained partnership."
Every plan is customized to fit your school's size, timeline, and goals. We'll find a starting point that works.
Because this framework builds internal leaders inside your building, the return on that investment compounds over time. Sure, a one-day workshop costs less, but it delivers less. This is a different category of investment entirely.
"We've done professional development before. Our teachers leave inspired and then nothing changes."
That's exactly the problem this framework was designed to solve. Inspiration without follow-through doesn't move the needle as teachers get bogged down with the day-to-day. The Rooted to Thrive Framework stays and adapts to a teacher's schedule.
Coaching cycles, on-site visits, asynchronous learning, and leadership accountability are all built in specifically, because one great day is never enough. Research backs this up: it takes 30 to 100 hours of focused professional learning to see real improvement. We build that time in by design.
"Our teachers are already stretched thin. I don't want to add one more thing to their plates."
This is something I hear a lot, and it's a valid concern. That's exactly why we focus on developing internal leaders inside your building rather than adding endless outside demands. The coaching is targeted, the asynchronous modules are self-paced, and the entire model is built around meeting teachers where they are.
This isn't one more thing. It's the thing that makes everything else work better.
"How do I know this will be what our school needs?"
The honest answer is that we find out together. That's why every partnership starts with a partnership call, not a sales pitch. We talk about your school, your teachers, your data, and your goals before anything is recommended or decided.
But here's what I also want you to know: this framework requires a real partnership. I will show up fully prepared, equipped, and committed to your school's growth. The schools that see the greatest results are the ones where leadership shows up the same way: following through on goals, supporting teachers through the hard moments, and creating the conditions for this work to take root.
I set you up for success. But the most powerful thing a leader can do is stay in it with their teachers. When that happens, the results are real and they last.
Find the Right Fit
for Your School
Every plan is built around your goals, your teachers, and your timeline. What stays consistent across all of them is the commitment — a minimum of 4 live in-person days, at least one full coaching cycle, and direct leadership goal sessions included at every level.
BASIC
The starting point
Ideal for schools beginning their journey or working within a tighter budget. Foundation training, one coaching cycle, and two demo lesson days give you everything needed to plant the roots and start growing.
PREFERRED
The full growth experience ⭐
Most popular Foundation training, two coaching cycles, demo lessons, co-teaching, and school-wide Math Learning Lab access. This is the plan most schools choose because it gives teachers the time and repetition they need to truly grow without overwhelming them.
COMPREHENSIVE
Deep, sustained transformation
For schools ready to go all in. Three or more coaching cycles, multiple on-site visits, additional content sessions, and a year-long commitment to building a math program that outlasts any single initiative.
Your Students are Ready to Thrive!
When teachers are rooted in research-based practice, students thrive. I've seen it. I've built a framework around it. And I'd love to bring it to your school.
The only thing missing is a partnership built to make it happen.
If you're done starting over every fall and ready to invest in something that stays, let's talk. The strategy call is free, there's no pressure, and it starts with a real conversation about what your school actually needs.
No pressure. Just a thoughtful conversation to help you evaluate your current PD systems and see if the Math Learning Lab is the right fit.
Reeves, Douglas B. Transforming Professional Development into Student Results: Keys to Real Change ASCD, 2010.
The framework also incorporates principles from Reeves’ PIM (Planning, Implementation, Monitoring) Rubric and evidence-based PD models in teacher education.
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