Intro to Building Math Culture:
from Vision to Practice to Impact

July 21-23, 2026
Denver, Colorado

Join us for a 2.5 day summer institute where you will step into your students’ shoes and experience what math feels like when curiosity, discourse, and deep thinking lead the way (grades K-12).

🔎 What We’ll Explore

• ​How America’s math culture shapes beliefs about who is (and isn’t) a “math person,”and reflect on how your own math story shapes your practice.

• Research-based math instructional strategies, including the Launch-Explore-Discuss-Synthesize lesson structure and the 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Math Discussions.

• How purposeful use of the models and strategies can simultaneously support access and challenge for all learners

• Protocols that build teacher content knowledge around essential grade-level concepts

• How to plan for a lesson that positions students as the problem solvers

🛠️ How We’ll Explore

• ​Step into your students’ shoes by engaging in rich, inquiry-based math tasks, and reflect on how the experience deepens your own understanding of mathematics and effective instruction.

• Participate in protocols designed to build content knowledge and pedagogical skill, structures you can take back and use with your own teams.

• Use lesson video to unpack teacher decision-making, and examine how instructional choices shape student thinking and collaboration.

• Experience instructional best practices as a learner, with professional development sessions designed to reflect the same engagement, challenge, and discourse we seek for our students.
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Who should attend?

K-12 teachers, coaches, and school or district leaders who believe everyone can thrive in math, and are ready to build a culture that proves it.

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Partner Pricing

Early Bird (through June 1): $570

Standard (after June 1): $750

Non-Partner Pricing
Early Bird (through June 1): $750

Standard (after June 1): $950

Location

Polaris Elementary School

410 Park Avenue West

Denver, Colorado 80205​

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Dates and Times

A light breakfast is provided from 8:00-8:30am 

• July 21 8:30 am - 4:00 pm 

• July 22 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

• July 23 8:30am - 12:30 pm

Recommended Hotel ​

We recommend staying at the Hampton Inn (1845 Sherman Street, Denver, CO 80203) for your convenience. It is a ~10 minute walk to the school where the institute is held . A booking link will be provided after registration.

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Questions? Contact us at info@mathculturelab.org