Thank you for joining the March 3, 2026 CML meeting. We appreciate the thoughtful participation, district insights, and continued collaboration across our statewide math leadership community. Below is a brief recap of key topics and next steps.
Updates were provided from CCTM, NCSM, CDE, the Colorado Math Pathways Task Force, and the CML Book Study. These included upcoming professional learning opportunities, conference updates, continued work on high school standards revisions, and invitations to engage with ongoing statewide initiatives and leadership learning. You can review full details by accessing the agenda and slides.
The Instructional Leadership Learning portion of the meeting focused on how leaders use classroom visits and learning walks to support educator learning and inform professional learning. Participants heard about practical tools and structures that help leaders notice and strengthen high-quality mathematics teaching practices.
Raymond Johnson (CDE) introduced two simple observation tools designed to support short classroom visits. The SERP 5x8 card highlights seven vital student actions that signal productive mathematical engagement, while the Link vs. Press framework from the Instructional Quality Assessment focuses observers on how teachers connect and extend student thinking through purposeful questioning and discourse moves.
Beth Joswick (Aurora Public Schools) shared how elementary instructional leadership teams conduct monthly learning walks focused on specific aspects of curriculum implementation. Teachers participate in rotating groups, visit classrooms together, and use shared observation tools to identify trends and strengthen instructional practices across the school.
Maura Dudley (Boulder Valley School District) described how classroom visits informed professional learning through a “secondary world tour” of classrooms across the district. During visits, she documented strengths and opportunities, sent appreciation postcards to teachers, and used patterns observed across classrooms to shape professional learning focused on talk moves, assessing and advancing questions, and academic monitoring.
The next meeting will be held on April 7, 2026, with a focus on the CDE Math Plan. We will also continue to spotlight district work. If you are already thinking about professional learning for the 2026–27 school year, we would love to hear how you approach planning from your role. This might include year-long professional learning plans, structures that support teacher or administrator learning, or ways you organize coherent support for mathematics instruction. If you or a colleague would be willing to share, please reach out to Maura Dudley.
