About Math Recovery® Specialist Courses
Math Recovery® Specialist provides the deepest level of professional development and support available through the US Math Recovery Council®. These intensive, blended-learning professional development experiences includes continual cycles of instruction, reflection, and refinement resulting in a high level of expertise in mathematics intervention and Math Recovery® specialization.Math Recovery® Specialist is offered in a two-part series:
- Math Recovery® Specialist, Part 1 (MRSp1): Intervention and Specialization in Number Learning for the Primary Grades
- Math Recovery® Specialist, Part 2 (MRSp2): Intervention and Specialization in Number Learning for the Intermediate Grades
Math Recovery® Specialist is a rigorous course that provides intensive professional development that develops intervention teaching experience and highly specialized knowledge in Math Recovery® content, assessment, and teaching. A two-part series is available for those wishing to extend their learning to include both primary and intermediate grades. Each course contains several days of face-to-face training, independent learning activities, active work with students throughout the year, collegial team meetings, and 1:1 coaching from a US Math Recovery® professional.
Through the intensity and depth of these professional development trainings, the Math Recovery specialist is able to precisely diagnose student levels of understanding and design instruction to implement intervention in 1:1 or small group settings.
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"This intensive course has allowed me to learn more about mathematics than any other professional development course in my 20 year career. I feel equipped to support the range of learners in my school with appropriate assessments and instruction."
Lauren Nitti, Course Participant Aspen, CO |
Lauren Nitti, Course Participant
Aspen, CO
Math Recovery® Specialist, Part 1Intervention and Specialization in Number Learning for the Primary Grades |
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| No prerequisites required |
| MRSp1 includes the assessment and teaching topics of addition and subtraction, structuring numbers, number word sequences, numeral identification, and conceptual place value. The MRSp1 course length is typically 9-12 months. After completion of this course, participants are well prepared for providing targeted intervention students and are a valuable resource for supporting school- or district-wide initiatives. |
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Math Recovery® Specialist, Part 2Intervention and Specialization in Number Learning for the Intermediate Grades |
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| Math Recovery® Specialist, Part 1 is a prerequisite. |
| MRSp2 expands on Part 1 and includes the assessment and teaching topics of higher decade addition and subtraction, addition and subtraction to 100 and multiplication and division. The MRSp2 course length is typically 6-9 months. After completion of this course, participants are well prepared for providing targeted intervention students and are a valuable resource for supporting school- or district-wide initiatives. |
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Who are these courses recommended for?
The Math Recovery® Specialist courses are recommended for:
- teachers providing intervention
- teachers who work within schools or districts as a whole in which students are not meeting grade-level expectations teachers providing access to grade-level content for students
- instructional coaches or leaders who are supporting mathematics instruction would benefit from this professional development
- teachers working in special education
Educators are recommended, though not required, to have three years of teaching experience.
Math Recovery® Specialist is the pathway to developing local leadership and sustainability. Certification in Math Recovery Specialist, Part 1 is a prerequisite for leadership courses.
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