PRIME is a professional development system for teachers and administrators, designed to increase teacher understanding of mathematics, through courses and accompanying resources.

PRIME can provide teachers with the content knowledge, confidence, and specific strategies needed to differentiate instruction for individual and whole-class success.

PRIME increases student understanding and student performance in mathematics.

PRIME is an innovative resource that helps teachers identify where all students are in their developmental understanding of mathematics and provides strategies for moving forward in their understanding.

PRIME courses and resources address the teaching of mathematics systemically, providing strategies and tools to build district capacity for improved mathematics teaching.

Nelson Professional Learning is proud and excited to introduce PRIME, Professional Resources and Instruction for Mathematics Educators.

PRIME...
• is 100% researched, developed, and validated in Canada
• has produced measurable and significant improvement in both teacher understanding of mathematics and in student performance during independent testing
• meets the unique needs of our teachers, by providing courses and resources that were developed using provincial curriculum documents and validated with over 12,000 Canadian students
• covers all five strands of the mathematics curriculum:
• Number and Operations
• Patterns and Algebra
• Geometry
• Data Management and Probability
• Measurement

PRIME Professional Development is implemented through two types of strand-based courses; teacher courses, and facilitator courses.

Teacher Courses:
• Help teachers to build their own understanding of math content
• Introduce teachers to the PRIME Developmental Maps and Tools
• Show teachers how to determine where students are in their mathematics understanding using the Developmental Maps
• Provide strategies to move students forward

Who should attend:
K–8 teachers.

Course Length:
Two or three days, depending on the strand.

Training Delivered By:
A District Facilitator who has completed a PRIME Facilitator Course in the relevant strand or a Nelson Professional Learning Facilitator.

Resources:
One kit per participant, per strand.
(Please visit page 6 for more information.)

Courses Available:
Teacher courses are available in each of the five strands: Number and Operations; Patterns and Algebra; Geometry; Data Management and Probability; and Measurement.