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The Texas Regional Collaboratives would like to invite you t to participate in the Texas Cognitively Guided
Instruction (CGI) Pilot Program. CGI is a teacher professional development program that helps teachers
understand children’s mathematical thinking and how to use knowledge of children’s thinking to guide
mathematics instruction. CGI is one of the only math PD programs with a research base to show that teachers'
participation in CGI PD Seminars leads to increases in their students’ math achievement. CGI is not a curriculum
but rather enhances teachers’ ability to use any curriculum materials to increase student learning.
The Texas CGI Pilot Program will include:
 a 7-day CGI Professional Development Seminar for K-2 teachers (4 days in the summer; 2 days in
September; and 1 day in the 2017-18 school year — all session will be held in your region) (June 12- 15,
2017)
 a CGI Administrator Support Seminar (1 day in your region plus a half-day webinar in the 2017-18 school
year)
 one book per participating teacher: Children’s Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction
Normally, the cost to educators would be $750 per participant, but with the support of the TRC, we can offer the
training for $200 per participant. If your district is willing to host the sessions, we can reduce the fee to your
teachers.
TRC is requiring the following
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 Teachers attend with at least one other teacher from their school. (A team of 3 teachers per school is
preferred.)
 The school principal attends the CGI Administrator Support Seminar and Webinar.
 Teachers attending the sessions teach K-2 students.
Instructional coaches, administrators, special education teachers and ELL teachers who work with K-2 students are
encouraged to participate in the 7-day CGI Professional Development Seminar.
The CGI Professional Development Seminars will be offered in partnership with Teachers Development Group
(TDG). TDG is a non-profit agency that offers CGI professional development throughout the nation.
Over 25 years of research across diverse populations show that participating in CGI professional development:
Improves students’ achievement on problem solving and early algebraic thinking tasks without loss of achievement
on traditional arithmetic tasks
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Increases students’ engagement in problem-solving and communicating their mathematical ideas
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Increases students’ ability to communicate their mathematical ideas
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Helps teachers use information about students’ thinking to plan instruction based on the needs of the
individuals in their class
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Increases teachers’ knowledge of mathematics
Teachers who participate in CGI Professional Development learn to:
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Analyze word problems and equations to determine the mathematical demands and recognize student
responses in terms of cognitive development
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Assess students’ thinking and design problems that will develop students’ understanding of important
concepts and skills
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Facilitate discussions that provide a window into students’ thinking, strengthen students’ ability to reason
about arithmetic, and build students’ capacity for algebraic reasoning
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Engage students in algebra tasks that enhance students’ learning of arithmetic while also providing a
foundation for the future learning of formal algebra.
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