September 2026 Upcoming Events, Celebrations, Happenings and Opportunities (ECHO)

Save the Dates for Upcoming CCTM Events:

CCTM’s partner Open-up Resources will be hosting a webinar Thursday, September 17 5:30-6:30pm. The webinar, The 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Math Discussions, will cover the framework for meaningful discourse in a mathematics classroom. Click here to register and save your spot.

Colorado has adopted innovative new high school math standards, including advanced mathematics pathways aligned with student interests and goals and increased attention to statistics, modeling and technology. The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) is inviting educators to help create supplemental materials that will support teachers as they bring these new standards into their classrooms. CDE has identified five areas of support needed to implement the revised standards:

Making sense of individual standards (glossary, example tasks, boundary statements, mathematical and statistical process integration, etc.)
Making sense across standards (progressions, coherence connections, etc.)
Teaching with the standards (strategies, inquiry questions, pacing, technology, etc.)
Building pathways (materials alignment, alignment with CTE, concurrent enrollment, AP, etc.)
Supporting a pathways ecosystem (guidance for counselors, administrators, parents, etc.)

Colorado Math Competitions: Are you aware of all the different opportunities for Colorado students to participate in math competitions? Check out this quick guide for 2026-2027 math competitions and the link for State and National Mathematics Competitions on the CDE website.

Have you checked out NCTM’s upcoming webinars and professional development opportunities? Check back throughout the year to stay connected with the most up-to-date information.

CDE partnered with TNTP to provide a no-cost professional development course covering high quality, evidence-informed math instructional practices. Colorado educators, school administrators, out-of-school time professionals and other supporting professionals can register here to participate in the asynchronous course, Powerful Practice: Evidence-Informed Math Teaching.

K-12 Mathematics Interventions are teacher-created resources housed by CDE to support key areas in mathematics education. Check them out and see how these resources might help support your students with building foundational math skills to access grade-level lessons.