Transition to Quantitative Literacy and Statistics is composed of 5 units of instruction including a capstone project.  

• See the units of instruction and associated KPIs as required by the Illinois PWR Act. 

• Each instructor and high school in D509 is expected to provide the same 5 units of instruction and teach to the same KPIs.  Each TQLS course should culminate with a capstone project which gives students an opportunity to explore a topic of interest that demonstrates what they have learned from the TM course. 

• All TQLS instructors administer the same mid-course and final exams

• Please see student and parent-facing information about Transitional Math courses for you to share. 

Instructional Resources

TM instruction should provide TM students with a NEW experience of previously learned math concepts.  All TM courses are intended to be project-based courses that require students to apply their mathematical understanding to real-world applications.  While this is especially true for the capstone project, the project-based approach is a required element of all TM instructors. Within the parameters of the required units and KPIs, TM instructors can use any materials and lessons that fulfill the expectation of problem and application-based mathematics instruction.

However, there is no need for you to reinvent the wheel.  This is a collaborative effort, and in the spirit of that collaboration, the following instructional resources are available for your use in teaching your TQLS course

• Unit 1  Personal Finance

• Unit 2  Statistics and Prediction in Everyday Life

• Unit 3  Constructing Our World

• Unit 4  Math in Decision Making

• Unit 5  Capstone Project

• 6/4/2024 Collaboration Session Slides