About CGI

 Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) is a teacher professional learning program that supports teachers to understand research knowledge of children’s mathematical thinking and how to use students’ mathematical thinking to guide instruction.  CGI is a student-centered approach to teaching math with understanding.  Teachers start with what their students already know and building on their understanding of mathematical ideas and their intuitive approaches to problem solving.  CGI is not a curriculum or a teaching program but rather a way of listening to students, asking smart questions, and engaging with their thinking.  CGI teachers are constantly working to uncover and expand students’ mathematical understanding. 

More information can be found at 

https://www.heinemann.com/cgimath/

CGI Math Teacher  Learning Center

The CGI Math Teacher Learning Center is offering two open-enrollment CGI seminars in a remote learning format, June 24 - 27, 2024. One seminar will be for K-2 teachers and the other seminar will be for 3-5 teachers.

The sessions will run 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Central Time.  3 four-hour remote Saturday sessions will be provided in the 2024-2025 school year for follow-up support on the following days: September 21, 2024, November 9, 2024 and February 15, 2025.

This course is open to individual teachers or groups of teachers from the same school or school district.

Due to a generous contribution from Elizabeth Fennema, the tuition for this 7-day course will be $500 per participant. Annie Keith will teach the K-2 course and Olof Steinthorsdottir will teach the 3-5 course. Ms. Keith and Dr. Steinthorsdottir are former students, colleagues & friends of Professor Fennema.