Explore our 2025-2026 professional learning opportunities!
CAREIMath Free Introductory Webinar
- Date: November 13, 2025
- Time: 12:00–12:45pm CST
CAREI has reimagined mathematics professional learning with a system-wide approach that blends research, multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS), and applied practice. Grounded in evidence and guided by results, CAREIMath is designed for educators, coaches, and leaders at every level.
Join us on November 13 for a free webinar to explore the content, design, and registration details for this exciting new series!
Cost: Free
CAREIMath Launch Conference
- Dates: January 22–23, 2026
- Time: 8:30am-3:30pm CST
Be part of the official launch of CAREIMath, our new professional learning series designed to transform mathematics instruction. This two-day virtual conference will give you an in-depth experience with the first two modules of our five-part Fundamentals series—Foundations of Mathematics Learning and Building Number Sense and Mathematical Reasoning.
Participants will explore practical strategies grounded in research and a multi-tiered system of supports, leaving with tools to strengthen classroom instruction, foster mathematical reasoning, and support all learners.
Cost:
- District Assembly Member Individual | $400
- Non-DA Individual | $500
- District Assembly Member Team (up to 5 per team) | $1500
- Non-DA Team (up to 5 per team) | $2000
CAREIMath Part 2: Modules 3-5
- Dates: February 10, 2026; April 16, 2026; May 15, 2026
- Time: 8:30am-3:30pm CST
- Module 3: Mathematical Language, Discourse and Representations
- Module 4: Designing and Delivering High-Impact Math Instruction
- Module 5: Assessment for Intervention and Growth
Continue your CAREIMath learning! CAREIMath is reimagining mathematics professional learning with a system-wide approach that blends research, multi-tiered systems of support, and applied practice.
By the end of the CAREIMath Series, educators will be able to:
- Apply effective strategies to strengthen core math instruction and provide targeted support.
- Use system and classroom data to guide instruction and meet student needs.
- Enhance lessons and routines to boost engagement, understanding, and achievement for all students.
- Build cohesive systems that improve math outcomes across classrooms and schools.
Cost:
- District Assembly Member Individual | $400
- Non-DA Individual | $500
- District Assembly Member Team (up to 5 per team) | $1500
- Non-DA Team (up to 5 per team) | $2000
Making Room for What Works: A Professional Learning and Coaching Series for District Leadership Teams
- Virtual session dates: December 2, 2025; January 27, 2026; March 10, 2026; May 12, 2026
- Virtual session time: 1:00pm-4:00pm CST
- Coaching dates: December 16, 2025; February 12, 2026; April 14, 2026; June 9, 2026
- Coaching time: 3:00pm-4:00pm CST
District leaders face initiative overload — too many programs competing for limited time, people, and funding. This series gives leadership teams the tools and coaching to step back, identify practices that no longer serve students, and reallocate resources to what truly works.
Gain strategic clarity and practical tools while building team alignment and sustainable change, moving towards full-scale lasting improvements.
Cost:
- District Assembly Member Team (up to 5 per team) | $4500
- Non-DA Team (up to 5 per team) | $5500
Chronic Absenteeism Networked Improvement Community (NIC)
- Dates: December 3, 2025; January 6, 2026; February 4, 2026; March 4, 2026; April 9, 2026; May 6, 2026
Build your capacity to improve student outcomes by participating in a six-part series that will focus on issues of attendance and chronic absenteeism.
With other NIC members, you will develop and implement a strategy matched to your need, and measure the impact and refine the strategy based on impact with assistance from CAREI. You will receive data collaboration protocols and gain practical information to support continuous improvement.
Cost:
- District Assembly Member Team (up to 5 per team) | $4500
- Non-DA Team (up to 5 per team) | $5500
Tier 2/3 Supports
- Dates: February 5, 2026; March 19, 2026; May 14, 2026; June 4, 2026
- Time: 9:00am-12:00pm CST
This four-session professional learning series is designed for school and district leaders to articulate systems for Tier 2 and Tier 3 supports with a sustainability focus. These sessions will focus on the areas of teaming, data-based decision making, determining the evidence-base of interventions within your system, and the development of intervention plans.
The professional learning series is workshop based and will include opportunities for your team to collaborate within the sessions to work toward improving your Tier 2 and Tier 3 systems.
Cost:
- District Assembly Member Individual | $1000
- Non-DA Individual | $1250
- District Assembly Member Team (up to 5 per team) | $3500
- Non-DA Team (up to 5 per team) | $4375
MTSS in Secondary Settings: A Professional Learning and Coaching Series for Building Leadership Teams
- Virtual session dates: January 20, 2026; February 24, 2026; April 7, 2026; May 5, 2026
- Time: 9:00am-12:00pm CST
- Coaching dates: January 27, 2026; March 3, 2026; April 14, 2026; May 12, 2026
- Time: 9:00am-10:00am CST
This four-part professional learning series is designed to help secondary school leaders and their leadership teams build the systems, practices, and mindsets needed to implement MTSS effectively in middle and high schools. Each session provides 3 hours of interactive professional development, followed the next week by a group 1-hour coaching session to support application and problem-solving in your local context.
Ideal for building leadership teams, this series blends research-based practices with practical coaching supports to drive real change in secondary schools.
Cost:
- District Assembly Member Team (up to 5 per team) | $4500
- Non-DA Team (up to 5 per team) | $5500
Building Safe, Supportive, and Resilient Schools: Implementing SEL, Behavior, and Mental Health Practices within a Comprehensive MTSS Framework
- Dates: February 18, 2026; March 18, 2026; April 15, 2026; May 6, 2026; June 17, 2026
- Time: 9:00am-12:00pm CST
This five-session professional learning series is designed to help educators and leaders integrate social-emotional learning (SEL), behavior supports, and mental health into a comprehensive Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS). Grounded in evidence-based practices, the series provides a clear framework for addressing the whole child by aligning academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs.
By the end of the series, participants will leave with actionable strategies, a deeper understanding of evidence-based practices across tiers, and a plan for embedding SEL, behavior, and mental health supports into their MTSS framework.
Cost:
- District Assembly Member Individual | $1000
- Non-DA Individual | $1250
- District Assembly Member Team (up to 5 per team) | $3500
- Non-DA Team (up to 5 per team) | $4375
Creating your MTSS Playbook
- Dates: December 9, 2025; January 13, 2026; March 17, 2026; April 28, 2026
- Time: 9:00am-12:00pm CST
This four-session professional learning series is designed to guide you and your district in developing an MTSS Playbook through a process that engages staff and promotes reflection and collaboration. Sessions include newly-developed resources, guidance on development, and opportunities for you and your team to collaborate with other education leaders to navigate dynamics and overcome obstacles.
With a district MTSS Playbook, your team can take meaningful steps in your efforts to implement a multi-tiered system of supports framework in a manner that supports every staff member in your system.
Cost:
- District Assembly Member Individual | $1000
- Non-DA Individual | $1250
- District Assembly Member Team (up to 5 per team) | $3500
- Non-DA Team (up to 5 per team) | $4375
Data-Based Decision-Making for Collaborative Linked Teaming Infrastructure
- Dates: February 11, 2026; March 11, 2026; April 8, 2026; May 13, 2026
- Time: 12:00-3:00pm CST
This four-session professional learning series is designed to guide you and your district in developing the teams, infrastructure, resources, and practices necessary to promote data analysis and action planning. Sessions include guidance, resources, and opportunities for you and your team to collaborate with other education leaders to reach solutions in the complex work of systems improvement through data-based decision making.
By committing to strong data-based decision-making practices, you and your district can make measurable progress in your efforts to efficiently allocate resources and provide positive experiences and outcomes for your students and families.
Cost:
- District Assembly Member Individual | $1000
- Non-DA Individual | $1250
- District Assembly Member Team (up to 5 per team) | $3500
- Non-DA Team (up to 5 per team) | $4375
Join the 2025-2026 District Assembly!
CAREI District Assembly brings together university researchers and school practitioners from across the country. Through our member-only portal, you'll gain access to:
- On-demand professional learning modules (eligible for Continuing Education Unit—CEU certification).
- Research Watch newsletters.
- Research-based tools, implementation resources, and guides.
- Documents, slides, and recordings from past District Assembly sessions.
- Research and policy briefs curated by CAREI experts.
Professional learning opportunities by CAREI core
Literacy Core professional development offerings
- CAREIALL: Advancing Language and Literacy | A comprehensive professional development course designed to support educators in operationalizing structured literacy in their classrooms.
- Functional Phonics+Morphology | Training and coaching support for the implementation of the FP+M curricula.
- PRESS - Path to Reading Excellence in School Site | A framework for literacy achievement in grades K-5, offering the professional learning opportunities and resources to implement systematic supports in elementary reading.
- Customized literacy solutions, with professional learning opportunities tailored to your communities.
Professional development to support MTSS implementation
- Professional learning and coaching support in data-based decision-making practices and procedures for continuous improvement.
- Guidance and support for MTSS implementation at the secondary level.
- Design, development, and use of Early Warning Systems at the middle and high school levels.
- Problem Solving Teams: An asynchronous, self-paced course developed to build your school's problem-solving team's capacity to evaluate intervention effectiveness using a systematic approach. A four-module course designed to help your teams learn about effective teaming practices and processes to evaluate student outcomes, how to match interventions to student need, and how to evaluate intervention effectiveness. Optional follow-up coaching is available in addition to course attendance.
- Coaching and assistance in designing and installing a district-wide coaching system.
- Professional learning and support in ensuring MTSS is for All. Engaging and integrating special education throughout your MTSS implementation.
- Reviewing your MTSS implementation and impact on student outcomes. Coaching for prioritization and action planning to enhance your system-wide MTSS implementation.
Guidance and support for investigators across the career span
- Collaboration with researchers to strengthen their grant writing, conceptualize research plans, and create compelling arguments.
- Guide and direct high-quality, equity-centered research designs: from pilot studies to large-scale.
- Support the identification of analytic strategies, ensuring the rigorous and equitable use of data that can be translated into clear, actionable insights.
Program evaluation, goal-setting, and educator support
- Evaluation capacity building for educators and administrators, including collaboration on survey and assessment design, focus groups, and data analysis to guide decision-making.
- Development of logic models/theories of change that visually depict programs, providing educators with the tools they need to ensure a more effective, evidence-driven approach to implementation and evaluation.
CAREIMath: Math for All Teachers and High achievement
CAREI has reimagined mathematics professional learning with a system-wide approach that blends research, multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), and applied practice. Grounded in evidence and guided by results, CAREIMath is designed for educators, coaches, and leaders at every level.
By the end of the CAREIMath Series, educators will be able to:
- Apply effective strategies to strengthen core math instruction and provide targeted support. Use system and classroom data to guide instruction and meet student needs.
- Enhance lessons and routines to boost engagement, understanding, and achievement for all students.
- Build cohesive systems that improve math outcomes across classrooms and schools.
