At TJF Ed Solutions, we help teachers to foster engaging and just education for every student.

What is a just mathematics education? It is an education that

  • Prioritizes students’ lived experiences, talents and interests, no matter past mathematical experiences

  • Results in achievement

  • Sparks student curiosity and engagement

  • Fosters positive mathematics identities

  • Empowers students to feel competent and capable

  • Supports teachers content and pedagogical expertise

The goal of TJF Educational solutions is to inspire educators to foster learning environments where passing tests is the floor, not the ceiling. Our signature offers below are designed for individuals and teams of educators who are teaching math in traditional and non-traditional settings (e.g., homeschools, church-based schools, and afterschool programs). Please use the Contact page on the site so that we can work together to build out a professional development plan that is suited to you and your team’s needs.

Professional Development Offers

Building Brilliance I: Half-Day Professional Development

This half-day intensive professional development (PD) experience is intended to offer a half-day deep dive into the characteristics for equitable teaching in K-12 mathematics teaching and learning. Teachers will leave with equitable strategies that align with the Standards of Mathematical Practice in the context of a curricular aligned teaching standard.

Please inquire for pricing.

Building Brilliance II: 5-Day Professional Development Workshop

This workshop is for teams of educators who are teaching math in traditional and non-traditional settings (e.g., homeschools, church-based schools, and afterschool programs).

The 5-day workshop will be a week-long instructional intensive for those who want to ramp up their elementary OR middle school mathematics content knowledge and teaching strategies while doing so through and equity-focused perspective.

These sessions will provide:

  • Strategies to boost your students’ identities and readiness for math learning

  • Moves to increase inquiry and rigor during math instruction; and

  • Deeper content knowledge regarding a curricular-aligned topic.

Sessions available in person, virtual, or hybrid.

Building Brilliance III: 6-week Professional Development Series

Research shows that sustained professional development (PD) over time yields the best student outcomes. This package is for teams of teachers who want to build on the topics addressed in the 5-day PD sessions.

Over 6 weeks, teachers will not only learn and practice the concepts  in the Building Brilliance 5-day session, but they will participate in a 4-week lesson study with their colleagues and Dr. T (virtually or locally) to improve their content and pedagogical knowledge.

The 6-week PD experience includes

  • a one-week launch into content, pedagogy, and lesson study

  • 4 weeks where teachers immerse themselves in planning, execution, and reflection cycles with Dr. T (in person and virtually) that are relevant to the curriculum they are teaching; and

  • a wrap-up week of synthesis and planning for future lessons and other lesson study cycles.

Sessions available in person, virtual, or hybrid.