Montana Mathematics Content Standards and Resources

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The Montana Math Minute contains news related to math in Montana, resources for teachers, and information on professional development. This month's features include a sneak peek into a great new resource from OPI that will give a visual learning progression and standards resources in one location, newly released resources for the new math standards, multiple math professional learning webinar opportunities, and relevant, helpful resources. Future editions will include district and school spotlights when available. Districts, schools, or teachers interested in being featured in future Math Minute editions can fill out this form.

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New Teacher Learning Hub Course Available:

OPI’s math coordinator is pleased to announce the launch of a new math course on the Teacher Learning Hub: Mathematical Practice #2: Abstract and Generalize

In this free, 3-PDU course, participants will explore Montana's 2026 Mathematical Practice #2 and examine how students move from contextual understanding to abstraction, symbolic representation, pattern recognition, and mathematical generalization.

Keep an eye out for forthcoming courses on each of the other mathematical practices.

Math Professional Learning Webinars!

 This free webinar series is designed to support school-based Montana educators through the adoption and implementation of the new standards, effective July 2026.

Year one has completed and recordings are available under the "Pre-Recorded Webinars" section of this Math Professional Learning Tab. Year two will be beginning again in September of 2026. In year two, we will focus on moving from awareness to application by building a community of educators committed to working on implementation of the new standards using highly effective strategies and high quality instructional moves. Each session will include suggested "take-back" activities that participants can use to carry on the work with their teams.

A monthly session for K-8 educators will occur on the 2nd Wednesday of every month from 4:00pm - 5:00pm

A monthly session for 9-12 educators will occur on the 3rd Wednesday of every month from 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Interested in joining us in September?

Register Here Today!

Learning Plan Overview

Please note that OPI will only issue PDU certificates to attendees participate in the live sessions and complete the requirements in compliance with the Administrative Rules of Montana. Educators working in schools may be able to request PDU certificates from their administrators, depending on local policies.

Math Community

MCTM: Montana Council of Teachers Of Mathematics

MCTM Bulletins:

  • Consider registering your students for your region's mathematics contest.
  • Prebble Award (deadline for applications June 30): This award is issued to Montana Math Educators who have been great teachers and leaders.
  • Longhart Award(deadline for applications October 12): Funds professional development for teachers with 5 or more years of experience.
  • Native American Scholarship (Due Nov. 15): Scholarship awarded to Native American Students wishing to become educators who will teach math (K-12).
  • Early Career Scholarship (due May 1): Funds attendance at MCubed Conference.
  • Small Classroom Grants (Due Nov. 30): Awarded to teachers for the purchase of materials to improve math instruction.
  • Teacher Scholarship for Professional Development (Due Nov. 30): Assists in offsetting the costs for attending instate or out-of-state, in-person or online, professional development events.
  • NCTM: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
New Math Standards, July 2026, Learn more by reviewing the resources below.
The Montana Mathematics Content standards revision process began in 2022 , adopted in 2024, and effective July 1, 2026! To access resources and guidance, keep reading. To access historical records of the process, visit the Standards Revisions webpage.

Satchel

To access a machine-readable and interactive version of the official Montana Content Standards for Mathematics, please visit the  Montana Satchel. The Satchel version of the standards can be uploaded to student information systems, curriculum mapping programs, and a variety of other uses.  Learn more about the CASE Network  CASE Network FAQ. 

2026 Montana Mathematics Content Standards 
(Effective July 2026)

Guidance documents are currently in development and all available guidance can be found on the  Mathematics Revisions webpage. Once guidance development is complete, we will consolidate resources here. For now, please access the revisions webpage. Thank you. 

Standards Documents/Curriculum Guides 

  • PK-12 Standards and Guidance  - Provides a PK-12 perspective on the new standards. Contains all new standards, including practice standards, assessment, financial literacy, course and career pathways for high school, and other appendices. Does not contain a standard-by-standard break down for each grade level. These will be available in the grade-level specific documents. 
  • Kindergarten Expanded Guidance  - Provides kindergarten-specific elaborations and guidance. Contains general notes, instructional and IEFA examples, sample proficiency scales, financial literacy guidance, and PK-K-1 vertical alignment resources. Also contains expanded kindergarten-specific guidance on each of the math practice standards. 
  • Grade 1 Expanded Guidance  - Provided grade-1 specific elaborations and guidance. Contains  general notes, instructional and IEFA examples, sample proficiency scales, financial literacy guidance, and K-1-2 vertical alignment resources. Also contains expanded Grade 1-specific guidance on each of the math practice standards. 
  • Grade 2 Expanded Guidance - Coming Soon! Undergoing drafting process!
  • Download Financial Literacy Appendix (PDF)
  • Download Appendix A: Correspondence with Common Core (PDF)
The OPI Math Coordinator is working diligently to develop expanded guidance documents for each grade level. Resources will be posted and updates as soon as possible. We thank you for your patience and understanding. 
 

Mathematical Practices Poster (2026)

Download the Mathematical Practices Poster (PDF)

Mathematical Practice #1 Teacher Learning Hub Course

Expanded guidance around the math practices can also be found within the grade level and K-12 guidance documents. 

 

High School Support Documents 

 

The following resources are provided to support districts, schools, and educators through efforts to implement the mathematics content standards, identify areas of significant change, and reflect on program, course, and unit level curriculum, instruction, assessment, and delivery.

Resources

Example Use Cases

Program Audit
  • Evaluating system vision for mathematical learning and actual program delivery.
  • Inventorying areas for coherence across PK-12.
  • Auditing current focus areas and access to learning.
  • Establishing shared commitments across systems.

MT Math Standards and Curriculum Alignment and Scope and Sequence Templates
  • Course, Grade, School, or District identification of location of standards within their curricula.
  • Planning for instructional scope and sequence across a single grade or course.

Course Planning Tool
  • Establishing baseline for current offering.
  • Conducting a course standards analysis and identifying predecessor and successor learning.
  • Synthesizing course learning outcomes.
  • Establishing course scope and sequencing.
  • Conducting a curricular audit.

Triage Tool
  • Conducting a review of current standards as aligned to units within a textbook or program and comparing to 2026 standards to identify priority areas that need immediate attention in instructional and assessment design.

Supporting Research Handouts from the Regional Education Laboratory

These research reports were prepared by the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northwest from the National Center for Education Evaluation at the Institute of Education Sciences. These reports guided the standards revision process. 

 

Professional Development Request Form

Hoping to get some professional development from our math coordinator? Fill out our professional development request form! We are happy to explore how we can meet your needs for professional learning that expands math instructional practice, standards implementation, or support for the specific needs of your school or district.

Any organization that works with educators to bring mathematics instruction to Montana students is welcome to fill out the form. Please be advised that a request does not guarantee in person training will be provided. Each request will be evaluated on a case by case basis.

This form is not for individual teachers requesting professional learning. These individuals should communicate their needs directly to their district or school administrators

Featured OPI Events:

Math & ELA Standards Roadshow

Montana’s Content Specialists are going on the road to provide regionally specific professional learning about the new standards to support districts in their implementation efforts of the math and ELA standards

These school districts have generously opened their buildings up to any educators in the area who would like to join them in professional learning.

Whitehall School District (September 18th, 2026)
Power School District (March 6th, 2026)
Malta School District (April 23rd, 2026)

Registration for all locations is now open!

ReGISTER FOR WHITEHALL TODAY

ReGISTER FOR POWER TODAY

ReGISTER FOR MALTA TODAY

Montana Math: Monthly Math Implementation Series

This free webinar series is designed to support school-based Montana educators through the adoption and implementation of the new standards, effective July 2026.

Year one has completed and recordings are available under the "Pre-Recorded Webinars" section of this page. Year two will be beginning again in September of 2026. In year two, we will focus on moving from awareness to application by building a community of educators committed to working on implementation of the new standards using highly effective strategies and high quality instructional moves. Each session will include suggested "take-back" activities that participants can use to carry on the work with their teams.

A monthly session for K-8 educators will occur on the 2nd Wednesday of every month from 4:00pm - 5:00pm

A monthly session for 9-12 educators will occur on the 3rd Wednesday of every month from 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Interested in joining us in September?

Register Here Today!

Learning Plan Overview

MAST VIRTUAL TEACHER COHORT

Join us to connect with Montana educators, strengthen the alignment between standards, instruction, and assessment, and build lessons that support meaningful learning for every student.

Fill out the interest survey below.

Register Here Today Before September 30, 2026

Questions? Contact Aimee Konzen

dESIGNING pROFESSIONAL lEARNING THAT STICKS

Join the Montana Office of Public Instruction for a three-part professional learning series designed for individuals who provide or support professional learning for Montana educators.
Whether you are developing professional learning for the first time or looking to strengthen what you already provide, you will leave with practical strategies and tools you can use in the sessions you lead.
When: 4:00 - 5:00 pm, Thursdays, October 8th, November 5th, and December 3rd. 

Register Here

SATCHEL PD SERIES

Join the Montana Office of Public Instruction for a four-part virtual professional learning series designed to help Montana educators move from exploring Satchel to intentionally using it to strengthen teaching and learning.
When: 4:00 - 5:00 pm, October 22nd, December 15th, February 16th, and April 13th
Register Now

 

Please note that OPI will only issue PDU certificates to attendees participate in the live sessions and complete the requirements in compliance with the Administrative Rules of Montana. Educators working in schools may be able to request PDU certificates from their administrators, depending on local policies.

Featured External Events:

MentorMT PROGRAM

When: 26/27 School Year

Where: Virtual

Who: MSU Center for Research on Rural Education-MentorMT; Jennifer Luebeck

What: The MentorMT program addresses Montana's critical rural teacher shortage by providing expert mentoring for new or underprepared rural teachers.

They recruit and train experienced and engaged Montana teachers to provide one-on-one mentoring that includes instructional guidance, curricular support, reflection and goal-setting, and productive problem solving of issues related to students, schools, and communities. The program is no cost to schools and features a $500 incentive stipend for participating teachers!

Enroll by September 30th, 2026.

Questions? Contact Jennifer Luebeck, MentorMT Director
Email jennifer.luebeck@montana.edu or call (406) 994-5341

How Much: Paid stipend $500

2026 make math moments virtual summit

When: Saturday, November 14th, 2026 (all day)

Where: Virtual

Who: Make Math Moments will be joined by presenters such as Peter Liljedahl, Vanessa Vakharia, Graham Fletcher, Nat Banting, Pam Harris, and more!

What: Empower your pedagogical practice and deepen your mathematics content knowledge, while enjoying every minute of it.

How Much: Free

 

Register Here Today!

beyond the graph: building data literacy through classroom routines

When: Thursday October 22nd, 2026, 7:00 EST, 5:00 MST

Where: Virtual

Who: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Dustin Purdy

What: In this webinar, educators will explore classroom routines, authentic data sets, and resources designed to strengthen data literacy across the mathematics curriculum. Participants will investigate strategies that encourage students to notice and wonder, ask meaningful statistical questions, examine how data are collected and represented, identify patterns and variability, consider context and potential bias, and use evidence to support conclusions. Participants will consider how data investigations can promote mathematical discourse, curiosity, critical thinking, and student agency. Educators will leave with adaptable routines, engaging data sources, and practical resources.

How Much: Free with membership ($50 - 100)

 

Register Here Today!

 

Keep checking back! As soon as new opportunities for professional learning are announced, I will share them here. If you know of any opportunities you would like to see listed here, please email our Math Instructional Coordinator.

Pre-Recorded Webinars:

The Montana OPI Mathematics Instructional Coordinator has developed some self-guided webinars to support professional learning. While these videos do not qualify for professional development units on their own, some come with a facilitator guides that make recommendations to educators regarding how to leverage the video into a professional learning experience.

Montana Math: Monthly Math Implementation Series

This free webinar series was designed to support school-based Montana educators by building awareness around the adoption and implementation of the new standards, effective July 2026.

This series offered practical guidance, job-embedded strategies, support for curriculum alignment efforts, and create a community of professionals engaged in a shared learning experience.

If you would like to join in on year 2 of this learning experience, where we will move from awareness to application, to register here. Sessions will begin August 2026!

Session Recordings:

Series Google Drive with slide decks and participant handouts

Facilitator Guide Coming Soon!

Big Sky Standards: Real-World Data

Data Science 4 Everyone partnered with OPI to bring a free, monthly, professional learning series to Montana’s educators.

This series addressed why data skills are woven into the new MT math standards, why they matter for students today, how they can drive engagement in the classroom, and so much more!

The perfect audience for this is any educator PK-12, who teaches content that involves data - from math to history. Feel hesitant that a data literacy webinar may not be for you? Check out our recordings and you'll see - Data Science really is 4 Everyone!

Session Recordings:

Digging Deeper Series: Exploring the Montana Mathematics Practice Standards (2026)

In each digging deeper video, we explore the significant changes, define proficiency, describe the traits of rich learning tasks, and articulate what teachers can model to support student success, for each mathematical practice. Each video includes sections for you to stop and reflect, apply the concepts to your own practice, reflective prompts, and a reflective activity designed to support educators in this work. We will be creating a Teacher Learning Hub Course on each of these in the future, so be on the lookout!

Humanizing Math: Grounding Mathematics in the Stories of the People Who Saw Its Beauty

Facilitator Guide: This document provides guidance to Montana's educators regarding the use of this video as a professional development opportunity which results in OPI Professional Development Units (PDUs). Additionally, this document contains all the resources and documents mentioned in the video - from posters to decorate your classroom, to lesson plans to inform instruction, these free documents were curated and created to support Montana's teachers.

To view some grade-level specific instructional resources and research in mathematics education, consider visiting our Math Resources and Research Padlet! Our Math instructional coordinator will update this regularly with new resources to love and old ones you forgot about! She will also include some high-quality research along with some of her favorite podcasts and YouTube videos! Whether you're looking for ongoing small-dose professional development, or a new instructional tool to use in your classroom, this Padlet will have something to check out!

EdReady Montana

  • EdReady is a free Montana-based program through MTDA, ready to help schools with support for math programming in grades 5 to 12 identifying and addressing gaps and gains for fall, ACT Skill Prep, and providing supplemental class material for online/blended or face to face instruction.

Student Achievement Partners - Priority Math Standards

  • This document provides guidance for the field about the content priorities by leveraging the structure and emphases of college- and career-ready mathematics standards.

Coherence Mapping tool- grades K- Algebra II

  • This spreadsheet is designed to help math teachers and leaders better understand the potential consequences of leaving gaps in their mathematics curriculum. It is a model of how many lessons and hours are needed to teach sequences of standards as defined by the Coherence Map. Created by Raymond Johnson, Mathematics Specialist, Colorado Department of Education.

Cognitively Demanding (Rich) Math Tasks

  • This free digital resources contain Cognitively Demanding (Rich) Math Tasks to assist with engaging students in learning mathematics with technology online or face-to-face. This document was created by Hawaii Department of Education.

Unlocking Algebra: What the Data Tells us About Helping Students Catch Up

  • This free digital brief contains research-backed suggestions for how to make a big impact on students' mathematical proficiency to overcome the algebra 1 inflection point in education.

Ed Ready Montana

  • EdReady Montana is ready to help support math grades 5 to 12 including ACT Skill Prep, ID gaps and gains for fall.

New Classroom’s Diagnostics and Academic Road Map

Gooru Education

  • Navigator for Instructors helps instructors monitor learners’ progress, engage the class with rich-media content, and provide Go Live Assessments for real-time updates. This data informs instructor suggestions for additional activities to help learners achieve mastery.

Data Science for Everyone provides several free resources for Montana Educators.

Check out their:

 All adults in a child's life are natural teachers that support that child's reasoning, discourse, and problem solving skill development. Here are a few resources that support the partnership between schools and adults at home in improving students' math skills, K-12.

Montana's Family and Community Engagement Toolkit is now available. Check out this resource for guidance that supports families, caregivers, and community members in supporting their math learners, engaging in fun games that support math skills, and communicating with their learners, schools, and teachers.

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