Making the B.E.S.T. Standards Work: Teaching for Deep Mathematical Understanding
In this workshop, participants explore techniques that develop students’ academic oral language skills through science and history topics. By integrating language and content, teachers create relevant lessons and enhance student motivation. These collaborative discussion tools also help students apply academic vocabulary and information from texts in engaging ways.
Nia Wimberly
Customer Success Consultant, Cengage School
Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards ask students to do more than follow procedures—they require deep understanding, reasoning, and connections across grade levels. But what does that look like in daily instruction?
In this session, educators will explore practical, classroom‑ready strategies for teaching the B.E.S.T. Standards with clarity and purpose. Participants will examine how conceptual understanding, coherence, and rigor work together to improve student outcomes—without adding more to teachers’ plates.
You’ll walk away with:
- A clear understanding of instructional shifts within the B.E.S.T. Standards
- Strategies for designing lessons that promote reasoning, not rote learning
- Examples of how standards are built vertically across grade levels
- Instructional moves that support all learners while maintaining rigor
