Despite its name, the self-paced, online Core Strategies for Mathematics (CSM) is more than just a math course, using next-generation personalized learning to build:
They develop resilience and the ability to bounce back from challenges.
They build aspirations and allow individuals to grasp for opportunities.
They help students graduate from high school, enter college and succeed.
They allow employees to enter rigorous training programs, excel at work, and gain promotions.
In scale, they can transform the economic prosperity of a community.
The CSM course uses next-generation adaptive learning technology to personalize instruction not only in math, but also how you learn, act, and feel, building general academic and college success skills, and developing the High Performance skills that leads to workforce success.
The CSM course has an unprecedented range of use: across venues (schools, colleges, adult education, workforce development, employee upskilling), ages (15 to 65+ years), and educational backgrounds (low-literacy adults to those with advanced degrees).
There is extensive evidence that the CSM course leads to superlative outcomes, including:
The CSM Certificate is a pathway to college - it is accepted as college credit math credit at many colleges and universities.
The CSM Certificate is also a pathway to employment - it certifies the High Performance skills (also known as "durable", "transferable", "employability" or "21st Century" skills) that are key for success at any job. These are the skills that employers value highly, but find hard to assess, to hire for, or to train.
The CSM Certificate comes with a Credly digital badge of High Performance and lifetime biometric verification.
People need a framework to make informed and effective career decisions throughout their lives. Career Strategies is a short, self-paced mini-course to build an internal coach who will be with you for life, by teaching the skills of making career decisions.
Technical Mathematics Essentials extends the CSM Course into the more advanced math needed for technical careers such as laboratory technicians, water/wastewater operators, and electromechanical maintenance.
Excel Together leverages the unprecedented breadth of use of CSM into a novel community-wide initiatives to transform pathways into college, and deliver High Performance to people entering and already in the workforce. In Excel Together West Virginia, for example, CSM is available to all adults at no cost, and is endorsed by a wide range of employer associations as an employability skills credential. We are in discussions in a number of cities and states to extend the Excel Together model across the US.
equitable access
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community engagement
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apprenticeship
high school equivalency
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employer partnerships
performance upskilling
broaden, diversify pipeline
access to tuition assistance
higher engagement
culture transformation
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