The Alliance District Secondary Math Symposium 2025
The Alliance Districts’ biannual symposium took place on April 2, 2025, with over 240 attendees from across all participating districts. Each district brought a diverse group of attendees, including classroom teachers, curriculum leaders, coaches, principals, and superintendents. This event was hosted in partnership with the Noyce Math Teacher Leadership Program and the State Department of Education.
The Symposium opened with an inspiring keynote by Ted Coe, who delivered his talk, Meaningful Mathematics Experiences: What Would Your Students Say? —a high-energy start that set the tone for the day.
Following this a select group of our Fellows and their district representatives discussed their time and experience being in the Noyce Math Teacher Leaders in a panel discussion.
A highlight of the event was the opportunity for our Noyce Math Teacher Leader Fellows to present their work in a poster session. Twenty-Two current and alumni Fellows showcased 46 research-based posters, sharing data, insights, and classroom-based projects with other educators and leaders from across the state.
Following the poster presentations, participants engaged in four breakout sessions co-led by teams of Fellows on the following areas of a top priority for the state and Alliance districts:
- Accelerating Learning for Students Not on Grade Level
- Best Practices to Support Student Agency, Identity, and Engagement
- Cultivating a Thriving Math Community: Strategies for Retention & Growth
- Grading Systems
The day concluded with a collaborative session where all Alliance Districts teams analyzed maps of their mathematics programming and course sequencing. This prompted valuable discussions about student pathways and opened space for collaboration.
The materials that were used throughout the day are posted on the state department site at
Next month, the Connecticut Noyce Math Teacher Leaders (MTL) Program will kick off its five-year project with a gathering in Connecticut featuring several guest speakers, introducing its MTL Fellows, and sharing information on the program’s timeline and logistics, which include nearly $2 million in support from the National Science Foundation as well as private funding.