Elevate math practice.
Empower every learner.
Through flexible, self-paced virtual professional learning modules, UnboundEd’s Online Math Academy, powered by CORE Learning, equips educators to deliver standards-aligned, language-rich math instruction, with a strong focus on supporting Multilingual Learners and students who speak English language varieties.
Built on leading research and real classroom practice, OMA helps educators strengthen their understanding of math concepts while integrating academic language development into every lesson. Each asynchronous module features short, engaging learning experiences — including videos, interactive activities, simulations, and opportunities for reflection and peer discussion.
Educators can complete the course on their own schedule, making it easy to fit high-quality learning into busy teaching lives. OMA also supports instructional decision-making, promotes productive student discourse, and reinforces the development of mathematical thinking and identity. Whether taken individually or as a team, OMA supports lasting professional growth and better outcomes for all students.
Through OMA, educators will:
- Explore research-based strategies for teaching math in language-diverse classrooms
- Engage with short, interactive modules that fit into busy schedules
- Reflect on math instruction through videos and simulations
- Strengthen their understanding of math content and how it develops across grade levels
Educators will leave with:
- Practical, standards-aligned strategies to support Multilingual Learners in math
- A deeper understanding of mathematical representations, discourse, and decision-making
- Tools and routines to promote student thinking, language development, and engagement
- Confidence to deliver instruction that builds both conceptual understanding and math identity
- OMA participants are eligible for college credit through Dominican University of California!
Who is OMA for?
OMA is designed for K–8 math educators, coaches, and school leaders who want flexible, research-based professional learning that supports all students — especially Multilingual Learners and students who speak English language varieties.
Whether you’re teaching in a classroom, leading a team, or supporting instructional growth, OMA helps you deliver math instruction that meets the moment.
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OMA Courses
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OMA: Foundations to Fractions
Strengthen your understanding of how students develop fraction knowledge from kindergarten through grade 8, with a specific focus on addition and subtraction. This mini-course unpacks the progression of fraction learning, highlights the multiple meanings and representations of fractions, and offers practical instructional strategies to promote reasoning, flexibility, and conceptual understanding.
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Foundations to Fractions Course Overview
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MODULE 1: Welcome TO OMA!
The Welcome module is designed to help you get to know (or review) some basics about online learning in general and this course in particular. You will learn about the benefits of online learning and strategies for a successful experience in an online course. You will read about and watch a video introducing you to UnboundEd and the professional services UnboundEd offers. You will receive an overview of mathematics education research, explore how the brain learns math, and begin to discuss the relationship between mathematics, language, and academic development while providing students with active math learning experiences.
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MODULE 2: Foundations of Mathematics for All
In this module, you will explore the big picture of why students need to learn mathematics and the importance of seeing mathematics topics as connected through current research. You will build an understanding of how to create opportunities for active learning in mathematics classrooms through effective instructional routines and practices. Learn how this impacts students in building their mathematical identity and confidence. You will explore more on brain research and what becomes activated when students are at the center of their mathematics learning. You will study how to create a supportive mathematics environment for all students.
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MODULE 3: Building Number Sense Across Grade Levels
In this module, you will deepen your understanding of the number sense learning progressions focused on grade bands K-2, 3-5, and 6-8. Throughout the module, mathematical representations, multiple strategies, and instructional routines will be emphasized while making connections to the Standards for Mathematical Practice. These topics support promoting individual and collective thinking during discussions for all students, including Multilingual Learners, and provide evidence for mathematical competence.
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MODULE 4: Numbers and Operations – Fractions, Addition, and Subtraction
In this module, you will focus on deepening your knowledge of fractions by exploring the different meanings of fractions and how they build across K-8 grade levels. You will also dive deep into the addition and subtraction of fractions through mathematical representations, multiple strategies, conceptual understanding, and procedural fluency. In addition, instructional routines will be introduced to promote individual and collective thinking and discussion of all students, including Multilingual Learners, while making explicit connections to mathematical competence to support instructional decision-making.
Making Math Instruction Grade-Level, Engaging, Affirming, & Meaningful
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OMA FAQ
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Course Materials
There are no required materials for the course. All necessary materials are provided within the course.
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College Credit Option
Participants may receive one (1) graduate-level semester extension unit for an additional cost* through Dominican University of California. These units are typically used for salary advancement. There are no additional requirements beyond the successful completion of the 15-hour course.
*Cost is subject to change without notice and is not determined by UnboundEd/CORE Learning.
OMA: Powered By CORE Learning
OMA is powered by CORE Learning, a subsidiary of UnboundEd. For 30 years, CORE has provided literacy professional learning that helps educators turn knowledge into practice and practice into impact.
