Does your school capture both the hearts and minds of students, leading them to cultivate virtue alongside wisdom in service to both God and man… and then also teaches them math? Why is it so challenging to integrate classical pedagogies and practices into math courses? How do you discern what math curriculum will be best for your school? How do you equip and support teachers (and families) to enact the mission of your school in math class?

This presentation is intended for administrators who are looking for answers to any of the above questions. Over the past five years Regents School of Austin has undergone a journey to better align its K-12 math program with the philosophy and practices of the CCE movement. Regents has seen positive results in the student experience of mathematics (with supporting data) . We will discuss insights from that journey with particular emphasis on vertical alignment, curriculum decisions, teacher support, and parent communication.

Josh Wilkerson currently serves as the K-12 Mathematics Department Chair at Regents School of Austin where he has taught since 2012. He oversees the math curriculum at Regents, in written form as well as in human form in the training of teachers. He believes strongly in the teacher as the living curriculum and the storyteller for the students. He holds degrees in Mathematics (BS, Texas A&M University), Theology (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary), and Math Education (PhD, Texas State University). He is passionate about restoring faith in the teaching of mathematics and has written extensively on this topic for various publications as well as his own website, GodandMath.com. He is the acting president of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences and a founding member of Restoring Mathematics consulting.