2026 B.E.S.T. Mathematics Coaches Summit Professional Learning Events

Agenda:

Note: All times listed are local times. This agenda is tentative and subject to change. Agenda and sessions are the same for all locations.

Session Contents:

Coaching Cycles in Action
Explore how to implement coaching cycles. Coaches will engage in identifying learning goals, co-planning instruction, gathering student evidence, and reflecting on growth.

Coaching Conversations
Effective coaching conversations center on student learning and teacher growth. This session models questioning strategies, feedback protocols, and dialogue structures that promote trust, reflection, and instructional improvement aligned to MTRs.

Coaching for Tiered Instruction in Mathematics
Explore how coaching supports equitable access to mathematics learning through tiered and specially designed instruction. Coaches will examine examples of co-planning for Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, and SDI within B.E.S.T. Standards, using evidence to ensure instruction remains rigorous and scaffolded.

Data-Driven Coaching in Mathematics
Learn how to use multiple forms of student data—formative, summative, and observational—to drive coaching conversations. Participants will analyze authentic student work, identify trends, and plan targeted coaching cycles based on evidence rather than perception.

Benchmarks-Aligned, High-Quality Instruction: Video Lab
In this interactive video lab, coaches analyze real classroom footage through the lens of student thinking, perseverance, and engagement. Participants will practice facilitating reflective discussions with teachers using video as a tool for evidence-based growth.

Action Planning
Coaches synthesize summit learning into actionable coaching plans for their regions. Using templates, participants will identify student learning goals, success indicators, and coaching cycle timelines. Plans will align with Florida’s statewide mathematics priorities and progress monitoring expectations.

Event policies:

• Districts are allotted a set number of seats at their assigned regional location and will be able to register their participants from January 5, 2026 until January 30, 2026.
• When participants apply to attend, they will be placed on the waiting list. Participants are accepted and moved off the waiting list based on district allotments, then on availability.
• If seats are available after District Registration closes, a general registration will be opened and participants will be accepted on a first resistered, first accepted basis.
• Participant who would like to attend a different regional event will need to wait until the General Registration opens on February 1, 2026. General registartion closes one week prior to the event.
• Request to cancel a registration should come from the participant or participant's supervisor.
• Seats that become available due to cancellations will be filled from the waiting list.
• Request for replacements, sending someone in your place, or registering to save a seat will not be accepted.
• Capacity 100 participants made up of Math Coaches, Math Specialists, district curriculum coordinators with a focus on mathematics.
• All participants will be scanned in and out of the session to document attendance.
• Scans in and out will generate a link to the session evaluation in the Scheduler.
• A session evaluation must be completed in full for a Certificate of Attendance to be generated in the Scheduler showing hours earned.
• FDOE will pay for one night at the hotel and parking per participant when booked using the official booking link. All participants are encouraged to stay at the hotel. If a participant drives in for the day:
  • North - participant must valet park in order for FDOE to pay for the parking.
  • Central - participant will receive a validation ticket to exit the parking lot.
  • South - parking is complimentary.
• Attendees are responsible for booking their room using the official booking link and making their own travel arrangements.
• FDOE does not provide a stipend for attending this professional learning event. Please check with your district to see what it can provide you.

Questions:

• For questions about the content of the event, please email bestmathcoaches@fldoe.org.
• For questions about your registration, contact reg@floridalearns.org.