To succeed in providing truly individual instruction to each child, RM teachers must have deep knowledge of the RM curriculum.

RM Teachers

Becoming a Reasoning Mind teacher takes determination and flexibility, as well as the courage to try something new. Even then, there is still a great deal of factual knowledge that teachers need in order to be successful in an RM classroom. For this reason, RM provides extensive professional development to incoming Reasoning Mind teachers.

ExxonMobil Reasoning Mind Qualification Course:

• Week-long course taken in the summer prior to teaching RM
• Topics include the student and teacher software, RM classroom strategies, and an introduction to the RM curriculum
• Concludes with a rigorous Qualification Exam

ExxonMobil Reasoning Mind Certification Course:

• Roughly 100-hour course taken during the first year of teaching RM
• Focuses on RM curriculum math content and teaching strategies
• Includes several Certification Assessments

RM’s courses receive rave reviews from teachers. Out of 109 teachers who completed anonymous surveys in 2008 about the Qualification Course,

• 81% rated the course as “Above Average” or “Significantly Above Average.”
• 11% said it was the best course they had ever taken.
• Not a single teacher rated the course as “Below Average.”

“I originally was reluctant to come to this training because so many other trainings were worthless and I knew more than the presenters. This is the first training I have been to where it has been worth my time and I learned something, the presenters were first rate aces, extremely competent. I am extremely happy that I came. I look forward to using the program with my students. Thank you!”
— An RM teacher (referring to the Qualification Course)