Connecting Math to Careers
“When will I ever need to know this in the real world?”
— the top question students ask year after year, in math classrooms around the nation.
P2C Math provides the answer
It’s not about writing better math questions; it’s about connecting math concepts to real-world careers.
P2C Math bridges the gap between textbook theory and modern applications. Every lesson helps students understand the ‘why’ behind the ‘what’, propelling them toward success and fueling economic growth.
Math Made Relevent
When students understand the purpose behind what they are learning, their performance improves. The flexible delivery options of the P2C Math curriculum enable teachers to link math concepts to an enticing array of high-value careers. “When will I ever need to know this?” students ask. P2C Math curriculum answers.
P2C Math Curriculum:
- Courses in Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II
- Aligned to individual state standards, including Common Core State Standards
- Over 650 high-value careers represented throughout the curriculum
- Three lesson types included in each course:
- Exploration lessons introduce concepts, definitions, and examples, highlighting how math applies to existing careers.
- Application lessons provide practice to strengthen skills and deepen students’ understanding of the link between the math they’re learning now and the jobs they’ll hold tomorrow.
Problem-Based Projects immerse students in real-world career scenarios, challenging them to solve realistic problems using newly learned mathematical and essential skills.
- P2C Math fosters continuous assessment through:
- chapter tests
- formative assessments
- summative assessments (with Quantile measures)
- assessment results comparing math requirements to careers
- Available in Spanish
P2C Math as a Supplemental Solution
Wondering if P2C Math can be used as a supplemental solution? Absolutely!
Designed with flexibility and adaptability in mind, Pathway2Careers enables educators to seamlessly supplement existing lessons or create new ones to suit their specific teaching requirements.
While P2C Math is a perfect solution to implement as core math curriculum, its career-connected learning approach also makes it an ideal supplement. With access to +200 P2C Math Application lessons, students and teachers alike will quickly see the benefits of enhancing their current math.
Empower your students to discover the real-world value of mathematics today!
Foster equitable outcomes in math education
Empower educators
Create a positive impact on leaders, teachers, and students
Career Stories & Career Spotlight
Application lessons invite students to dig into a featured career by exploring its salary projections, education requirements, and job responsibilities. It’s all complemented by a Career Story—a video featuring a professional who shares their personal journey, including how high school math supports their everyday work.
Step Into the Career
Well-rounded math students need to have excellent problem-solving skills. P2C Math builds those skills through three activities integrated into every lesson:
- Devise a Plan guides students through how to develop a plan to solve a real-world problem.
- Walk through the Solution teaches students how to follow the plan through.
- On the Job gives students the opportunity to practice problem-solving independently or within a group.
Custom Activities
Teacher autonomy is key. Teachers can personalize activities at a class or student level and create formative assessments to monitor student learning.
Improved Student Engagement
The real problem is changing the behavior the students have towards math. We keep trying to think up a better math problem, and we think that if we put it in a textbook, that’ll fix it. What we really have to do is take a step back and ask: ‘How do we engage students differently about mathematics?
What are Teachers Saying?1
Reported the career content as interesting and engaging.
Observed an increase in math performance.
Reported an increased interest in career exploration.
1 P2C Math was used as a pilot in New Mexico during the spring of 2021. Surveys were conducted to capture the initial use classroom and provide teacher feedback regarding its benefits and weaknesses.
Your Journey. Our Commitment.
The P2C Customer Success team is dedicated to ensuring your P2C Math adoption is successful by using a best-in-class implementation model consisting of four phases—Plan, Instruct, Coach, and Evaluate. Customer engagement events within each phase heightens the level of internal and external customer ownership and accountability.
Whether you choose multi-day in person training during Professional Development days, or a virtual experience, our tailored implementation plans align with your schedule and goals.
P2C Customer Success Team
Our P2C consultants are former education administrators, classroom teachers, and career-connected learning experts with advanced degrees and certifications equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to lead educators in increasing their impact on student learning. This dynamic team of industry experts possess both the pedagogical knowledge and “real-world” experience to facilitate orientation, training, and professional development that is research-informed, relevant, relatable, and actionable.
Ready to ignite student learning and close the gap between education and industry with Pathway2Careers?
