Professional Development 2025-2026

NACEP, the Advanced Credit Program's accrediting body, requires all dual credit adjuncts to attend one professional development workshop every academic year. For this reason, the ACP offers a wide variety of PD workshops each year. A list of this year's professional development workshops will become available as events are scheduled. All PDs for Launch instructors will be offered virtually.

If you have questions about an upcoming event, please email Benjamin Andrews at bandrews@umsl.edu.

Mathematics Professional Development - 11/06/2025

Date: Thursday, 11/06/2025

Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Virtual

Topic: Award-Winning Film Screening: Counted Out (2024)

Description: In our current information economy, math is everywhere. The people we date, the news we see, the influence of our votes, the candidates who win elections, the education we have access to, the jobs we get—all of it is underwritten by an invisible layer of math that few of us understand or even notice.

Through a mosaic of personal stories, expert interviews, and scenes of math transformation in action, Counted Out shows what's at risk if we keep the mathematical status quo. Do we want an America in which most of us don't consider ourselves "math people"? Where math proficiency goes down as students grow up? Or do we want a country where everyone can understand the math that undergirds our society-and can help shape it?

We will be joining the French River Education Center's (in Massachusetts) special virtual screening of the movie, Counted Out, then debrief with a discussion about the film and mathematical literacy in our society. Additionally, we will discuss new UMSL syllabus requirements and the development of a MOTR statistics course.

Instructions: Register for the virtual movie event through French River Education Center. Please also RSVP to let the ACP know you plan to attend. At 5:00pm, join the FREC's Q&A Zoom Room for an introduction to the movie. After the movie, join Dr. Petrie's Zoom Meeting Room for a follow-up discussion.