The number navigators
Welcome to The Number NavigatorsNumber Navigators delivers targeted, high-value professional development and coaching, with a strong emphasis on rich math tasks and multiple representations, helping teachers walk into their classrooms confident and empowered every day.
Teachers will...
…gain a deeper understanding of math content, confidence in their instructional decisions, and a toolkit of culturally affirming, discussion-rich, and data-responsive strategies. They’ll learn how to guide investigations that spark curiosity, facilitate discourse that reveals student thinking, and refine their practice using real-time evidence, not just intuition.
Location: Wherever math help is needed!
Telephone: 732-844-3485
Email: support@numbernavigators.org
Hours of Support: M-F: 8am – 3pm
students will...
…gain more than just math skills. They’ll develop a strong math identity, feel seen and heard in the classroom, and learn to justify their reasoning with confidence. In CAIRO-aligned classrooms, students engage in rich tasks, experience joyful struggle, and are empowered to make sense of math in ways that honor who they are and how they think.
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Mission
Mission & Vision
At Number Navigators, our mission is to empower K–8 educators to transform their classrooms into vibrant, student-centered spaces where mathematics is explored with curiosity, confidence, and joy. We provide professional development, personalized coaching, and data-informed strategies that deepen teacher content knowledge, affirm student identity, and cultivate an asset-based culture where every child is seen as a capable mathematical thinker.
Vision Statement
We envision a world where every classroom is alive with rich dialogue, hands-on discovery, and fearless mathematical reasoning. In this world, teachers embrace their growth journey, students see mistakes as stepping stones, and math becomes a powerful language, not just a set of rules. At Number Navigators, we don’t just improve instruction, we build communities where educators and students grow together as mathematicians.
A Word
From Asale
“We’re not here to fix teachers, we’re here to fuel them. Because when educators love math out loud, kids stop whispering, ‘I’m not a math person.’ They start raising their hands, defending their thinking, and walking taller with every mistake they make. At Number Navigators, we believe math class should be a space where teachers feel bold enough to try new strategies and students feel brave enough to be wrong, on the way to getting it right. That’s not remediation. That’s transformation.”. “
– Asale Smith
Number Navigators does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, language, religion, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, immigration status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
We actively strive to foster professional spaces that reflect and respect the diverse backgrounds of the educators and students we serve. This includes:
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Using inclusive and culturally responsive instructional practices
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Amplifying the voices and contributions of underrepresented communities in mathematics
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Ensuring all participants feel safe, seen, and supported in professional development settings
Our commitment to equity is not just a statement—it is embedded in the way we design our services, engage with school communities, and approach the teaching and learning of mathematics.