--- title: TERC Blog | Heidi Schuler-Jones description: Heidi Schuler-Jones is the Director of the Adult Numeracy Center at TERC. She has worked in adult education since 2006, spending much of that time expanding her understanding of tools and instructional strategies that make math meaningful, accessible, and fun for adult learners. She manages the SABES Mathematics and Adult Numeracy Curriculum & Instruction PD Center, oversees updates, research, and teacher support for the EMPower math series, and continues to facilitate professional development such as the Adults Reaching Algebra Readiness (AR)2 institutes. At SABES, she was the lead developer of the Curriculum for Adults Learning Math (CALM). 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