What pitfalls need to be avoided in leading people to be doers? A few years ago I listened to an episode of the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast, where he talked about the Developer’s Dark Side, or more specifically, pitfalls that leaders fall into when attempting to lead their teams. While Read more…
What do you do with the mad you feel? The above quote is a line from one of the many songs that Mr. Roger’s wrote for his television program, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. At the same time the words are very simple but offer a way to understand that a person Read more…
The purpose of this page is to share resources generated through several meetings from the PME-NA Equity Working Group. Addressing Equity and Diversity Issues Around Expansion, Displacement, and Growth in Mathematics Education (PMENA 2019) Link to the slides from the 2019 Equity Working GroupReading/Resource List from Equity Working Group
To love on an idea is to engage with an idea… During the 41st meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, my colleagues and I had the opportunity to share some ideas that we had around promoting awareness and agency around Read more…
How do you define yourself? What tribes are you in? The featured book for this episode of the Amidon Planet Podcast is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, which is the first time a novel has been featured in the podcast. The inspiration for this Read more…
What are the milemarkers on you path to developing as a professional? This episode of the podcast is a bit different. In early October, I had the opportunity to present and attend the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Regional Conference in Nashville, TN. Also at the conference were Read more…
Behind every math teacher is a calling to invest in the lives of others. But sometimes that calling gets lost in the daily hustle and bustle of teaching. During this session at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference in Nashville, TN, participants were asked to recall, refine, Read more…
#CelebrateTheStruggle Teachers of mathematics are being called to promote productive struggle in their classrooms, or as the Common Core State Standards puts it, students should be able to “make sense of problems and persevere in solving them”. But what if struggle, the thing that is necessary to persevere, is seen Read more…
Blessed with a problem. Sounds like a weird statement, but I once heard author and leadership guru, John Maxwell, talk about the tragic nature of not having any problems. He said if you did not have any problems then you were not a candidate for a miracle. He then called Read more…
Who does this belong to? This is a common question in my house. Trying to find the owner of a shoe, a book, a bag, a spill, a mess, even a task. If I can find the owner, I can determine who is responsible for making whatever it is better. Read more…