In September of 2022, I was invited to give a talk that I titled, Relationships, Resources, and Resilient Pedagogy: Enhancing Instruction for More Equitable and Sustainable Outcomes for the Every Learner Everywhere Webinar Series: Keys to Success Through Digital Learning. Below is a PDF version of the slides I used for the Read more…
Learning to teach better with Dr. David Williamson Shaffer, Vilas Distinguished Professor of Learning Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Educational Psychology, as we discuss the three principles(and share some examples) that sum up his course, Psychology of Education Communications, or How to Make PowerPoints that Read more…
This workshop at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference in New Orleans, started out with an overview of productive struggle incorporating research on the shame-pride axis and equitable mathematics teaching. The teachers were shown how to reposition struggle, minimize shame, and foster students identifying themselves as doers Read more…
In January of 2022, I was invited to give a talk that I titled, Starting with the Learner: Inclusive Instruction as Teaching with Social Justice for the Every Learner Everywhere Webinar Series: Strategies for Success in Online Teaching and Learning. Below is a PDF version of the slides I used Read more…
In September of 2021, my colleagues, Ann Monroe and Candies Cook, and I, were to present our work at the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Annual Conference and the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Atlanta, GA. Both events were canceled and we were Read more…
In this episode of the Amidon Planet Podcast, Dr. Jen Wolfe of the University of Arizona shares an awesome collection of resources she has accumulated in response to converting her teaching to online instruction in the Spring of 2020. In this podcast/video cast we not only discuss the reasoning behind Read more…
When in a global pandemic why not do a presentation in Hawaii? The STEMS² Symposium was put on by the University of Hawaii and offered an opportunity to engage in a conversation around the ideas of Culturally Sustaining Teacher Development that I have been thinking about since my sabbatical. Below Read more…
Education should not be a way out of your neighborhood. It should be a tool for improving it. Dr. Christopher Emdin Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy as articulated by Django Paris offers insight into what it looks like to teach in a way that leverages the contexts and practices of a student’s Read more…
Teachers are called to be teachers. They are not called for money or for fame, but an unshakeable desire to care for children. To love them. Mathematics teacher educators are called to move in the field toward promoting and enacting more equitable practice in our methods classroom that supports equitable Read more…
Good tasks provide the opportunity for good mathematics. Good mathematics provides students the opportunity to engage in the Standards for Mathematical Practice, with the ultimate practice being to “make sense of problems and persevere in solving them”. Something we want all children to be able to do. Below is a Read more…