On Wednesday, April 29, 2026, I delivered a series of presentations to students at Oxford High School about the teaching profession at both the PK–12 and higher education levels (as well as podcasting). Below are links and resources that were shared, referenced, or requested during those presentations. Mississippi Excellence in Read more
Heading to Atlanta to present our research on CoLab Teaching Rounds with my colleagues, Dr. Candies Cook, and Angela Harris, from the University of Mississippi. Below are the slides and a citation for the presentation. Amidon, J., Cook, C., & Harris, A. (October, 2025). A Love Letter to their Future Read more
This is a post to support the keynote address Teaching STEAM as Agape: Embracing STEAM Education as an Act of Unconditional Love for Our Students and Our World at the Full STEAM Ahead Educator Symposium at Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport, LA. The website for the event can be found here. Amidon, Read more
This is a post to support the Let’em Teach! Small Group Teaching Toward Desired Practices at the fall conference of the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Hattiesburg, MS. Link to the Materials Folder (Including Slides!) Amidon, J., Perez, K., Parker, C., Reardon, K., & Jones, L.(October, 2024). Let’em Teach! Small Group Teaching Toward Read more
This is a post to support the Stop Preaching and Let ’em Teach! Aiming Teachers Toward Desired Teaching Practices at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics at Chicago, IL. Link to the Materials Folder (Including Slides!) Rights of the Learner ActivityRights of the Learner Reading Read more
In May of 2024 I was invited to give a Keynote at the 2024 biennial conference of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences and also presented a parallel session during the conference. Below are the citations, slides, and relevant links from both of those sessions. Amidon, J. (May, Read more
This is a post to support the presentation, Let’em Teach! Small Group Teaching Toward Desired Practices, at the annual conference of the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics with my co-presenters, Jazmine Smith, Maddy Robbins, Evie Bledsoe, and Jamya Benson. Amidon, J., Robbins, M., Smith, J., Bledsoe, E., & Benson, Read more
In the fall of 2023, we were asked to revisit a presentation that we gave in 2017 that addresses the productive struggle and shame in the mathematics classroom. The presentation starts with an overview of productive struggle incorporating research on the shame-pride axis and equitable mathematics teaching. Teacher-leaders will be Read more
In October of 2023, I gave a talk at the Annual Conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Washington, D.C. What follows is a description of that talk, a link to the handout for that talk, the slides supporting the talk, a citation for reference, and finally Read more
This post contains the slides, citation, and referenced resources for the talk given at the 2023 Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Link to the slides. Amidon, J. Monroe, A. Cook, C., & Amidon, K. (February, 2023). MatHistories, Mathematics Teacher Efficacy, and Reconciling Relationships with Mathematics in Read more