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Double Vision: Talking Professional Development in Orlando

Sometimes things do not go exactly to plan… As any teacher can attest, there are times when the intended outcomes of a lesson do not simply materialize when the bell rings. The same principle exists for the professional development of teachers. At the annual conference for the Association for Mathematics Read more…

By Adminidon, 5 yearsFebruary 9, 2019 ago
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Becoming an Agent of Change in the Math Classroom!

Reacting to a Cognitive Shove I define an opportunity to develop as a professional a success when my thinking, my stance as a teacher of mathematics and a preparer of teachers of mathematics, changes. By that measure my time at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Annual Meeting Read more…

By Adminidon, 6 yearsApril 27, 2018 ago
Celebrating the Struggle
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The Struggle is Real…Good #CelebrateTheStruggle

Struggle is a good thing. That cannot be true…can it? I don’t want to see my children struggle. I don’t want to see my students struggle. When someone struggling, I want to run over and help them. I want to remove the struggle. But I know that struggle is good. Read more…

By Adminidon, 6 yearsNovember 3, 2017 ago
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How to turn a ‘Test’ into a ‘Celebration of Learning’

Sometimes I am called an optimist, an idealist, or just disconnected with reality.  Usually a comment like that emerges after I “confess” I have never given a test or quiz, yet I have been a teacher/teacher educator for 15 years. Instead I like to give “learning celebrations” (a term I Read more…

By Adminidon, 7 yearsMarch 26, 2017 ago
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See like a Coach: Considering the lenses we use in Formative Assessment

Formative assessment a process of gathering evidence within the stream of instruction in order to inform teaching and learning (Black, Harrison et al., 2004). To be considered formative, the evidence must be “elicited, interpreted, and used by both teachers and learners” (Wiliam, 2011, p. 43) From the Joint Position Paper Read more…

By Adminidon, 7 yearsFebruary 18, 2017 ago
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Love, Allies, and the Cost of Course…discuss.

The Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators met in Orlando this week which provides the opportunity for fellow teachers of teachers of mathematics to discuss how to improve the field of mathematics teacher preparation.  Sounds like a niche field but the importance of preparing teachers to teach mathematics, a subject which is directly connected to Read more…

By Adminidon, 7 yearsFebruary 11, 2017 ago
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Sharing Learning from the Desert: PMENA 2016

The theme of this years meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education- North America Chapter is Sin Fronteras: Questioning Borders in Mathematics Education. The purpose of a conference is to grow as a professional and one thing I can do through the magic of the internet is share what I Read more…

By Adminidon, 7 yearsNovember 4, 2016 ago
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MET Grants in Beantown

Today I get a chance to present with Johnny Lott!  Not everyday that you get to present with a former National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) President.  We are talking about Mathematics Education Trust (MET) Grants, the MET Grant that I and two high school mathematics teachers received, and Read more…

By Adminidon, 9 yearsApril 15, 2015 ago

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