Chris is a High School Math and Computer Science teacher. Wilson, his school, is currently the only Portland Public Schools high school offering a comprehensive Computer Science program. We have a "standard" 4-year program along with many opportunities for independent study/projects. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about what we do here and you are welcome to check out the links to the left to see more of what we do in class! Chris also won the Paul Allen Distinguished E...
Jul 22, 2020•40 min
Ruth Heaton is the Chief Executive Officer at Teachers Development Group, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving all students’ mathematical understanding and achievement through meaningful, effective professional development for teachers and school leaders. We discuss TDGs' professional development with Ruth. Special Guest: Ruth Heaton.
Jul 15, 2020•38 min
Dr. Nick Wasserman, Associate Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, discusses his work in making explicit connections for secondary mathematics teachers about how the work of teaching (say, Algebra I) is related to advanced mathematics courses (such as Abstract Algebra). Among other items, we discuss the book he recently edited, Connecting Abstract Algebra to Secondary Mathematics, for Secondary Mathematics Teachers (https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319992136), and his collabor...
Jul 08, 2020•34 min
Wrapping up the June edition of our Teaching Math Teaching Podcast Summer Book Club with a conversation about the book Rough Draft Math: Revising to Learn with the book's author Amanda Jansen. Book -- https://www.stenhouse.com/content/rough-draft-math Mathematics Teacher Educator article -- https://www.nctm.org/Publications/Mathematics-Teacher-Educator/2016/Vol4/Issue2/Inviting-Prospective-Teachers-to-Share-Rough-Draft-Mathematical-Thinking/ Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School article -- o...
Jun 25, 2020•44 min
Don Berg is the Executive Director of Deeper Learning Advocates, which is on a mission to embed the psychology of learning in K-12 policy so that policy stops undermining learning. His expertise is in the psychology of motivation. It turns out that appropriate motivation is not a nice add-on for learning, it is a fundamental pre-requisite to the kind of learning we all want our children to do. I assume no one actually wants shallow and fake learning.
Jun 18, 2020•25 min
Jackie Murawska talks about her position as a STEM Instructional Coach at a school district, along with resources that she has found helpful and the impact of professional networks and organizations. Jackie has also been a classroom teacher and university professor, and is the past president of the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics. During the podcast, Jackie mentioned these online resources: NCTM Illuminations - https://illuminations.nctm.org/ Principles to Actions Professional Learni...
Jun 18, 2020•22 min
What better way to grow as teachers of math teachers then to engage in professional learning together through the first ever Teaching Math Teaching Podcast Summer Book Club. In June we are reading Rough Draft Math: Revising to Learn by Amanda Jansen and in July we are reading High School Mathematics Lessons to Explore, Understand and Respond to Social Injustice, by Robert Q. Berry III, Basil Conway IV, Brian R. Lawler, John W. Staley, and colleagues. Get the books, start reading, join our social...
May 27, 2020•1 min
Lydia Klespis talks about her experiences as an Instructional Coach for math and science at an elementary school. She describes how she continues to support teachers once the school building closed and instruction moved online. In her 30-year career in education, she has embraced three responsibilities for good instructional coaching: (1) building strong interpersonal relationships with teachers, (2) understanding the vertical alignment of curriculum standards, and (3) sharing and modeling best ...
May 20, 2020•24 min
Patti talks about how to address Dyslexia, ADHD, processing speed etc in the mathematics classroom. She talks about how to adapt mathematics lessons to be inclusive in regular and online classrooms. Here are some links that Patti shared with us durin gthe conversation. Virtual manipulatives from Didax https://www.didax.com/math/virtual-manipulatives.html Kami https://www.kamiapp.com/ Open Up Resources https://access.openupresources.org/curricula/our6-8math youcubed https://www.youcubed.org/ Spec...
May 03, 2020•31 min
Jen Wolfe shares how she teaches her content courses for future elementary school teachers online. She discusses Complex Instruction in Synchronous Settings. Special Guest: Jennifer Wolfe.
Apr 29, 2020•27 min
Zandra discusses equity issues in synchronous online teaching. Links Two Minute Teacher's Guide (https://twominuteteachersguide.com/) Special Guest: Zandra de Araujo.
Apr 19, 2020•22 min
Mandy Jansen discusses the use of rough draft math in both regular classrooms and online classrooms. Links Mandy's book Rough Draft Math: Revising to Learn (https://www.stenhouse.com/content/rough-draft-math) Special Guest: Amanda Jansen.
Apr 16, 2020•26 min
Brian and Abi discuss a mutually beneficial collaborative partnership between a university math educator and a mathematics content specialist. The focus of this podcast is the overhaul of a school district's math program. Special Guests: Abi Leaf and Brian Lawler.
Apr 15, 2020•27 min
Examining the Trajectories of Black Mathematics Teachers seeks to better understand the promise and challenges of encouraging more black educators to choose mathematics teaching as a career. If you have enjoyed listening to this podcast and are interested in ohter episodes you can see all episodes listed on this website or search by categries at https://evathanheiser.wordpress.com/tmt-podcast/ Special Guest: Toya Frank.
Apr 08, 2020•21 min
The three hosts of the podcast follow up on their experience teaching online over the last week. They share things that went well such as creating a reminder video, creating a self-grading check-list, etc. and things that they wish had gone better. If you have enjoyed listening to this podcast and are interested in ohter episodes you can see all episodes listed on this website or search by categries at https://evathanheiser.wordpress.com/tmt-podcast/
Apr 01, 2020•24 min
The three hosts of the podcast reflect on rapidly moving their courses online. They tackle the following questions: What classes are you teaching? How are you moving them online? What resources were especially helpful? How did it go? They provide a list of resources they used and what has been particularly helpful to them. If you have enjoyed listening to this podcast and are interested in ohter episodes you can see all episodes listed on this website or search by categries at https://evathanhei...
Mar 25, 2020•37 min
Matt Felton-Koestler and Courtney Koestler discuss how they run summer camps for elementary and middle school children. If you have enjoyed listening to this podcast and are interested in ohter episodes you can see all episodes listed on this website or search by categries at https://evathanheiser.wordpress.com/tmt-podcast/ Special Guests: Courtney Koestler and Matt Felton-Koestler.
Mar 22, 2020•19 min
Brian and Candies are sharing their perspectives, one leaving the job of math coach the other starting. If you have enjoyed listening to this podcast and are interested in ohter episodes you can see all episodes listed on this website or search by categries at https://evathanheiser.wordpress.com/tmt-podcast/ Special Guests: Brian Buckhalter and Candies Cook.
Feb 27, 2020•33 min
Keith gives advice to junior faculty and students on various elements of being a mathematics educator. If you have enjoyed listening to this podcast and are interested in ohter episodes you can see all episodes listed on this website or search by categries at https://evathanheiser.wordpress.com/tmt-podcast/ Special Guest: Keith Leatham.
Feb 20, 2020•24 min
Bob Glasgow is the lone mathematics educator in his math department shares some tricks of the trade. He shared that he went out to classrooms a lot and collaborated with classroom teachers. If you have enjoyed listening to this podcast and are interested in ohter episodes you can see all episodes listed on this website or search by categries at https://evathanheiser.wordpress.com/tmt-podcast/ Special Guest: Bob Glasgow.
Feb 03, 2020•21 min
Meet Eva Thanheiser, Dusty Jones, and Joel Amidon as they introduce the new Teaching Math Teaching podcast. Learn a little bit about each of their backgrounds and what will be covered on the shows.
Feb 03, 2020•10 min
