Making Math Moments That Matter

As a mathematics specialist and consultant, I love how each episode reaches different audiences. There are episodes for district leaders, there are episodes for coaches and there are episodes for teachers. For someone like me, this helps build my capacity as a consultant and how I can support all members of an educational system!

I have been listening to this podcast for ages and was thrilled to meet Kyle while volunteering at the NCSM conference and find out he is just as delightful and helpful in person! As a coach of teachers, I often direct them to many of the podcast episodes. As a teacher working with students in Tier 3, I am constantly questioning, thinking and learning about my practice. Thanks to both Kyle and Jon and all their guests on the podcast for the hard but vital work they are doing!

As an educator in the special education space, it can feel lonely advocating for strategies that encourage diversifying strategies focused on conceptual math as opposed to simply memorizing procedures. My students grow and connect with conceptual, hands-on learning far better than a traditional, memorization approach. This podcast has been a breath of fresh air in realizing I am not alone in this! This podcast is where I first heard of Jo Boaler's Math-ish, Conrad Wolfram and so much more. I have found my people that encourage diversity of thought across all spaces of math. I would love to hear more about differentiation for those with special needs and those with English as a 2nd (or 3rd) language. Keep building these bridges to all those still trapped on an island! I am so grateful!

If you are looking to get inspired and learn more about some amazing, creative, practical tips to create a learning environment in which inquiry, conceptual understanding, and enthusiasm is the norm when learning math, listen to this wonderful podcast, filled with amazing educators. I love how we are invited to look how math can be taught in new ways. Such a great podcast! Thank you so much.