I have been teaching mathematics since 1989 and during this time I have experienced no less than 3 or 4 math coaching initiatives either as the recipient of the math coaching or the deliverer of said math coaching. These sudden moments of interest in math coaching are ALWAYS connected to some external event: the state […]
Join the MCOE Math Team and me in Bakersfield on March 7 & 8 for one of the BEST mathematics professional learning opportunities in California. I am the president of CMC Central, so please make sure you say “hi” while you are at the symposium! Register: https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central-symposium
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Ep 32 of Math on the Rocks goes live on February 20, 2025! Check it out here: https://edushare.ing/MotR In the meantime, here is a quick blurb…
In 1989 I began my teaching career at Roosevelt Junior High School in Oakland where I taught 8th and 9th grade mathematics. I was completely ill-equipped to teach students who were just a few years younger than me. Chronic-absenteeism was so high, my class rosters were in the mid-40’s so as to ensure a daily […]
The newly revised California Mathematics Framework (CMF) is full of research-informed recommendations for how teachers should update their instructional strategies to be more aligned with current understandings of how students best learn mathematics. Unfortunately, the hard work of the CMF authors will be for naught unless we properly support teachers to carry out the changes […]
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Here is the amazing lineup of speakers we have for our 2025 CMC Math Symposium on March 7 & 8, 2025. Register here.
I was recently chatting with a teacher who is frustrated that every year her students seem to make tremendous progress with the grade-level content they are learning, only to later score Standard Not Met on the CAASPP in Spring. Particularly vexing, she said, is that her students learn the lessons, successfully complete the exit tickets, and even […]