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We are on a mission to provide an opportunity for all mathematics educators around the world to become aware and able to access professional learning opportunities that will elevate their teaching practice and promote a more equitable learning experience for all students.
We strive to provide all educators with the opportunity to Spark their learning through our free guides, helpful how-to videos, blog posts, webinars, and the Making Math Moments That Matters Podcast as a means to inspire the exploration of new pedagogical practices and to seek out opportunities to deepen their own mathematical content knowledge.
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Free 4-Part Video Course
Just like you, we’re frustrated with how easily students in math class give up when solving unfamiliar problems. We want to help our students as much as we can, just like you do. Join Kyle & Jon in this 4-part video series to learn how to build resilient problem solvers.
Online Teaching
Plan lessons for online remote learning that apply the Make Math Moments 3-Part Framework to Spark Curiosity, Fuel Sense Making, and Ignite Teacher Moves.
Download The Guidebook
Just like you, we’re frustrated with how easily students in math class give up when solving unfamiliar problems. We want to help our students as much as we can, just like you do. Join Kyle & Jon in this 4-part video series to learn how to build resilient problem solvers.
Starting The School Year
The First Week of School is supposed to be exciting, fun, and a great way to build a positive classroom culture that will promote a productive disposition towards mathematics.
Our Most Recent Posts / Videos
Teaching & Learning Math Is Difficult. Here’s Why…
Why is teaching and learning math so hard? Mathematical Thinking is at the core of why teachers struggle to teach math and students struggle to learn math.
Math Leaders Need Support To Do Their Work Effectively
Why do school districts focus so much funding on math professional development for teachers, but not mathematics leaders?
Why Systemic Change In Mathematics Is So Hard
Why Is Systemic Change In Mathematics So Hard? It starts at math leadership teams who craft math goals by throwing spagetti at the wall to see what sticks.
Procedural Fluency: The Core Of Every Math Lesson
Strengthen your teaching of procedural fluency by starting with conceptual understanding and using these ideas and lessons.
Does That 3-Act Task Measure Up?
How are the resources you’re using in your classroom helping you and your students fuel sense making and making deeper connections to the mathematics?
Why the 9 Times Table Hand Trick Works and How to Teach It Effectively
Have you ever seen the 9 Times Table Hand Trick and ever wonder how it works? Teaching Tricks Can Be Helpful, If Done The Right Way! Learn how in this post and video overview!
Why We Should Eliminate The Percent Button
Instead of that pesky percent button, model flexible strategies students can use to determine percent values in this lesson.
We Don’t Need The Pythagorean Theorem
In this video we’ll explore a technique that builds on area of squares and triangles that unveils the length of the hypotenuse.
How To Avoid Death By Webinar
How to make the most of the VIRTUAL (& face-to-face) conferences you attend including how to avoid “death by webinar”!
The Easiest Way to Learn New Math Class Strategies & Resources for FREE!
If you are looking for easy ways to learn new math class strategies and access math resources for free, then you need to watch this jam packed math professional learning video.
What Does Week 1 Look Like?
Welcome to the first video in a series of weekly releases where Jon will walk through some glimpses of his classroom.
How To Overcome This Common Math Professional Development Paradox
How to overcome this common Math Professional Development Paradox that All Mathematics District Leaders and Mentors Face when engaging educators in math professional learning.
Why Math Professional Development One-Offs Won’t Cut It
Why the One-Off Approach to Math Professional Learning has got to go and what you can do instead to work towards your big, bodacious district mathematics goals over time.
Stop Force Feeding Math Professional Development – Do This Instead
Rather than force feeding math professional development and making little impact, let’s consider impactful strategies that involve smaller chunks or breadcrumbs over longer periods of time.
How To Avoid The Math Professional Development Trap
If avoiding the rush to the algorithm is what we want our math teachers to do, then shouldn’t we avoid the rush to the algorithm when delivering math professional development?
What NOT To Do When Planning and Delivering Math Professional Development
If avoiding the rush to the algorithm is what we want our math teachers to do, then shouldn’t we avoid the rush to the algorithm when delivering math professional development?
Not Enough Time: Overcoming Confirmation Bias
What we’ve learned about how we can create more time for the things we value in education and day-to-day life.
The True Purpose of Assessment in Math Class
How To Teach Ratios By Starting With Partitive Division Using Context, Strategies and Models in your classroom. Scaling composed unit ratios in tandem.