Making Math Moments That Matter Podcast
Our podcast episodes reveal powerful stories, strategies and “secrets” for building a math classroom that you’ve always wanted.
About The Making Math Moments That Matter Podcast
Make Math Moments is on a mission to provide an opportunity for all mathematics educators around the world to access professional learning opportunities that will elevate their teaching practice and promote an equitable learning experience for all students. We strive to provide all educators with the opportunity to spark their learning through the Making Math Moments That Matter Podcast as a means to inspire the exploration of new pedagogical practices and to seek out opportunities to deepen their own mathematical content knowledge.
The goal of the podcast is to help more mathematics educators to create a classroom culture where students don’t want to stop exploring mathematics when the bell rings by interviewing featured guests such as Jo Boaler, Peter Liljedahl, Sunil Singh, Dan Meyer, Nicki Newton, John Hattie, inviting mathematics teachers on to the show to engage in “Mentoring Moment” episodes where we coach them through a current math classroom struggle, or to simply riff on a specific big idea, tool or strategy for simply.
We strive to positively impact the K-12 mathematical experience for over 1 million students by helping mathematics teachers and mathematics district leaders to strengthen the six (6) key parts of an effective mathematics program.
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Episode Show Notes and Resource Pages
A new episode is released each and every Monday morning at 5:30 AM Eastern / 2:30 AM Pacific Time with full show notes to summarize the episode, complete transcripts and links to resources relevant to that specific episode.
Episode #322: Breaking Down Barriers That Prevent Progress in Mathematics Achievement
Episode #331: How Diverse Math Teaching Styles Help You & Your Students
Episode #330: The Math “Money Bomb” Curse – And What It’s Costing Your Schools | Math Resources Decision Making
Episode #329: How To Use Tool Talks To Boost Student Agency And Sense Making in Math Class | Math Manipulatives
Episode #328: Is Your PD Structure Sabotaging Your Mathematics Goals? | Math Coaching & Training
Episode #327: High School Mathematics Reimagined, Revitalized, and Relevant: An Interview with Two NCTM presidents
Episode #326: Why “Doing It All” Is Hurting Your Progress For Sustainable Math Achievement
Episode #325: Why Shifting K-12 Math Instruction Feels So Hard (And What We’re Missing)
Episode #324: How to Re-frame Support To Increase Strategy Adoption in Math | Math Coaching & Training
Episode #323: Math Fact Fluency: Must-Know Facts – An Interview with Jennifer Bay-Williams
Episode #322: How Shifting Assessment Practices in Math Is Your Gateway To Improved Achievement | Math Assessment Coaching & Training
Episode #321: Math Retention Struggles Grades 6 to 12: Here’s Why and How To Fix It
Episode #320: Prune to Thrive: Why Doing Less Can Strengthen Your Math Program | Effective Mathematics Coaching and Training
Episode #319: From Teacher to Facilitator – An Interview with Crystal M. Watson | Mathematical Discourse
Episode #318: 90% of Educators Won’t Implement Your Strategy Without This | Effective Mathematics Coaching and Training
Episode #317: Teaching Multiplication and Division: 10 Must Have Tools – An Interview with Dr. Nikki Newton
Two Components You’re Missing For Consistent Math Teaching Strategy Adoption
Episode #315: Why Early Math Matters & How All Grade Level Teachers Need to Hear This: An Interview with Sue Looney
Insightful Conversations with Mathematics Leaders and Mathematics Classroom Teachers
We host some of the most influential minds in education…
Discussions With Purpose
How do I teach tasks & cover the curriculum?
How do I coach teachers for effective change?
Why mindfulness is needed in mathematics classes.
How can I help students build fact fluency?
How do I spark curiosity & fuel sense making with abstract concepts?
How can I engage students while teaching strictly online?
How can I manage giving feedback in a reasonable amount of time?
How parental mindset is key in a student’s progression of mathematics.
How do I build in purposeful practice into my lesson plan?
At Make Math Moments, we believe that an effective mathematics program must be cultivated and fostered like a strong, healthy and balanced tree.
When you know how to strengthen the 6 parts of an effective math program, your impact will grow far and wide.
Leadership and Classroom Pillars
Trunk
Content Knowledge & Mathematical Proficiency
Roots
Help your educators in developing their mathematical proficiency.
Mindset & Beliefs
Soil, Sunlight, Water
Shift educator mindsets and beliefs from deficit thinking towards asset thinking.
Professional Development Structure
Limbs
Create a sustainable, supportive, and actionable professional development structure that creates change.
Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Branches
Train & Support your educators on effective use of the 8 effective teaching practices.
Lessons, Tools, Resources and Environment
Leaves
Utilize resources that designed to spark curiosity as well as fuel sense making in students.
Your report will show you where your mathematics improvement plan is performing well, where you need to improve, and give you a customized plan to strengthen all 6 parts of your program.