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 #300: How to Capture, Assess, and Report Mathematical Practice Standards In Your Classroom – A Math Mentoring Moment
Episode #299: How To Keep All Students Engaged During A Math Talk – A Math Mentoring Moment
Episode #298: Why Activating Prior Knowledge Will Solve All Your Math Classroom Problems (Almost)
Episode #297: First Week of School Math Activities: What Is Most Important?
Episode #296: How To Answer The Most Fundamental Question In Math Education
Episode #295: International Math Classes: How Does Your Math Class Compare? – An Interview with Amy Bride
Episode #294: Effective Tier 2 Support: Is This What It Should Look Like In Math Class? – A Math Mentoring Moment
Episode #293: Are Your Priorities Backwards In Your Math Classroom or Across Your District?
Episode #292: How to use Portfolios in a Math Classroom: Is it worth it? – A Math Mentoring Moment
Episode #291: Side Step The Scope & Sequence? Problem Based Teaching & Your Curriculum Resources
Episode #290: Math-ish: An Interview with Dr. Jo Boaler
Episode #289: How To Build Teaching Confidence: An Interview with Lori Martin
Episode #288: Rethinking Math: Conrad Wolfram on Revolutionizing Education for the Digital Age
Episode #287: How To Coach Math Teachers Through Questioning: A Math Mentoring Moment
Episode #286: Unintended Consequences in Math Assessments in K-12 Classrooms: Balancing Fairness & Growth
Episode #285: Transforming A Math Program: The Journey of Two Dedicated Math Coordinators
Episode #284: The Secrets of Engagement Through Timing – A Math Mentoring Moment
Episode #283: Guided Independence For Math PD: How Much Hand Holding Is Too Much When Providing Support In Math Classes?
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.