Math Unmuted

Summary In this episode, we talk about how math coaches can elevate the math experience for teachers and students and discuss how you can become an even better coach. In our discussion, we explore how to provide feedback without being controlling, how to uncover teachers’ hidden goals, and how to avoid making your math coaching overwhelming to math educators. Marta Garcia is an independent math consultant who has worked with schools, districts, and universities to "ReImagine '' Math as ...

Summary Many times, as educators we think to ourselves “my students can’t do this.” Does that statement say more about us and our state of mind than it does about our students? Seasoned mathematics educators Marta Garcia and Polly Wagner join the show to discuss how to support a discouraged teacher and how to design coaching or professional development sessions for math teachers. Who You Will Hear Marta Garcia is an independent math consultant who has worked with schools, districts, and uni...

In this episode, we discuss how teacher voice and student voice are connected. For students to feel empowered, teachers must also be empowered. In our conversation, we explore how to safely encourage quieter students to speak up, how teachers can gradually develop their unique teacher voice, how to prioritize the many tasks you have to juggle as a math teacher, and how math teachers can use observation as an opportunity to raise student and teacher voice in the classroom. Who you will hear ...

Math educators Hilda Wright and Joseph Lamb join Mario to give an overview of what student voice in math classes can look like. They share their thoughts on why it is harder to imagine what student voice can be like in math classrooms, what student voice really is, how student voice is different from traditional participation, and what needs to happen for student voice to thrive in math spaces. They also provide quick tips that you can use to start creating a safe space for student voice in y...

Welcome to Math Unmuted.