Learning to teach mathematics teachers better with Dr. Pamela Seda, Founder and CEO of Seda Educational Consulting and President of the Benjamin Banneker Association. She shares her advice and expertise on being a mathematics teacher educator, being a mathematics education leader, and using the ICUCARE Equity Framework from her book, Choosing to See: A Framework for Equity in the Math Classroom.
Links from the Episode
Seda Educational Counsulting
ICUCARE Framework: Seven Principles for Effective Mathematics Instruction
The Benjamin Banneker Association
Episode 54: Kyndall Brown: Moving Toward Greater Equity Through Statewide Professional Development and his Book, Choosing to See: A Framework for Equity in the Math Classroom
Special Guest: Pamela Seda.
Learning to teach better with Dr. Colleen Eddy, full professor and chair of the Department of Teacher Education and Administration at the University of North Texas, and current president of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning. She shares about the importance of community, tips on the publication process, and helping grow leaders.
Links mentioned in the episode:
Research Council on Mathematics Learning https://www.rcml-math.org/
2026 RCML Conference in Las Vegas https://www.rcml-math.org/upcoming-conference-registration
Call from SSM Special Issue Call:
Research in STEM Research Partnerships
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/19498594/call-for-papers/stem-research-partnerships
Colleen Eddy's previous conversations on the Teaching Math Teaching podcast:
https://www.teachingmathteachingpodcast.com/36 Colleen Eddy, Rick Hudson, and Michael Steele - AMTE 2021 Virtual Conference
https://www.teachingmathteachingpodcast.com/57 Colleen Eddy and Travis Olson - Maximizing your AMTE 2022 Conference Experience
Special Guest: Colleen Eddy.
Learning to teach math teachers better through an episode of The Transition Years.
Listen in as Joel Amidon and Dr. John Staley reflect on four years of collaborative work aimed at transforming students’ mathematical experiences during the transition years. Hear the behind-the-scenes story of how professional organizations came together to amplify voices, build a lasting network, and create real change. From grassroots conversations to state-level influence, John emphasizes the importance of shared leadership, accessible resources, and continuing the momentum to support teachers, students, and families. Whether you’re a teacher, counselor, leader, parent, or advocate, this episode challenges you to consider: What role can you play in moving this work forward?
Show notes for the episode can be found at https://amidonplanet.com/transitionyears/
Special Guest: John W. Staley.
Learning to teach math teachers better with Alisha Gibson, Mathematics Curriculum Specialist from the Jackson Public Schools in Jackson, MS and President of the Mississippi Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. She shares her advice and expertise on being a mathematics coach with open eyes toward helping teachers become the best version of themselves as teachers of mathematics.
Links from the episode
Teaching Math Teaching: Episode 13 - Lydia Klespis: Coaching Elementary Teachers during COVID-19
Special Guest: Alisha Gibson.
Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Jen Wolfe, Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Arizona, as we talk about two chapters we co‑authored for the newest Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) Professional Book Series, Building Community to Center Equity and Justice in Mathematics Teacher Education, edited by Dr. Eva Thanheiser and Dr. Courtney Koestler.
We dig into our chapters:
Centering Community Care & Love in the Preparation of Prospective Secondary Teachers: A Collective Responsibility Approach to Mathematics Teaching and Learning, and
Establishing the “We” with Prospective Elementary Teachers: Conversation Grids as Teaching Mathematics Methods as Agape
Links from the episode
Teaching Math Teaching Podcast Episode 63: Courtney Koestler and Eva Thanheiser: Building Community to Center Equity and Justice in Mathematics Teacher Education
Link to purchase Building Community to Center Equity and Justice in Mathematics Teacher Education
Learning to teach math teachers better with Courtney Koestler and Eva Thanheiser as they share their experience in editing the latest Association of Mathematics Teachers Educators (AMTE) Professional Volume, Building Community to Center Equity and Justice in Mathematics Teacher Education, and how colleagues build community to center equity and justice in their teaching of math teachers.
Links from the episode
Teaching Math Teaching Podcast Episode 63: Courtney Koestler and Eva Thanheiser: Building Community to Center Equity and Justice in Mathematics Teacher Education
Link to purchase Building Community to Center Equity and Justice in Mathematics Teacher Education
Special Guest: Courtney Koestler.
Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Gina Wilson, Knowles Teacher Initiative Program Officer of Teacher Development and Dr. Ayanna Perry, Director of Outreach and Dissemination, as we discuss supporting early career mathematics teachers and the professional development of teachers outside of higher education.
Links from the episode
Knowles Teacher Initiative
Knowles Teaching Fellowship
Knowles Academy
Knowles Annual Conference
Five to Thrive Series from Corwin
The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation
Mathematics Teacher Education Partnership
Special Guests: Ayanna Perry and Gina Wilson.
Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Farshid Safi, K-12 Math Educator, Associate Director for Teaching and Service and Associate Professor in the School of Teacher Education at the University of Central Florida, as well as the President of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. We discuss with Farshid the upcoming 2026 conference and how AMTE is continuing to live out its mission and position statements.
Links from the episode
AMTE Mission and Long Term Goals
AMTE Position Statements
2026 AMTE Annual Conference in Portland, OR
Teaching Math Teaching Episode 47 - Farshid Safi: Sense-Making and Adjusting
AMTE Awards
AMTE Affiliate Directory
Poem by Sa’adi (Persia, 13th Century), translation by M. Aryanpoor:
Human beings are members of a whole,
In creation of one essence and soul.
If one member is afflicted with pain,
Other members uneasy will remain.
If you've no sympathy for human pain,
The name of human you cannot retain!
Special Guest: Farshid Safi.
Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Karen Karp, as she shares her experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator. She also shares her work at the intersection of special education and mathematics education, and opportunities for professional growth through the Mathematics Education Trust.
Links from the Episode
Karen Karp's Website
Mathematics Education Trust (MET) Grants and Awards
MET Spring Grants Webinar
MET Lifetime Achievement Award
Donate to MET!
Special Guest: Karen Karp.
Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Elham Kazemi, Professor in the College of Education at the University of Washington, as she shares her advice and expertise on being a mathematics teacher educator, and her perspective on helping educational leaders make space for good mathematics teaching to happen in schools.
Links from the episode:
Elham's Faculty page at the University of Washington
TMT Episode 99: Rodrigo Gutiérrez and Melissa Hosten: Being Responsive and Engaged to Elevate the Work of Math Teachers
Megan Franke’s Math Ed Podcast episode
Yeh, C., Rigby, L., Huerta, S., & Engelhard, C. (2024). Culturally sustaining universal design for mathematics learning. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 117, 792-801. https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2023.0364
Lincoln-Moore, C., Howse, T., Strong, J., Jones, S., Seda, P., Kebreab. L. (2024, September 23). Black Womxn in Mathematics Education (BWXME) presents Teach and Think like a BLACK Woman: Learning How to Engage and Connect with Marginalized Students [Conference presentation]. National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM). Chicago, IL, United States.
Lampert, M. (2001). Teaching Problems and the Problems of Teaching. Yale University Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt32bpsx
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment without Burnout by Cal Newport
Teachers Empowered to Advance Change in Mathematics Project (TEACH Math Project)
Teacher Education by Design
Upcoming talk at TERC https://www.terc.edu/mathequityforum/past-events/
Learning to teach mathematics teachers better with Dr. Daniel Edelen, Assistant Professor in the College of Education & Human Development at Georgia State University, as he shares strategies and mindsets for recognizing the brilliance of young children, centering them and their experiences, and developing empathy as a teacher and teacher educator. He is an ethnographer who is passionate about understanding how children understand, create, and navigate authority, autonomy, and agency in the classroom, particularly in settings where the content relates to STEM and STEAM.
Show notes:
Authority Research
The social construction of authorities: An interactional ethnographic examination of positional legitimacy
Authority and positionings in elementary mathematics: An interactional ethnographic approach
Untangling Classroom Positionings: An Instrumental Case Unpacking Positioning Theory in Mathematics Education
STEM/STEAM
STEM Rocks Research Collective
Elementary students’ STEAM perceptions: Extending frames of reference through transformative learning experiences
Moving toward shared realities through empathy in mathematical modeling: An ecological systems theory approach
Humanistic STE(A)M instruction through empathy: leveraging design thinking to improve society
“No, This Is Not My Boyfriend’s Computer”: Elevating the Voices of Youth in STEM Education Research Leveraging Photo-Elicitation
Centering Students in Transdisciplinary STEAM Using Positioning Theory
Special Guest: Daniel Edelen.
Learning to teach math teachers better by engaging in a roundtable discussion around the Opening Session of the Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, featuring Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Nicol Howard, Lateefah Id-Deen, Carlos LópezLeiva, and Farshid Safi, titled “Moving Beyond Transactional Relationships in Educational Spaces.”
Links from the episode:
Service, Teaching, & Research (STaR) in Mathematics Education: Supporting Early Career Professionals (STaR Fellows Program)
Support the STaR program and other opportunities for promoting mathematics teacher education from AMTE
AMTE Community Circles
AMTE Volunteer Form
Naomi Jessup
Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Joi Spencer, Dean of the School of Education at the University of California, Riverside. as we discuss her experience and expertise as a math teacher educator, her long running STEAM Academy, and her book, Anti-Blackness at School: Creating Affirming Educational Spaces for African American Students.
Links from the episode
STEAM Academy
Anti-Blackness at School: Creating Affirming Educational Spaces for African American Students by Joi Spencer and Kerri Ullucci
Math Ed Podcast Episode 1405: Megan Franke
Special Guest: Joi Spencer.
Learning to teach math teachers better with Erin Krupa, Associate Professor College of Education at North Carolina State University, and Jonathan Bostic, Professor and Director of Grant Innovations in the College of Education and Human Development at Bowling Green State University. Listen as Erin and Jonathan share about the importance and benefits of building a community, and also about the project Validity Evidence for Measurement in Mathematics Education.
Validity Evidence for Measurement in Mathematics Education website https://mathedmeasures.org/
Math Ed Podcast episode 2409: Jonathan Bostic - math ed measures and validity
Bostic, J., Krupa, E.,, & Shih, J. (Eds.) (2019). Quantitative measures of mathematical knowledge: Researching instruments and perspectives. New York, NY: Routledge.
Bostic, J., Krupa, E., & Shih, J. (2019). Assessments in mathematics education contexts: Theoretical frameworks and new directions. New York, NY: Routledge.
Special Guests: Erin Krupa and Jonathan Bostic.
Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Rick Hudson, Chair of Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Southern Indiana and Vice President for Professional Learning of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Listen as he shares his experience and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator and opportunities for learning and growing as an educator through experiences, relationships, and opportunities to serve.
Links from the episode
Hiebert, J., Carpenter, T. P., & Fennema, E. (1997). Making sense: Teaching and learning mathematics with understanding. Heinemann.
Liljedahl, P. (2020). Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning. Sage.
Hudson, R. A., Mojica, G. F., Lee, H. S., & Casey, S. (2024). Data Moves as a Focusing Lens for Learning to Teach with CODAP. Computers in the Schools, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/07380569.2024.241170
ESTEEM: Enhancing Data Science and Statistics Teacher Education with E-Modules
CODAP
Modern Math Tasks to Provoke Transformational Thinking Grades 3-5
Modern Math Tasks to Provoke Transformational Thinking Grades 9-12
Association of Mathematics Teacher Educator Links
2025 Conference Website
Volunteer Form
Giving Link
Mathematics Teacher Educator Podcast
Special Guest: Rick Hudson.
Learning to teach math teachers better by engaging in a roundtable discussion around the 100th episode of the Teaching Math Teaching podcast, the opportunities to support fellow math teacher educators through financial giving, and the upcoming conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators in Reno, NV in 2025.
Links from the episode
Support the work of AMTE on Giving Tuesday (and beyond).
2025 AMTE Annual Conference in Reno, Nevada, February 6-8, 2025
Learning to teach math teachers better with Melissa Hosten and Dr. Rodrigo Gutiérrez, Directors of the Center for Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers (CRR) at the University of Arizona, as we discuss their varied experiences and advice as mathematics teacher educators, and the work, mission, and opportunities of the CRR.
Links from the episode
Center for Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers (CRR) Website
@Uarizonacrr (social media)
AmeriCorps Program
Mathematics Educator Appreciation Day Conference
Mathematics Teacher Educator Podcast
Special Guests: Melissa Hosten and Rodrigo Gutiérrez .
Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Jacqueline Leonard, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Education at the University of Wyoming, as she shares her many and varied experiences in mathematics education, and her advice on being a mathematics teacher educator looking to take steps toward a more equitable future.
Links
Leonard, J. (2018). Culturally Specific Pedagogy in the Mathematics Classroom: Strategies for Teachers and Students. Routledge.
Leonard, J., & Martin, D. B. (Eds.). (2013). The Brilliance of Black Children in Mathematics: Beyond the Numbers and Toward New Discourse. IAP.
Ladson-Billings, G. (1994). The Dreamkeepers. Successful Teachers of African American Children. Wiley.
Gutstein, E. (2012). Reading and Writing the World with Mathematics: Toward a Pedagogy for Social Justice. Routledge.
Mathematics Teacher Educator Podcast
Special Guest: Jacqueline Leonard.
Learning to teach better with Dr. David Coffey & Dr. Kathryn Coffey. Kathy has recently retired as an elementary mathematics specialist, and Dave is a professor of mathematics at Grand Valley State University. They share insights from design-based thinking on planning and teaching, and talk with us about their new book, Using Design Thinking to Support the Teaching and Learning of K-8 Mathematics.
Show notes:
Designing Math Adventures: Using Design Thinking to Support the Teaching and Learning of K-8 Mathematics
Design Thinking at Grand Valley
Math Ed podcast: David Coffey and Kathryn Coffey - Designing Math Adventures
Teaching Like Ted Lasso Podcast Series
Teaching in Tanzania Podcast Series
Monty Python Italian Lesson Skit
Mathematics Teacher Educator podcast
Special Guests: David Coffey and Kathryn Coffey.
Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Kate Johnson, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at Brigham Young University, as we discuss her experiences and advice as a mathematics teacher educator, as an associate editor of the Mathematics Teacher Educator journal, and as a co-author of the article, Ungrievable: Theorizing white Christian nationalist rhetorical practices in education in the Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies journal.
Links from the episode
Johnson, K. R., Hadley, H. L., Schoonbeck, A., & Benson, S. E. (2024) Ungrievable: Theorizing white Christian nationalist rhetorical practices in education. Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10714413.2024.2388913
Johnson, K. R., Holdaway, E., & Ross, A. S. (2021). “We are children of God”: White Christian teachers discussing racism. Linguistics and Education, 64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2021.100936
Johnson, K. R. (2016). Enduring positions: Religious identity in discussions about critical mathematics education. Religion and Education, 43(2), 230-245. https://doi.org/10.1080/15507394.2016.1147916
Johnson, K. R. (accepted for 2024). The road to find: Poetry as a tool for developing a productive community. In C. Koestler & E. Thanheiser (Eds.), Building Community to Center Equity and Justice in Mathematics Teacher Education. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators.
Johnson, K. R. (2016). Reconceptualizing “activism”: Developing a socially conscious practice with prospective White mathematics teachers. In N. M. Joseph, C. M. Haynes, & F. Cobb (Eds.), Interrogating Whiteness and Relinquishing Power: White Faculty’s Commitment to Racial Consciousness in STEM Classrooms (pp. 171-187). Peter Lang Publishing.
Mathematics Teacher Educator Commentaries to help authors of MTE manuscripts
Vol. 5, Issue 2, March 2017 which describes a writing tool for preparing a MTE manuscript https://doi.org/10.5951/mathteaceduc.5.2.0085
6(1), Sept 2017 which talks about articulating of a problem of practice; https://doi.org/10.5951/mathteaceduc.6.1.0003
6(2), March 2018 which describes the relationship between claims and evidence in MTE https://doi.org/10.5951/mathteaceduc.6.2.0004
11(3), June 2023 on positionality in your pedagogy and writing for MTE: https://doi.org/10.5951/MTE.2023.0007
Mathematics Teacher Educator podcast
Special Guest: Kate Johnson.
