Scott and Duane finally get a chance to catch up with each other about the math education going on in our areas. We also talk about how important it is for teachers to form informal systems of support to grow professionally and stay in the education business. Then we spend most of our time talking about the importance of providing pedagogical variety for our students. This leads to a promise that we will do a series of episodes about the Teaching Through Problem Solving style of math teaching.
Here is our flyer for the CMC Central Symposium on March 13 and 14, 2026:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RN0DhfS-QXUDzbQw50d4t2XEIekLc9eQt--QUgL1i-8/export/pdf
Youcubed: A short article about pedagogical variety
https://www.youcubed.org/resources/the-importance-of-pedagogical-variety/
Teaching Through Problem-Solving blog posts by Duane:
https://theothermath.com/index.php/2024/05/16/teaching-through-problem-solving/
https://theothermath.com/index.php/2025/08/26/observing-a-teaching-through-problem-solving-lesson/
Join us in this conversation. Email any of the boys directly…
Cole: cosampson@kern.org
Duane: dhabecker@mcoe.org
Scott: mre.teacher@gmail.com
P-2 RESOURCES…
✚ P-2 Conferences coming to an area near youhttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1G8ea6dpe7b1VkrP6r28047WTWjIquLzbAFzYyP-wQ5M/edit?usp=sharing
Textbook Adoption RESOURCES…
✚ A comprehensive list of all submitted textbooks…adopted and NOT adoptedhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WALUohkIpD0RZNlGf1eiaOl2a4-0xJs6gFjk7HyRsNA/edit?usp=sharing
✚ Textbook adoption guidancehttps://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1A49lTbrsjczTr8AmAJXoIbw8kuZZFaAlu_z4yIPT_Jo/edit?usp=sharing
REGISTER FOR OUR CONFERENCES:
✚ CMC South Conference in Palm Springs, November 7 & 8, 2025:
https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-south-conference
✚ CMC North Conference in Monterey, December 5-7, 2025:
https://www.cmcmath.org/asilomar
✚ CMC Central Symposium in Bakersfield, March 13 & 14, 2026:
https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central-symposium
LEARN with the California Mathematics Council…
✚ Join us in our monthly webinars and get on our mailing list to be notified:
https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series
✚ Visit the California Math Council website:
✚ Become a member of the California Math Council:
https://camc.memberclicks.net/member-info-join-renew
SUBSCRIBE!
✚ YouTube (video & audio):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvolZqLMhJmlKZXVW-HMWHmGsXXaeH09f
✚ Spotify (video & audio):
https://open.spotify.com/show/7A17FvtyV8FiFJ0SWoTiQm?si=44d81611497e4c7a
✚ Apple Podcast (audio only):
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/math-on-the-rocks/id1728772089
