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Allison Loves Math Podcast

Allison Dillard

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Frequency: 1 episode/12d. Total Eps: 83

In the Allison Loves Math Podcast, host Allison Dillard invites you along on her journey to learn about how we, as parents and teachers, can best help our children and students to succeed in math and challenges in general. In each episode, Allison interviews a math, education or parenting experts to learn their best strategies for teaching students to love math, for making math easier and less stressful for parents, and for setting the next generation up for long-term success in math, STEM, school and life.

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Powerful Strategies for Teaching Middle School Math with Kathy Martin

Tuesday, July 18, 2023 • Duration 25:44

Join us as we dive into a captivating podcast interview with Kathy Martin, founder of the Prealgebra Teachers Math Membership. Kathy shares her top takeaways from the highly anticipated Middle School Math Summit, featuring esteemed speakers Deborah Peart, Steve Buch, Kristen Damman, Ellen Levin, Brianne Beebe, and more. Get ready to kick off the school year on a strong note with practical advice and game-changing insights!
Learn an in-the-moment technique that alleviates math anxiety, discover a revolutionary approach to grading, and hear expert tips on effectively organizing and preparing teaching materials for a seamless and engaging learning journey. Tune in to be inspired, challenged, and equipped with actionable techniques that will help you become a more effective and confident middle school math educator.

Get your free ticket to Kathy Martin's Middle School Math Summit here: https://middleschoolmathsummit.com/?affiliate=allisondillard

Get your free ticket to Allison Dillard's Crush Math Anxiety Virtual Conference for Educators (plus other free resources) here: https://www.allisonlovesmath.com/

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Easy Strategies to Help Math Students with ADHD Thrive with Dr. Hokehe Effiong

Friday, March 31, 2023 • Duration 18:19

Dr. Hokehe Effiong is a certified board pediatrician, a TEDx speaker on ADHD, the mom of three awesome kids, an advocate for kids in foster care, and the CEO of Glow Pediatrics, a virtual integrative pediatric practice for students with ADHD.

In today's Allison Loves Math Podcast interview, Hokehe shares simple, practical, actionable strategies that educators and parents can use to help students with ADHD thrive in math.

Connect with Hokehe:

Linkedin: HokeheEffiongMD
Facebook: HokeheEffiong
email: effionghokehe@gmail.com

Connect with Allison:

www.allisonlovesmath.com
Email: allison@allisonlovesmath.com
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Allison-Dillard/author/B07PV43V59
FB: /AllisonLovesMath
IG: @allisonlovesmath
TW: @AllisonLuvsMath

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Making Math Moments in Class Everyday with Jon Orr and Kyle Pierce

Saturday, November 12, 2022 • Duration 29:13

Spark Curiosity. Fuel Sensemaking. Ignite Teacher Moves.

The Allison Loves Math Podcast is back! In this first interview, Jon Orr and Kyle Pierce share their framework for helping teachers to make math moments every day that promote productive struggle and build resilient learners. Their three-part framework covers (1) Sparking Curiosity, (2) Fueling Sensemaking, and (3) Igniting Teacher Moves.

Join Jon and Kyle at their free Making Math Moments Virtual Summit on November, 18-20th: https://summit.makemathmoments.com/

Find the Allison Loves Math playlists at https://www.allisonlovesmath.com/blog, including

Playlist for Elementary School Teachers
Playlist for High School Teachers and College Professors
Playlist for Parents

Get Allison's Books on:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Allison-Dillard/e/B07PV43V59
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%22Allison%20Dillard%22
Scribd: https://www.scribd.com/author/604645715/Allison-Dillard
Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/search?q=allison%20dillard
And other online retailers

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How to Get the Most Out of Your Child's Math IEP with Beth Liesenfeld

Episode 71

Tuesday, July 5, 2022 • Duration 20:17

"Teach your kids to ask for things when they need them." - Beth Liesenfeld

Learning math can become fun and easy if we make the best of the available resources by learning to advocate and approach the appropriate school teams for an effective IEP learning experience.

In this episode, I chat with Beth Liesenfeld, an occupational therapist and founder of The IEP Lab, an organization focused on providing insider knowledge about the IEP system and process to enable parents of children with special needs to get an effective IEP and get their child learning, all without having to constantly fight with the school district!

Allison and Beth discuss:

Beth's experiences that led to her founding the IEP Lab [1.06]
Beth's Top 5 Tips for getting the most out of your math IEP

- Have limited priorities - Pick 2 things that could create the most impact [6.00]

- Consistency in communication [8.40]

- Knowing how your child learns [11.00]

- Approaching advocacy [12.30]

Advice for parents who are homeschooling their child [9.40]

Similar episodes you might enjoy:

Beth's Resources

Use Math Competitions to Challenge Your Students with Ingrid Moats

Episode 70

Tuesday, June 7, 2022 • Duration 19:01

"Growth comes from challenging oneself to get out of their comfort zone and try."

When it comes to math, one of the best ways to challenge students with concepts that dig deeper into and go beyond their school curriculum is math competitions.

In today's interview, I sit down with Ingrid Moats, owner of Tampa Bay Test Prep, to learn all about the fascinating world of math competitions. Through this episode, Ingrid answers my many questions and draws attention to the role of math competitions in shaping a student's confidence in and love of math.

Allison and Ingrid discuss:

Growing up in a math environment [1.29]
Levelling up math skills with Mathletics - Math Competitions [3.12]
Math Competitions - Math Kangaroo, Math Olympiad, AMC8, Math Counts [5.08]
Benefits of participating in math competitions [7.09]
Creating opportunities for participating in math competitions at your school [8.45]
Learning from each other [16.02]

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I really loved detective stories and mystery stories, and so I was like if I could put clue 1 and clue 2 together maybe I could get something I have never seen before… I was the detective.
Math competitions give a little bit of exposure to see a variety of math they didn't get to see before.
Light up the math brain and showcase see what they can do. Students need to know that they can struggle and succeed.

Connect with Ingrid Moats

Instagram: @moatsingrid,
Instagram: @tampabaytestprep

Help Your Students Overcome Math Learning Loss with Elly Blanco-Rowe

Episode 69

Tuesday, May 3, 2022 • Duration 21:13

How can we help our students recover from pandemic learning loss in mathematics? As we look ahead, to our students' long-term ability to succeed in math and STEM, our task ahead as teachers is both complex and of far-reaching importance.

This is why today I invited Elly Blanco- Rowe, a senior educational consultant for Teaching Matters, to share with us tips to help our students overcome math learning loss.

As an experienced teacher with over 20 years of coaching and school leadership, Elly advocates for equitable, culturally responsive mathematics instruction for all children. She holds a Masters in Teaching from Pace University, an MBA from Ba-Ruk College and a Masters in School Building Leadership from Mercy College. She is also currently a doctoral student at Fordham University in Educational Leadership, Administration and Policy.

Elly and I chat about:

Improving teacher effectiveness for student success[3.48]
3 practices for teachers
- Slowing down and going deeper while at a grade level [7.50]
- Leveraging technology to teach students [8.26]
- Simplifying learning by making the context relevant to the content [9.10]
Tiktok as a means of instructing students [11.43]
How teachers can go deeper into specific topics [14.00]

Quotes

Simplify learning by making context relevant to the content.
The power that comes from knowing the vertical alignment is so intense. Knowing what is coming up next and how does the learning from this year support next year's learning is really helpful.
Bring technology to the classroom. Use TikTok as a means of instructing students!

Connect with Teaching Matters

LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Math Is... And Other Love Math Journal Prompts

Episode 68

Tuesday, April 5, 2022 • Duration 24:26

In today's episode, my co-author for the Love Math Journal, Nicole Thomson, and I dive into the first prompts from the Love Math Journal to provide advice, tips and inspiration for teachers who are introducing the Love Math Journal to their classes for the first time.

We cover tips for discussing tips, examples, and advice for the following Love Math Journal prompts:

How do you feel about math?
Why do you feel this way?
Math is...

If you are a teacher, math lead, principal or district leader looking for resources to help 4th-8th grade students develop growth mindsets and SEL skills, specifically for math, download a free review copy of the Love Math Journal here: https://www.allisonlovesmath.com/reviewcopy

If you're interested in purchasing the Love Math Journal for your class, school, or district, provide educators with discounts on bulk orders. For questions on discounts and purchase orders, email allison@allisonlovesmath.com.

You can listen to my other interviews with Nicole Thomson:

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How to Assess Math Understanding Like a Volleyball Coach with Tom Schimmer

Episode 67

Tuesday, March 15, 2022 • Duration 25:20

"Every moment of practice coaches assess their athletes. They're not grading their athletes, but they're looking at what their athletes are doing."

Today's interview is with Tom Schimmer, author of the bestselling book, Grading from the Inside Out, and an expert in assessment, grading, RTI, and educational leadership. Through this episode, Tom draws attention to ways assessment can boost our student's confidence and love for math, including how to assess math the way coaches assess their athletes.

Allison and Tom discuss:

How Tom's teachers played vital roles in nurturing his love for math. [1.56]
What good assessment practices look like [7.00]
How to make room for learning from mistakes in a math class [9.14]
Why and how to avoid redundancy in math tests [15.44]
Assessment planning [20.29]
Tom's books on instruction and assessment [22.57]
Quality over counting: Situations where equal marks do not equate to equal understanding [24.34]

Quotes

Find a way to use evidence (outcomes of assessment) to advance learning as opposed to just judge learning.
'What's the score during warmup?'

'The score is 00. The game hasn't started.'

'Okay. Why did you sweat in practice? Why didn't you die for a loose ball? Why didn't you do all of that? You clearly didn't get anything? Because it's to start the game, the game is 00.

'Well, it prepared me to play better, right?

Be prepared to demonstrate math proficiency without practicing math proficiency, even though you're not harvesting anything, you're not gaining anything, you're looking at this idea that this is going to improve my math skill.
Percentage system is not all it's cracked up to be when it comes to grading.
Every moment of practice the coaches assess their athletes, they're not grading their athletes, but they're looking at what their athletes are doing. So if we taught like we coached in the sense that we do very little quantification. We would have an assessment system or an assessment experience for our students that would be most beneficial to them reaching proficiency with the learning goals.

Teacher Self-Care Starts with Meal Planning with Marie Fiebach

Episode 66

Tuesday, March 1, 2022 • Duration 19:46

The lastest covid surge has ended. This is the time to catch up on taking care of yourself.

For one person, self-care might be vegging out and sleeping in. For another, it might be having a cocktail and a good laugh with friends. For yet another, it might be eating healthier and eliminating the stress of last-minute family meals.

Today's interview features Marie Fiebach, family dinner coach and the host of the Feed Your Family Tonight podcast. In this episode, Marie and I talk about meal planning, quick dinner recipes and so much more.

Allison and Marie chat about:

Time management secrets to weeknight dinner success [3.00]
Eliminating stress by having backup meal plans [6.59]
Marie's quick dinner recipes [11.32]
How and when to experiment with new dinner ideas [13.31]
Marie's favorite go-to breakfast recipes [17.06]

Quotes

Prep your meals today to be successful later in the week.
Dinners do not have to be fancy. It can be a little bit boring. It is ok if you have 10 or 12 meals and you're having the same things over and over again

Free weekly meal planning sheet at feedyourfamilytonight.com/plan

Connect with Marie: - Marie's website and free meal planning guide: https://feedyourfamilytonight.com/ - Marie's podcast: https://feedyourfamilytonight.com/podcasts/ - Marie's Instagram: @feedyourfamilytonightFB: - Marie's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FeedYourFamilyTonight Allison's Books

Things to Consider Before You Quit Teaching with Janice Scholl

Episode 65

Tuesday, February 15, 2022 • Duration 25:36

Are you thinking about taking a career break? If teaching through the pandemic has you thinking about switching careers, there is much to consider before making the jump. In today's episode, Allison interviews career coach and host of the Money, Career and Motherhood Podcast, about how to plan for a career that strikes a balance between your personal, professional, and family life. These are some highlights from the episode:

What unquantifiable factors to consider before taking a career break [2:10]
How to find a balance in your life on your professional, personal, and family front [5.17]
Thinking about what you value before taking a career break [10.01]
Accepting there will be burnouts and learning curves in any career [11.13]
Investing in yourself when you are not working [18.23]
Squeezing opportunities from challenging times [24.19]

Check out Janice's previous interview on Allison Loves Math Podcast

Check out Janice's Website

Allison's Books

Raise your Math Grade: Get this FREE short book, which is a toughen-up math manifesto mixed with you-can-do-it enthusiasm. It is an open educational resource, meaning you can share it freely with friends, students, and colleagues.

Crush Hypothesis Testing: In Introductory Statistics, hypothesis testing is one of the most difficult topics and every teacher, textbook, YouTube video explains in a slightly different way. If it's making you frustrated, you're not alone. Learn the 5-Step Method that Makes Hypothesis Testing Easier and Understandable
Order this best-selling Amazon book! It is a study guide packed with all the advice Allison has given students over the years on math mindset, study skills, and test-taking strategies.