Math on the Rocks

Christina Lincoln-Moore is our guest this episode. She led one of our Inspiring Math Minds webinars and we are reposting it in the Math On the Rocks feed. Christina is the STEM Mathematics Unit Lead focusing on advancing equity and anti-racism within mathematics education. She is also a co-founder of Black Womxn in Mathematics Education (BWXME), fostering a community where Black womxn in mathematics can thrive. RESOURCES…✚  Black Women in Mathematics Education     https://bwxme.com/  ✚  Future conference dates:      https://www.cmcmath.org/conferences   REGISTER FOR OUR CONFERENCES:✚  Register for CMC Central P-2 Conference on August 2, 2025. It is for day care teachers through grade 2:      [COMING SOON!!...Probably in May, 2025]  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:     https://www.cmcmath.org/ ✚  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  

Duane and Cole uncork a crucial conversation about why educators working with our youngest learners—preschool through 2nd grade—must embrace the title “math teacher” with the same pride they claim “reading teacher.” They unpack the regrettable disconnect that leaves many early-years classrooms brimming with alphabet charts but light on number talk, then spotlight compelling research showing that strong early-math foundations outshine early-reading skills as predictors of later literacy success. We talk about creating joyful opportunities for play-based learning to nurture numeracy between ages 3 and 8 as the hidden catalyst for lifelong learning.Join us in this conversation.RESOURCES…✚  Count, Play, Explore https://www.countplayexplore.org/ ✚  Play-based Learning in the Early Childhood Mathematics Classroom: Culturally Sustaining Play:  https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/icitl/vol2/iss1/2/ ✚  Early Math Collaborative:      https://earlymath.erikson.edu/ ✚  Future conference dates:  https://www.cmcmath.org/conferences   REGISTER FOR OUR CONFERENCES:✚  Register for CMC Central P-2 Conference on August 2, 2025. It is for day care teachers through grade 2:      [COMING SOON!!...Probably in May, 2025]  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:     https://www.cmcmath.org/ ✚  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  

Cole ask us: Do leaders TRUST their teachers to implement ambitious instruction? Do teachers TRUST themselves mathematically? Are we asking teachers to trust their parachute or trust their light switch?It is well known that teachers need to have deep, flexible, and fluent thinking about mathematics in order to fully prepare their students for higher-order learning in later grades. Providing teachers with this kind of math understanding so they can then improve the quality of their teaching will require all partners in the math ecosystem to TRUST one another. Join us in this conversation.RESOURCES…✚  Myth #1: Beliefs Precede Action  https://padlet.com/monatoncheff/ncsm-nctm-2024-sh63z58ru0m2363o/wish/wKmOZ5elKAMXZzMA ✚  Read about ASSETS-BASED instruction in Chapter 2 of the California Mathematics Framework:      https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/documents/mathfwchapter2.pdf ✚  What is Bansho and Teaching Through Problem-Solving (TTP)?:      https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/documents/mathfwchapter2.pdf ✚  View the SkyDeck that Duane was talking about:      https://www.choosechicago.com/articles/tours-and-attractions/chicagos-observation-decks/ ✚  Future conference dates:      https://www.cmcmath.org/conferences   REGISTER FOR OUR CONFERENCES:✚  Register for CMC Central P-2 Conference on August 2, 2025. It is for day care teachers through grade 2:      [COMING SOON!!...Probably in May, 2025]  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:     https://www.cmcmath.org/ ✚  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  

Duane is loafing on Spring Break. Cole and Scott are working. We talk about a convergence of two things: an article about teachers needing significantly more math training than they already get AND we at California Math Council updated our mission statement to say that we are committed to providing professional learning to teachers in California.Teachers need more math training. CMC is ready to provide it.Let's get to work.Reach out to us if you want to help run a webinar series for a particular grade level:     Duane Habecker:  dhabecker@mcoe.org     Cole Sampson: cosampson@kern.org      Scott Ellingson: state.treasurer@cmcmath.org RESOURCES…✚  ARTICLE: In Elementary School, Many Teachers Have a Shaky Grasp of Math  https://www.edsurge.com/news/2025-04-08-in-elementary-school-many-teachers-have-a-shaky-grasp-of-math-can-preparation-programs-change-that ✚  Listen to our webinar with guest Dionne Aminata:      https://youtu.be/f9QFHBqLul0✚  Nominate yourself or another CMC member to serve on the CMC state or section boards:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnIBTFGVT_CKsz5L8LbvEzkCLPekoe7GKEMxG7v1xOrfgNIA/viewform✚  Apply to speak in Asilomar. Deadline is April 27, 2025:      https://www.cmcmath.org/asilomar ✚  Future conference dates:      https://www.cmcmath.org/conferences   Register for our conferences:✚  Register for CMC Central P-2 Conference on August 2, 2025. It is for day care teachers through grade 2:      [COMING SOON!!...Probably in April, 2025]  Learn about our monthly webinars and get on our mailing list to be notified:     https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website:     https://www.cmcmath.org/ 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  

Cole and Duane host a webinar the 3rd Thursday of every month in which we have a guest share their wisdom to all who log in to listen and participate. This time it was Dionne Aminata. She shares her TRUST framework that allows up to TRUST our students to do the math. Improving student outcomes begins with trust. Dionne took us on a deep dive into her TRUST Actions Framework, gaining actionable ways to trust each and every student with grade-level math.RESOURCES…✚  Dionne's website Math Trust ED:     https://www.MathTrustEd.com ✚  Contact Dionne:     https://bsky.app/profile/mathtrust.bsky.social     https://www.instagram.com/mathtrust_ed/           ✚  Apply to speak in Asilomar. Deadline is April 27, 2025:      https://www.cmcmath.org/asilomar ✚  Future conference dates:      https://www.cmcmath.org/conferences   Register for our conferences:✚  Register for CMC Central P-2 Conference on August 2, 2025. It is for day care teachers through grade 2:      [COMING SOON!!...Probably in April, 2025]  Learn about our monthly webinars and get on our mailing list to be notified:     https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website:     https://www.cmcmath.org/ 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  

We talk about the featured speakers who are already lined up to speak at our symposium in March, 2026. The we announce our P2 Conferences which is a series of conferences throughout California specifically targeting preschool teachers through Grade 2. They are indeed MATH teachers…and they deserve their own math training.Then Duane complains. Cole and Scott listen.Duane shares that he is currently being treated for skin cancer. The procedure the doctor is employing is significantly improved compared to the treatment Duane would have received 10 years earlier. How do we apply this to math teaching? The California Mathematics Framework hopes to update teaching practices…but how do we get this knowledge into the hearts and minds of teachers?RESOURCES…✚  Nominate yourself or another CMC member to serve on the CMC state or section boards:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnIBTFGVT_CKsz5L8LbvEzkCLPekoe7GKEMxG7v1xOrfgNIA/viewform✚  Commision on Teacher Credentialing     https://www.ctc.ca.gov/educator-prep/program-standards  ✚  2024 CALIFORNIA STANDARDS FOR THE TEACHING PROFESSION (CSTP):https://www.ctc.ca.gov/docs/default-source/educator-prep/standards/2024-cstp.pdf?sfvrsn=62eb3cb1_12 ✚  Listen to our webinar with guest Dionne Aminata:      https://youtu.be/f9QFHBqLul0✚  Apply to speak in Asilomar. Deadline is April 27, 2025:      https://www.cmcmath.org/asilomar ✚  Future conference dates:      https://www.cmcmath.org/conferences   Register for our conferences:✚  Register for CMC Central P-2 Conference on August 2, 2025. It is for day care teachers through grade 2:      [COMING SOON!!...Probably in April, 2025]  Learn about our monthly webinars and get on our mailing list to be notified:     https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website:     https://www.cmcmath.org/ 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  

Day 1 of our symposium is over. Game Night was a major success. To debrief the day and prepare for Day 2 of the symposium, Cole and Duane chat with Nigel and Brandon.These are two brilliant mathematicians who are passionate about creating learning environments where students explore mathematics and find joy.  Duane once again brings up Chapter 2 of the California Mathematics Framework.RESOURCES…✚  California Mathematics Framework, Chapter 2:      https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/ ✚  Future conference dates:      https://www.cmcmath.org/conferences   Register for our conferences:✚  Register for CMC Central P-2 Conference on August 2, 2025. It is for day care teachers through grade 2:      [COMING SOON!!...Probably in April, 2025]  Learn about our monthly webinars and get on our mailing list to be notified:     https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website:     https://www.cmcmath.org/ 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  

Nick was our guest for the March (2025) webinar. We are now releasing it as a podcast on our Math On the Rocks feed. In this session Nick leads us through…Designing mathematics experiences that place rigor at the centerMaking connections to the CA Mathematics FrameworkConsidering the implications for our districts, schools, and classrooms Nick masterfully led us through several BIG IDEAS from many of the chapters of the California Mathematics Framework.Nick's presentation:  https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1NVB45EO-_41Z3Cn3DT8VN7wn3Le2jgjMStandards for Mathematical Practice:https://www.thecorestandards.org/Math/Practice/CA Math Framework:https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/ RESOURCES…✚  Future conference dates:      https://www.cmcmath.org/conferences   Register for our conferences:✚  Register for CMC Central P-2 Conference on August 2, 2025. It is for day care teachers through grade 2:      [COMING SOON!!...Probably in April, 2025]  Learn about our monthly webinars and get on our mailing list to be notified:     https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website:     https://www.cmcmath.org/ 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  

We talk about stuff the night before the symposium. We also talk about "magic" teaching that excites and engages teaching. This "magic" is not magic at all. It is a set of replicable and spreadable skills that ALL teachers can learn and apply in their classrooms to excite and energize students into becoming curious and brilliant mathematicians.RESOURCES…✚  Future conference dates:      https://www.cmcmath.org/conferences   Please take a moment to read Chapter 2 from the framework!✚  California Mathematics Framework Ch 2: Teaching for Equity and Engagement     https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/Register for our conferences:✚  Register for CMC Central P-2 Conference on August 2, 2025. It is for day care teachers through grade 2:      [COMING SOON!!...Probably in April, 2025]  Learn about our monthly webinars and get on our mailing list to be notified:     https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website:     https://www.cmcmath.org/ 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  

The California Math Council puts on three conferences a year…actually, two conferences and one symposium. They are three of the finest state/regional conferences in the nation.The CMC South conference is in November in Palm SpringsThe CMC North conference is in December in AsilomarThe CMC Central conference is in March in BakersfieldWell…Scott, Cole, and Duane just finished the symposium, so Scott and Duane get together to do a little debriefing. We also talk about the importance of teachers going to conferences as part of their own professional learning.RESOURCES…✚  Future conference dates:      https://www.cmcmath.org/conferences   Register for our conferences:✚  Register for CMC Central P-2 Conference on August 2, 2025. It is for day care teachers through grade 2:      [COMING SOON!!...Probably in April, 2025]  Learn about our monthly webinars and get on our mailing list to be notified:     https://www.cmcmath.org/cmc-central/virtual-learning-series As always, we hope you visit the California Math Council website:     https://www.cmcmath.org/ 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