Jen Wolfe

Episode 117: Ariel Beggs: Strengthening Mathematics By Developing Supportive Relationships and Community

December 10th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  45 mins 44 secs

early career teachers, hybrid learning, professional development

Learning to teach mathematics better with Ariel Beggs, program coordinator, professional development facilitator, and Presidential Award winning educator. Ariel shares her journey from two decades of middle school mathematics teaching to supporting mathematics educators through the University of Arizona Center for Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers. Throughout the conversation, she highlights the power of supportive relationships, noting the difference between toxic and tolerable stress is the presence of community and connection, and how this belief shapes her coaching, collaboration, and leadership.

Episode 114: Colleen Eddy: Growing Leaders within Community

October 8th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  44 mins 15 secs

Learning to teach better with Dr. Colleen Eddy, professor and department chair 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.

Episode 112: Alisha Gibson: Coaching Teachers of Mathematics with "Open Eyes"

September 10th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  31 mins 27 secs

coaching, content knowledge, mississippi

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.

Episode 111: Jen Wolfe and Joel Amidon: Building Community to Center Equity and Justice in Mathematics Teacher Education

August 27th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  1 hr 31 mins

access, community, equity, justice, publication

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

Episode 109: Ayanna Perry & Gina Wilson: Supporting Early Career Mathematics Teachers

May 7th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  52 mins 55 secs

early career teachers, professional development

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.

Episode 108: Farshid Safi: Collectively Moving Toward a Comprehensive, Inclusive Approach to Mathematics Teacher Education

April 23rd, 2025  |  Season 6  |  55 mins 14 secs

advocacy, data science, goals, inclusion, leadership, mission, position statements

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.

Episode 105: Daniel Edelen: The Immense Brilliance of Children

February 26th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  47 mins 24 secs

Learning to teach mathematics teachers better with Dr. Daniel Edelen 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.

Episode 104: Roundtable Discussion: Opening Session of the AMTE Annual Conference, “Moving Beyond Transactional Relationships in Educational Spaces” featuring Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Nicol Howard, Lateefah Id-Deen, Carlos LópezLeiva, and Farshid Safi

February 12th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  50 mins 43 secs

amte, conference, opening session

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.”

Episode 103: Joi Spencer: Persistence at Creating Affirming Spaces for Fostering Positive Math Identities

January 22nd, 2025  |  Season 6  |  48 mins 3 secs

access, anti-blackness, identity, math identity, mathematics identity, opportunity

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.

Episode 102: Erin Krupa and Jonathan Bostic: Building Community and Pointing to Validity

December 18th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  45 mins 10 secs

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.

Episode 101: Rick Hudson: Growing as a Math Educator through Experiences, Relationships, and Opportunities to Serve

December 4th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  42 mins 42 secs

data science, math methods, mathematics methods, statistics, statistics education

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.

Episode 100: Roundtable Discussion: 100th Episode, Giving Tuesday, and Plans to Attend the 29th Annual AMTE Conference

November 20th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  49 mins 54 secs

conference, giving, giving tuesday, podcasting

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 a preview of the upcoming conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators in Reno, NV in 2025.

Episode 99: Rodrigo Gutiérrez and Melissa Hosten: Being Responsive and Engaged to Elevate the Work of Math Teachers

November 6th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  50 mins 31 secs

collaborative, community, mathematics teachers, recruitment, retention

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.

Episode 98: Jacqueline Leonard: Empathy as a Path toward Culturally Specific Pedagogy in the Mathematics Classroom

October 23rd, 2024  |  Season 5  |  51 mins 41 secs

culturally relevant pedagogy, culturally specific pedagogy, project based learning, teaching math for social justice

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.

Episode 94: Hyejin Park, Travis Weiland, Samantha Marshall, & Eunhye Flavin: Supporting the Good Work of Early Career Faculty

May 22nd, 2024  |  Season 5  |  49 mins 14 secs

dissertation, dissertation award, early career faculty

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Hyejin Park, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Drake
University, Dr. Travis Weiland, Assistant Professor at the University of Houston, Dr. Samantha Marshall, Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University, and Dr. Eunhye Flavin, Assistant Professor at Stonehill College, as they share their experience and expertise as mathematics teacher educators and share their work on the AMTE Research Committee, more specifically the AMTE Dissertation Award, and the importance of getting involved and helping others get involved in organizational leadership!

Episode 92: Nirmala Naresh: Shifting Perspectives on Mathematics Teaching and Mining Your Own Experience

April 24th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  53 mins 25 secs

learning, pedagogy, teaching

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Nirmala Naresh, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of North Texas and the AMTE Associate Vice President for the Annual Conference Program, as she shares her advice and expertise on being a mathematics teacher educator as well as gaining insight on improvements for next year's AMTE Conference in Reno, NV.