Joel Amidon

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 107: Karen Karp: Better Teaching at the Intersection of Math and Special Education + MET Grants & Awards

April 2nd, 2025  |  Season 6  |  37 mins 40 secs

differentiation, special education, students, teachers

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.

Episode 106: Elham Kazemi: Be a Student of your Students and Make your Practice Public

March 12th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  39 mins 34 secs

educational leaders, educational leadership, math talk, mathematics talk, teacher leaders

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.

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 97: David Coffey & Kathryn Coffey: Using Design-Based Thinking to Humanize Mathematics

September 26th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  42 mins 3 secs

Learning to teach better with Dave & Kathy Coffey, as they share insights from design-based thinking on planning and teaching, and their new book, Using Design Thinking to Support the Teaching and Learning of K-8 Mathematics.

Episode 96: Kate Johnson: Identity, Language, and Pedagogy in and beyond being a Math Teacher Educator

September 11th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  54 mins 54 secs

identity, language, pedagogy

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.

Episode 95: Katey Arrington: Working on mathematics education issues within the system and by changing the system

June 19th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  37 mins 21 secs

leaders, leadership, mathematics education leadership, systemic transformation

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Katey Arrington, Director of Systemic Transformation at The University of Texas at Austin, Charles A. Dana Center, and the President of NCSM: Mathematics Education Leadership. Listen as she shares her experience and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator and her path toward approaching the systemic transformation of mathematics education from her time as an undergraduate to her roles at the Dana Center and the president of NCSM: Mathematics Education Leadership.

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 93: Barbara King, Siddhi Desai, Justin Burris, and Sheila Orr: Equity Work to Create and Refine Avenues to Engage in the Improvement of Mathematics Teacher Education

May 8th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  43 mins 54 secs

equity, research, social justice

Learning to teach math teachers with Dr. Barbara King, Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning at Florida International University, Dr. Siddhi Desai, Assistant Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Dr. Justin Burris, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Houston, and Sheila Orr, a Doctoral Candidate in Curriculum, Instruction and Teacher Education at Michigan State University. They share their experience as mathematics teacher educators and share their work on the AMTE Equity Committee, which includes the Equity Book Club, how their study on AMTE Conference presentations led to changes in the proposal system and conference format, and finally, they share the importance of getting involved and helping others have their voices heard.

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.