Workshop Spotlight
The 6th Annual MT²: Master Teachers on Teaching event was held on December 14, 2017. An event held once a year, it challenges MƒA Master Teachers professionally and gives them more opportunities to share the work they’re doing. MT² is an evening where MƒA Master Teachers prepare and deliver TED-style presentations to the greater MƒA community, sharing big ideas, experiences, and stories from their classrooms. The 6th Annual MT² featured eight MƒA Master Teachers who gave presentations about the theme, “Truth Matters,” focusing on the role of logic, lies, and trust in the STEM classroom.
Seth Guiñals-Kupperman
Is there power in small changes? MƒA Master Teacher Seth Guiñals-Kupperman kicks off the MT² event by talking about Usain Bolt, inspiration, and changing just one thing. Seth highlights how his focus on making small changes impacts his daily life and his classroom, and encourages others to find their “just one thing” to change.
Bruce Greenspan
What do bizarre medical treatments, the Sasquatch, and the science classroom have in common? MƒA Master Teacher Bruce Greenspan explores how his father’s belief in some bogus medical science inspired him to focus on innovative learning for his students.
Gardy Alabre
Is it true that students need to wait until high school mathematics to explore AP concepts? MƒA Master Teacher Gardy Alabre argues that through smart planning, and aligning teachers and curriculum, students can see math concepts earlier in their education, making AP courses more accessible to all students.
Peter Brooks
MƒA Master Teacher Peter Brooks looks at matters of life, death, and probability, asking when is a 1% chance really a 1% chance?
Kit Golan
MƒA Master Teacher Kit Golan explores how teachers can become the subject in their classrooms to help students see a purpose for math and care about the results.
Patrick Callahan
We’ve all heard of trust falls – but what about falling with no trust? When MƒA Master Teacher Patrick Callahan falls off a cliff during a summer field trip, he realizes he didn’t take the time to build trust with this group of students – showing him how integral relationship building is to learning.
Tamara Parks
What happens to a student when presented with real choice to control her own learning? She becomes a teacher and makes sure choice is a critical part of her classroom. MƒA Master Teacher Tamara Parks’ talks about the power of choice in the classroom in her presentation.
Nancy Buck
MƒA Master Teacher Nancy Buck gives insight into her journey to become a constructivist teacher – and how those movies that show a teacher going from struggling to superhuman in 90 minutes are myths.