Eric is an instructional leader with over 20 years of experience as both a classroom teacher and an administrator. In addition, Eric owns an educational consulting firm, E to B Concepts, Inc., http://www.etobconcepts.com/.

In this episode we discuss:

Eric’s philosophy of teaching and learning

Social-emotional learning, including the CALM room

Utilizing volunteers and community partnerships in the school

Building student-teacher relationships

The “Don’t smile until Christmas” mentality

The stigma against Common Core, and how the CCSM emphasizes conceptual understanding

Creating Mathematicians, not technicians nor magicians

Why you should not give students the answer to their math question

How child development relates to teaching math

Teachers becoming elementary teachers to escape math

Why we should departmentalize elementary schools

Mathematical Mindsets by Jo Boaler

How no one will ever admit they can’t read well, but everyone will always admit they’re not good at math

Steve Jobs and his cult like approach with Apple 

COVID-19 and students returning in the fall 

Teachers who are burned out

The three types of math teachers 

How student-teaching falls short, and how it should change