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.

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Special Guest: Ariel Beggs.