Description: This session is all about the F-word that's likely holding your students back in math: F-E-A-R. If you're ready to stop talking about bandaid solutions to manage math anxiety in the moment, and start learning how to help students overcome it for good ' this session is for YOU! Get ready to learn about the dynamics of fear, understand the exact way it manifests into math anxiety and triggers math trauma in the classroom, and gain impactful strategies you can use RIGHT away to break the cycle of fear, anxiety, and avoidance. This session will totally transform your understanding of math anxiety and empower you to help ALL students build healthier relationships with math! Registration for all webinars at https://oame.on.ca/mcis/ More info at talks.oame.on.ca/season-8

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Podcast Notes: Recorded Nov 2025. Vanessa is a math therapist. Here new book is called Math Therapy and more info on that and here podcast can be found on her website www.maththerapy.com .

Description: This session will focus on how we can support the development of executive function skills in our math classrooms. A brief overview of what executive functions skills are and how they impact learning in math will be shared. We will then examine practical strategies that can be implemented to support students development of each executive function skill in a mathematical context. Registration for all webinars at https://oame.on.ca/mcis/

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Podcast notes: Recorded October 2025 - Stacey Teaches at OISE.

Description: In this engaging presentation, I will explore the unique experiences of neurodivergent learners in the classroom, shedding light on the challenges and triumphs they face daily. Drawing from my own journey as a neurodivergent learner, I will share firsthand insights into how learning environments can impact understanding, engagement, and confidence. We'll discuss practical strategies for fostering an inclusive environment that accommodates neurodivergent students, helping educators better support all learners. Join me for an informative session that aims to enhance awareness and promote empathy for neurodivergent experiences in education. Registration at https://oame.on.ca/mcis/

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Podcast Notes: Recorded Sept 2025. Chad is an intermediate math teacher and small group math interventionist with the Waterloo Region District School Board.

Description: In an era where technology is reshaping every facet of education, 'Hacking Assessment in the AI Age' explores how educators can make assessments more meaningful, inclusive, and resilient against misuse. This session will showcase innovative strategies to incorporate AI tools into balanced and culturally responsive assessment practices, with a focus on fostering academic integrity, reducing math anxiety, and amplifying student voice and choice. Participants will engage with practical examples of 'AI-proof' assessment methods that prioritize student well-being and support equitable math learning. We’ll cover strategies for using AI to streamline feedback, promote metacognition, and develop assessments that are resistant to shortcuts while encouraging deeper mathematical understanding. Attendees will leave with actionable tools to integrate AI in ways that reinforce rather than replace learning, connecting mathematics to students’ real lives. Registration at https://oame.on.ca/mcis/

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Podcast Notes: Recorded Aug 2025. Jamie is a mathematics consultant with the Halton District School Board.

Description: We talked to a lot of people this season between our regular guests and our more recent guests from OAME 2025 and we asked each of them what advice they would give their 1st year teaching self? This episode compiles all of their answers. We’ll here from our regular speakers Cal Armstrong, Mike Deutsch, Kelly Cullen and Lisa Lunney Borden (Lisa is also an OAME 2025 speaker) as well as our OAME 2025 speakers Robert Durocher, Jason To, Camile Jones-Ford, Vanessa Vakharia, Jo Boaler and Nat Banting. More information about OAME 2025 can be found at oame2025.ca and registration is at https://oame.on.ca/mcis/.

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Podcast notes: Recorded December 2024 - January 2025 Cal teaches in Burlington and Tweets at @sig225. Mike is an independant consultant at freshmanlabs.com and Tweets at @mdeutschmtl. Kelly is a mathematics instruction and assessment facilitator with the Simco County DSB and Tweets at @LiveLoveMath314. Lisa is a professor at St. Francis Xavier University and Tweets at @LLB_315. Robert works at the AGO as the Richard and Elizabeth Curry Chief of Education Programming and Tweets at @rjdurocher. Jason is the mathematics coordinator at the Toronto District School Board and Tweets at @Jason_To. Lisa is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at StFX and Tweets at @LLB_315. Camile teaches at the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. Vanessa runs the The Math Guru tutoring service and Tweets at @TheMathGuru. Jo teaches at Standford University with resources at YouCubed.org and Tweets at @JoBoaler. Nat teaches with Saskatoon Public Schools and Tweets at @NatBanting. You can register for conference at https://oame.on.ca/mcis/index.php and the conference website is oame2025.ca

Description: This is the second of two preview episodes for the OAME 2025 Conference: Making Math Come Alive in 2025. We are going to hear from the featured and keynote speakers from day two of the conference. In this episode we'll hear from Vanessa Vakharia, Jo Boaler and Nat Banting. More information about OAME 2025 can be found at oame2025.ca.

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Podcast notes: Recorded December 2024 - January 2025 Vanessa runs the The Math Guru tutoring service and Tweets at @TheMathGuru. Jo teaches at Standford University with resources at YouCubed.org and Tweets at @JoBoaler. Nat teaches with Saskatoon Public Schools and Tweets at @NatBanting. You can register for conference at https://oame.on.ca/mcis/index.php and the conference website is oame2025.ca .

Description: This is the first of two preview episodes for the OAME 2025 Conference: Making Math Come Alive in 2025. We are going to hear from the featured and keynote speakers from day one of the conference. In this episode we'll hear from Robert Durocher, Jason To, Lisa Lunney Borden and Camile Jones-Ford. More information about OAME 2025 can be found at oame2025.ca.

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Podcast notes: Recorded December 2024 - January 2025 Robert works at the AGO as the Richard and Elizabeth Curry Chief of Education Programming and Tweets at @rjdurocher. Jason is the mathematics coordinator at the Toronto District School Board and Tweets at @Jason_To. Lisa is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at StFX and Tweets at @LLB_315. Camile teaches at the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. You can register for conference at https://oame.on.ca/mcis/index.php and the conference website is oame2025.ca .

Description: This session will involve exploring a multi-faceted approach to enacting greater equity in mathematics classrooms. By examining key concepts related to expectations, Elder knowledge, ethics, and epistemology, we will consider what these ideas look like when enacted in mathematics classrooms. Examples will draw from K to 12 classrooms allowing all participants to find ideas they can take back to their own classroom. We will work with numerous hands-on activities that have been developed in partnership with Indigenous and Black communities.

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Podcast Notes: Recorded Dec 2024. Lisa is a professor at St. Francis Xavier University. She Tweets at @LLB_315. Her Padlet with links can be found here. OAME members can register for the webinar at https://oame.on.ca/mcis/index.php.

Description: Picture walking into your classroom and the room abuzz with chatter about the lesson. Students throughout the room are using materials to make physical and meaningful connections to math concepts. During this workshop, we will explore implementing rich math tasks into the classroom without the need for a worksheet. We’ll learn how to document student thinking through oral conversations and observations and discover tools to enrich mathematical understanding.

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Podcast Notes: Recorded Nov 2024. Kelly is a mathematics instruction and assessment facilitator with the Simcoe County DSB. She Tweets at @LiveLoveMath314.

Description: Due to some issues that arose, Jenna's podcast and webinar will not be running this month as scheduled. To speak to those issues, we have a conversation between host David Petro and the current OAME president, Kit Luce. However, if you are interested in Jenna's Slow Reveal Graphs, check out her site slowrevealgraphs.com .

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Podcast Notes: Recorded October 2024 - Kit is currently the president of OAME and Tweets at @kitluce1