Alexa Goldberg

@HallockEmma @IsabelleMathsEd @JosieDeLaOliva Math education students attend North Carolina Council of Teaching Mathematics Conference elon.edu/u/news/2022/11… #ElonEd

A6: #UDL is life-changing as a student teacher in an inclusion class. Trying to adhere to 19 IEP accommodations is overwhelming. If one support helps a student, it is something that likely can help all students. Every student can succeed and everyone feels included. #eloned

@scomorrison I really appreciate how you emphasize that creating a meaningful relationship with every student is impossible. Teachers have to accept that some students do not want/need a relationship and focus on building a community instead. #ElonEd

A4: Too many educators equate community with relationships, and they think they have to have meaningful relationships with students. Whether the educator has 20 or 120 students, this is a time-consuming, emotionally taxing, thus impossible task. #ElonEd

A4: students and their families do not trust the education system. By high school, they have already been exposed for 9 years. We all know that public education is broken, so I don’t blame students for not wanting to be apart of something that has hurt them in the past. #ElonEd

In elementary school we had a fall festival and might I say that I dominated the cake walk (I won like ten cakes). That moment and memory made me realize that I was apart of a community. So random but I truly felt seen. #ElonEd

@HallockEmma Capstone all the way! One parent meeting put teaching into perspective. It helped me realize what community I am now apart of and how I can try my best to support my students

@AlexaGoldberg7 Super related to Capstone right???

A2: I realized how important it is to get involved in the wider school community. The little things like attending sports events or going to the haunted house that your students work at helps students know that you care. This goes a long way in building a community #ElonEd

A1: it is important for students to feel accepted and welcome. Learning can only happen when students feel heard. Students should want to be in the classroom, want to engage/participate in the lesson, collaborate with their peers. Without community none of this can happen #ElonEd

Alexa Goldberg: secondary math education major and elon class of 2023 #ElonEd

@JoeCFeldman I appreciate your candidness. The vast majority of my students have less than 75% and I now see how traditional grading practices have led to this. Your book is inspiring and I plan to shift the grading practices during my student teaching to be more equitable. Thank you! #ElonEd

My advice: Don’t do minimum grading because of me. Do it because you understand the mathematics & research underneath it. Then you can adapt it for your context and can recognize its relationship to other aspects of equitable grading and effective teaching.

Hearing all of your advice has made me realize that minimum grading goes beyond just giving students a 50%. In my student teaching, I think implementing a 0-4 grading scale could support my students and ensure grades reflect their understanding. Thank you to everyone! #ElonEd

As described by @JoeCFeldman, minimum grading is where the lowest grade is a 50% rather than a 0%. How does everyone feel about this? What advice can you give to a first-year teacher wanting to implement minimum grading? #ElonEd

@JoeCFeldman In Grading for Equity, I appreciate your honest discussion on grade hacks. I fully agree that educators should manipulate grading formulas so students' grades match their level of understanding. I am excited to use some of your hacks in my student teaching! #ElonEd

Thank you to the fabulous @tori_seymore and @FaithMinor7 for bringing the heat with the questions tonight! Keep freedom dreaming! #ElonEd

@FaithMinor7 My favorite thing my CT does is creates a spreadsheet of all her students' accommodations and purposefully creates a curriculum and instructional strategies that incorporate all of them. #ElonEd

@AlexaGoldberg7 REALLY exciting that your placement is using UDL! Can you share some examples? And is UDL used in all your CT's classes? #ElonEd

A6: I am currently student teaching in an inclusive Math I classroom and it is amazing to see how well my CT and her Co-teacher work together to support EC students along with their peers utilizing universal design #ElonEd

@scomorrison I wish every single teacher included a pride flag somewhere in their classroom. Seeing more inclusive symbols in the classroom (instead of just the American flag) would have meant so much to me as a high school student #ElonEd

I've been in many charter schools that have the progress flag hanging everywhere. They are public schools, remember. ALL schools should show such visible support for all students and families, even with something as simple as a flag. #ElonEd

Q4: I have thought long and hard about this question for a while. As a future math educator I find it difficult to support lgbtqia+ students through the curriculum itself, but I acknowledge how important it is for ALL students to engage in these conversations #ElonEd

@FaithMinor7 Once the school district banned it, I decided I had to read it. It was incredible and I think we can continue to support genderqueer students with the little things: Pronouns, preferred names, but overall just making them feel comfortable to be their true authentic selves #ElonEd

@AlexaGoldberg7 One of my absolute favorite books. What are some ways we can continue to uplift genderqueer students in our classrooms? #ElonEd

A2: alamance county has just banned the graphic novel GenderQueer, and this is just one example of how a lack of teacher autonomy is destroying the ability to create a welcoming classroom environment. #ElonEd