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Dear Fellow Teacher,

Do your students still struggle with the math lessons you’re teaching them?

Perhaps it’s because the WAY you were taught to teach isn’t the RIGHT way!

Teachers: Please listen!
This message is for YOU!

Not everyone has “math whiz” skills.

But the GOOD NEWS is, you really don’t need them!

Instead, now you can enlist the help of our fantastic teacher-training system – Educating Now – which is almost like a “magic wand” that makes all your teaching frustrations go away… and all your dreams for your students come true!

We Do the Teaching “For” You!

Educating Now uses videos to suggest WHAT TO DO AND SAY IN YOUR CLASS EACH DAY!

This is the best way to learn a new method of teaching – especially if you’re stuck in “procedural” modalities, and lack the skills necessary for manipulatives and teaching conceptually.

Our video lessons are characterized by two important qualities…

• Our videos are SHORT and CLEAR! We make the explanation short and simple. You simply watch them as you’re preparing your lesson plan. It’s the perfect way for you to understand HOW to teach modern math successfully – without feeling ANY pressure!
• Our lesson plans teach on MULTIPLE LEVELS! Scientists have discovered that children learn best when given a variety of different approaches simultaneously so they can learn the new material on every sensory level. This reaches the most students with the most material in the shortest period of time. Therefore, we use differentiated tasks that help your students learn on a more “textured” level.

Altogether, you end up with THE perfect way to teach math to your students!

Here is my Ted Talk Which Describes How The Research Shows Math Should be Taught!

WHY IT WORKS SO WELL

Educating Now was developed by a math teacher for math teachers – so you know you’re in good company with people who understand the joys (and frustrations) of teaching math!

It all came about after my first six years of teaching. I wanted to make math more meaningful for my students. Prior to my discovery, I felt like I had to put on a “song and dance” routine every day, just to keep their attention. Their body language shouted, “We don’t care about this!”

Soon I did some research on my own and discovered John Van de Walle’s book, Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics. I felt ashamed that I didn’t know this way of teaching even existed! I had never been taught this way, so I had no idea it was the best way to teach students.

I learned that for students to be able to really apply the math concepts, they need to understand it at a deeper level, at the conceptual level.Although I really didn’t know how to do this, or have any student resources or manipulatives, I began trying to teach for more meaning because I felt like it may fix the disengagement problem.

What ended up happening changed my whole career path – because I fell in love with this type of learning and teaching for many reasons.

Firstly, my students’ level of engagement skyrocketed – and they became thinkers and problem solvers instead of mere ‘memorizers.’

But the most surprising result? I realized that even though I had a degree in Mathematics, I didn’t have a conceptual understanding of math. I didn’t really know why things worked. I had never thought about it. I was simply a great memorizer.

Teaching this new way meant that my students were actually teaching me different ways of solving problems and seeing the mathematics. We learned together, and the more I understood, the more I saw the connections, patterns and beauty of mathematics.

Prior to that, I had only memorized the procedures. (Just like most students.)

Until now!

I was so happy to see the retention level of my students increase dramatically. Gone were the days of teaching them procedures, only to be forgotten when we moved onto the next unit.

“I’ve Never Been Good at Math
Until Now!”

I also saw a huge shift in my students’ confidence levels. They were actually really liking math because it made sense to them (for the first time ever for some kids).

Students say things to me like, “I’ve never been good at math until now” and “I used to like math because I could just do it, but now I actually like understanding why it works even more... it’s kind of cool!”

They started to realize that even if they forgot a procedure, they could figure it out by drawing a picture or thinking about what the operations mean.

Thus began my mission: to change the way we teach, learn and think about mathematics so that everyone becomes as numerate as we are literate.

I’ve also learned that all students can learn math – and those that believe they are not ‘math people’ are limited in their ability to learn ONLY because of their beliefs, not because their brain is not capable.

With Educating Now, we help students develop “growth mindsets” around math.

By teaching math in many different ways… by exploring concepts more deeply and allowing students to construct their own understanding… by using models, manipulatives and specific language… it all comes together in a complete “whole” that makes math EASY and USEFUL!