Coaching Services
The ability to consider sexuality irrelevant in the mathematics context is a heteronormatively privileged position; for queer students, their queerness, indeed otherness, is intersectional across social contexts.
-Christopher Dubbs, PhD (Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education, East Stroudsburg University)
Areas of Expertise
- Re/humanizing Mathematics Education for LGBTQ+ Students
- Queer Pedagogy
- Equity in Mathematics Education
- Identity in Teaching and Learning (Student and Teacher)
- Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice
- Culturally Responsive Teaching
- Teacher Beliefs
- Fostering Students' Growth Mindset (While Advocating for Systemic Change)
- Number Talks
- Questioning Strategies
- Instruction Emphasizing the Strands of Mathematical Proficiency
- Assessment and Feedback
- Task Selection, Implementation and Discourse
- Curriculum Design and Lesson Planning
- Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Education
- Teacher Certification (specifically edTPA)
Coaching Services
- Professional Development Workshops
Customized professional development workshops for districts, schools, universities, mathematics departments, and other educational organizations.
- Instructional Coaching
Coaching for individual or small groups of teachers with a focus on building essential teacher competencies (those emphasized by scholar Rochelle Gutiérrez - pedagogical knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, mathematical knowledge and political knowledge for teaching), queer pedagogy, and methods of re/humanizing mathematics.
- Curriculum Design and Writing
Design of mathematics curricular materials and teacher guides tailored to school or departmental needs and emphasizing equitable teaching practices and the strands of mathematical proficiency.
- Teaching Demonstrations
Teaching demonstrations for the purpose of modeling various instructional strategies for individuals, departments, or districts.
- Departmental, School, or District-Wide Audits
Comprehensive audit of departmental, school, or district data, curriculum, and instruction to foster school improvement. Audits will highlight strengths and areas of improvement specifically in relation to student data, the strands of mathematical proficiency, and equitable teaching strategies and include a plan for improvement.
- Keynote Speaker
Keynote presentations focused on any of Brandie's areas of expertise and tailored to the event or organization's needs.
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