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One eduTwitter narrative I have always sincerely rejected is the one that puts teachers or those outside of the classroom "below" classroom teachers. That said, there is a point to be made about not having recent teaching experience and speaking to it. 1/
And that is because in my 7th year out, not having a classroom, I can confirm I am running out of ways to speak about mathematics teaching and learning, as those classroom days get further away. Simply: my ideas have gotten stale. 2/
So it& #39;s been a ride: 3 years math resource teacher (great colleagues, but navigating a difficult corporate culture was hard for me), supporting classrooms at 2 schools for student success (very interesting), 3 years MOE (very interesting). 3/
And then I mostly did middle school, for the first 12 years. New challenge for 2021: going back to a K-5 school and putting all of this learning into practice. I used to love "mining" the world for interesting math to talk about. 4/
I used to love talking to kids about what they are thinking. Seeing progress. Interesting ideas and solutions to problems. That all fell away. It& #39;s time to go back. "Lace up", as they say. As they say: primary math is interesting and complex. 5/
The best place to be for teachers is at the nexus of theory and practice, so: learn new things, put them into practice. That will be great, and the next thing. Inspired by great folks like @heidsiwak and @cashjim that "went back"! -fin-
