I love building relationships with students and helping them see the value and beauty of mathematics.”
Erin’s Story
Teaching Discipline
Mathematics
Why Mathematics
“Math is more than memorizing. Many students believe that math is not a useful subject in their daily lives; however, I believe that the skills students learn in a math classroom—such as problem solving, critical thinking and questioning logic—will help them succeed in any subject area including daily life.”
Professional Experience
As a graduate student, Erin worked as a calculus teaching assistant. It was in this role that she fell in love with teaching. She has since worked at multiple schools across the country, teaching anything from 6th grade to college calculus. In the past years, she has branched into a support role for math and science courses at the college level.
Volunteer Experience
During her undergraduate studies, Erin volunteered at a nearby elementary school. She also served as a Women’s Math Mentor for high school girls interested in upper-level mathematics. Additionally, while studying abroad in Germany, she assisted elementary school students in their math and English classrooms.
Hobbies
Erin enjoys reading and cooking.
Academic Background
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Master of Science in Mathematics)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (Bachelor of Science in Mathematics)
Resources
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Kaleidoscope Community Building Teacher Leadership Poetry Corner: Growing Through Peer AdvisingKaleidoscope’s peer advisors use poetry to reflect on their learning and future areas of growth.
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Kaleidoscope Community Building Teacher Leadership Why Write: How the Writing Retreat Transformed UsWhy should we choose to write, even when it’s hard? Every year, participants in the Knowles Writing Retreat answer this question for themselves.
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Kaleidoscope Inquiry Call and Response: Keeping a Writing PracticeWe asked you: How do you keep a writing practice, whether it be public or private?
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Kaleidoscope Inquiry Teacher Leadership From the Editor's Desk How Far We’ve ComeOver the past 10 years Kaleidoscope has grown from an idea to a large program, helping support teacher-writers in many areas of their practice.
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Blog Community Building Teacher Leadership Teacher Voices Through the Years: Kaleidoscope’s Top Reads (Part 3)For the last ten years, Knowles has been publishing a journal of teacher writing, called Kaleidoscope: Educator Voices and Perspectives. We are sharing some of our most read articles from the past ten years. Read articles #3-#1.
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Blog Community Building Teacher Leadership Teacher Voices Through the Years: Kaleidoscope’s Top Reads (Part 2)For the last ten years, Knowles has been publishing a journal of teacher writing, called Kaleidoscope: Educator Voices and Perspectives. We are sharing some of our most read articles from the past ten years. Read articles #7-#4.
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Blog Community Building Teacher Leadership Teacher Voices Through the Years: Kaleidoscope’s Top Reads (Part 1)For the last ten years, Knowles has been publishing a journal of teacher writing, called Kaleidoscope: Educator Voices and Perspectives. We are sharing some of our most read articles from the past ten years. Read articles #10-#8.
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Kaleidoscope From the Editors’ Desk: Asking Questions to Find Our PlaceAs teachers we ask ourselves many questions: Is there a different representation I could use in my lesson? Are my students understanding this explanation? Are there colleagues I could collaborate with? What is the story I am trying to tell? Am I acting in accordance with my values? Questions are the basis for the inquiry process. We ask a question, we collect data, whether that be a survey, student work, or our own thoughts, and we share that data and discuss. It would seem that once we investigate a question we can find the answer and never need to wonder again. However, the inquiry process always seems to leave us back where we started, with more questions.
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Kaleidoscope Teacher Sustainability From the Editor's Desk: Our New Normal“Back to normal” describes a return to some of our old in-person structures, but doesn’t quite capture the ways we’ve been changed by the experience of the past few years.
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Kaleidoscope Identity Transfer of Qualities After “Transfer of Qualities” by Martha RonkWhat objects are important to us and why?
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Kaleidoscope From the Editor’s Desk: A ConversationView Resource -
Kaleidoscope Teacher Leadership Teaching Strategies Call and Response: New Ideas for Your TeachingThis past summer, we asked teachers in the Knowles community to tell us: “What’s one thing you are going to try differently in your teaching this upcoming year?” Here are their responses.
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Kaleidoscope Identity Teacher Sustainability Raise Your Hand: What’s Teaching Taught You?This issue, we asked teachers in the Knowles community to write about one thing teaching has taught them. Here are their responses.
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