by Matt Vaudrey | Nov 4, 2023 | Teaching |
I’m typing this at the Palm Springs Convention Center during CMC-South, the California Mathematics Council conference. It’s been a highlight of my professional year every year of my career, and I’m—frankly—kinda surprised that math teachers are still...
by Matt Vaudrey | Mar 7, 2023 | Teaching |
The theme of my Ignite talk this past November was “Cringe and Do Better,” and it’s the reason I leave old blog posts up on this dusty old website. Boldly-declared stances from 2009 are almost all obsolete, and some are straight-up embarassing, but...
by Matt Vaudrey | Jan 9, 2023 | Teaching |
Shuffling through some old journal entries, I found this one from 2012, my 5th year teacher and the first year that I felt like a veteran who was choosing to keep improving. I’m posting it here—unedited—in hopes that someone finds it and can be encouraged....
by Matt Vaudrey | Oct 4, 2022 | Teaching |
In the midst of my day-job in education, I have been speaking at conferences and events for several years. When it goes well, somebody will say as they leave, “great session!“ And there are plenty of ways I can respond to this. Thanks! Thanks! Where do you teach?...
by Matt Vaudrey | Sep 5, 2021 | Administration, Hope |
Have we met in real life? I’m usually pretty positive, and holding a positive attitude for a whole-day workshop is energizing for me, not draining. Nearly every day of my five years of meeting with teachers, someone would say, “Wow, you’ve got a lot of energy!” and it...
by Matt Vaudrey | Apr 1, 2021 | Education, Equity |
A reporter from Mashable reached out with some questions about my tweet from last week. One of her questions is a whole body of work by itself, so I’m adding more thoughts that wouldn’t fit in her article [link to come]. 4.) I’d love to hear more about...
by Brittany Taormina | Mar 12, 2021 | Classroom Culture, Risk, Teacher Improvement, Vulnerability |
The following is a guest post from Brittany Taormina, who gave the Teacher Report Card to her students during 2021 distance learning. She tweeted me about it, and her grand risk deserves some celebration. Check it out below! 8:10am the morning bell rings, students...
by Matt Vaudrey | Dec 5, 2020 | Uncategorized |
Listen, there’s a lot to hate about Education right now. I’m less effective on video-conference than I am in real-life, most of the tools that make me effective depend on in-person teaching, there’s no end in sight for distance-learning. But this...
by Matt Vaudrey | Aug 27, 2020 | Classroom Culture, Education, Uncategorized |
When I was in college, I was a voracious and brave eater. I would boast to my friends, “Ice cream, sushi, pizza; even when they’re bad, it’s still better than no ice cream, sushi, or pizza.” I was 19 and narrow-minded about a lot, not just...
by Matt Vaudrey | Jun 30, 2020 | Administration |
Hello, interview panel member! Thank you for indulging my request to visit my website for more information. I’ll be direct and brief, since I don’t love bragging, but I recognize the need for you to know more about me before inviting me to an interview...
