When Students Ask their School Board to Keep Using GMM with Christa Oeder & Erika Hale

11/11/20 • 47 min

In this episode of the Get More Math podcast, Josh is joined by two math teachers from Daniel Boone High School in Gray, Tennessee. Listen as both teachers explain how they have adjusted to the difficulties of remote teaching and how their students advocated for GMM, even going so far as to write letters to the board to ensure they’d get to continue using the program.
We hope you enjoy this conversation! If you aren’t yet using GMM and you’d like to see what it’s all about, go to getmoremath.com to learn more and sign up for a free trial.
About our Guests
Christa Oeder is in her 11th year as a teacher and in her 4th year using GMM. Originally from Ohio, she currently lives in Johnson City, TN. She has enjoyed teaching high school math courses throughout the years, including Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, and Precalculus. Her current focus is in Algebra 2.
Erika Hale was born and raised in West Virginia but went to high school in Illinois before eventually settling in Gray, TN. She has been teaching for 5 years and has been using GMM for 3. She is married with 3 kids, 6 cats, and a dog. Yes, you read that correctly, 6 cats.

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How to Utilize Get More Math to Replace Daily Homework with Nichole Snyder

Imagine a world where you didn’t have to check homework every day. Sounds pretty great, right?! Listen to this episode with 6th-grade math teacher, Nichole Snyder as she and Josh discuss the ease of replacing dated homework tactics with time-saving GMM tactics!

You’ll also hear Nichole and Josh talk about motivating students to do their best work. Take notes as you listen, they give fantastic ideas!
We hope you enjoy this conversation and are encouraged to continue using Get More Math in your classroom or interested to learn more about how you can start using Get More Math.
Thank you for all of the support thus far. If you’d like to know more or see what it’s all about, we’d like to give you a free trial! Go to GetMoreMath.com to learn more
About our Guest
This is my 18th year of teaching at the Midd-West School District in Middleburg, Pennsylvania. For the first 12 years, I was the yearbook advisor, taught Precalculus, Trigonometry, as well as Algebra I & II, and served as math department chair. I currently teach 6th-grade math and continue to represent the math department at the curriculum council. I learned about GMM in 2018 and quickly realized this is what my team needed to pull us out of a standardized testing slump. We went from 15/16 in our region to #1 for growth on the Math PSSA! GMM made that possible for us. I am married with a son and two stepdaughters. We love to go on vacation, make S'mores around the campfire, and watch Disney movies. My hobbies include making scrapbooks and working out.

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Can you say "I love my job" in the middle of a pandemic?

In this episode of the Get More Math podcast, Josh chats with Rita Sponenburg about how after 18 years of teaching math, the pandemic finally forced her to switch to a flipped classroom. That coupled with Get More Math, Rita is able to wake up each morning and reflect on how much she loves her job, not an easy thing to do in the middle of a pandemic. Now that she’s adjusted, she says there’s no going back.
We hope you enjoy this conversation! If you aren’t yet using GMM and you’d like to see what it’s all about, go to getmoremath.com to learn more and sign up for a free trial.
About our Guest
Rita has been teaching high school math, at Pottsville Area High School (her alma mater) for almost 18 years. She started using GMM about 4 years ago when it was introduced to Pottsville. Rita has two “sensational daughters: a 28-year-old chemist who lives in Chicago and works for a Northwestern University laboratory, and a 20-year-old free-spirited yoga teacher who is quite grounded and deeply insightful.”