Oklahoma Math Teacher Circles
Math Teacher Circles are for any educator, PreK-20, who is interested in engaging in mathematics and building a mathematics community. See below for upcoming national and regional Math Teacher Circle events.
View opportunities to attend Math Teachers' Circles in Oklahoma on the Math Professional Learning Calendar.
Goals of a Math Teacher Circle
Oklahoma Math Teacher Circles work to accomplish the following goals:
- Goal 1: Reflect on one’s cultural and mathematical identity, and recognize every student has a unique cultural and mathematical identity.
- Goal 2: Develop strategies and a safe classroom culture to help students self-identify as mathematicians, reflect on their relationship with mathematics, and embrace themselves as mathematicians.
- Goal 3: Foster an educator community that is built on a foundation of mathematics and values educator voice, mutual trust, openness, and reflection.
- Goal 4: Apply the principles of the Math Teacher Circle community in the mathematics classroom to create an inclusive community built on productive struggle, student/educator voice, mutual trust, openness, collaboration, and reflection.
- Goal 5: Purposefully plan mathematics instruction that builds an all-inclusive classroom community responsive to the goals and needs of traditionally underrepresented students.
At our inaugral Oklahoma Math Teacher Circle Summer Workshop, educators developed their own mathematical identities by participating in open-ended, challenging math tasks. Facilitators included national math celebrities Fawn Nguyen, Josh Zucker, Tatiana Shubin, and Jana Talley. A part of the week-long experience included hearing from speakers about bringing equity to the mathematics classroom and developing students' mathematical and cultural identities.
Oklahoma Regional Math Teacher Circles
Interested in participating in a Math Teacher Circle? Regional Math Teacher Circles are coming soon to an area near you! Thank you to all of our hosts, facilitators, and participants.
For information about future Math Teachers' Circle Events, see below:
| City/Region | OKMTC Leadership Team | Location | Find dates/times for future events |
| Ada (Southeast) |
Rhonda Hibbard Linda Goeller Tonia Kuehn |
East Central University | |
| Edmond (Central) |
Kristi Karber Camille Willyard Amy Milligan |
University of Central Oklahoma |
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| Stillwater (North) |
Cynthia Bowers Allison Dorko Melissa Mills |
Oklahoma State University | Email questions to mtc@mathdept.okstate.edu |
| Tulsa (Northeast) |
Janica Edmonds |
University of Tulsa |
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