Kailey Rhodes, Author at Teach. Learn. Grow.

10.27.22

Making classroom magic with MAP Accelerator

There’s an episode of The Office where regional manager Michael Scott needs to make some extra cash. He moonlights as a telemarketer, selling the Lipophedrine diet pill. “What if I told you that...

10.18.22

Kailey Rhodes

Formative conversations and the pursuit of equity in math instruction: 4 light bulb moments

As the summer truly transitions to fall—even though we’re still awaiting permission to don our sweaters here in the Pacific Northwest, and my family in Georgia confirms—all of us have headed...

9.27.22

Kailey Rhodes

The 16 best Teach. Learn. Grow. posts for math teachers

Is it just me, or does teaching math feels like taking students on a daily field trip to a different part of their brain? It turns out this feeling is supported by science. While language processing...

8.16.22

Kailey Rhodes

What you need to know when establishing success criteria in the classroom

If you’re a practitioner of formative assessment, you may have heard of establishing success criteria in the classroom. Before students can take responsibility for their own learning, they need...

7.19.22

Kailey Rhodes

The world’s worst scissors: Why design thinking matters in your classroom

"I’d like to start with a quote.” Yawn. But really, try to process this one by Bill Moggridge: “It doesn’t occur to most people that everything is design—that every building and everything...

5.26.22

Kailey Rhodes

Demystify student thinking about math

Two math teachers walk into a break room and proceed to have an accessible, fantastically math-nerdy chat about what it means to understand students more deeply. The result? A snack break–length...

4.28.22

Kailey Rhodes

How would you talk about math, if the answer weren’t the focus?

This year, I tried something revolutionary in my middle school math class: I took away their pencils, rearranged their chairs in a circle, and had a conversation. About math. I didn’t invent this...

3.3.22

Kailey Rhodes

The mythical math gene: 5 ways to build growth mindset

We’ve all likely explored how to externalize our own mindful mindset to students, but let’s be honest: math class is notorious for being the place that fixed mindsets come to ossify. Most of us...

12.7.21

Kailey Rhodes

Let’s stop making “growth mindset” a buzzword

I’m unsure of the lifecycle of a buzzword, but I’ll take a cheeky stab at its journey: A popular thought leader makes waves, and the word makes its debut in a TED Talk. It finds itself in...

9.30.21

Kailey Rhodes

To raise my hand or to nod along: 11 questions about MAP Growth answered

We’ve all been there: We’re at an important event, like back-to-school night, and we’re nodding along, self-consciously avoiding asking the questions that are burning inside us. We think,...

6.8.21

Kailey Rhodes

Here’s how to help your child keep learning all summer long

The summer slide is a slippery thing to grasp. What causes it? Who does it affect? Should we cower in fear at the mere mention of it? If you’re asking yourself any of these questions as the school...

3.2.21

Kailey Rhodes

4 apps you probably don’t use in your classroom—but should

Even in the best of years, teachers can always use some fresh tactics come early March. It’s post-winter holidays and pre-spring break; it’s not quite one season or the other. Whether you’re...

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