Talk 79: Season 8 Question Episode

We talked to a lot of people this season between our regular guests and our more recent guests from OAME 2026 and we asked each of them what advice they would give a new teacher who is struggling to engage students in math class? This episode compiles all of their answers. We’ll hear from our Jamie Mitchell, Chad Harris, Stacey Jacobs and Vanessa Vakharia from our regular season and from the upcoming OAME 2026 conference Dr. Pam Seda, Marian Small, Chris Luzniak, Ian Vanderburgh, Howie Hua, Ron Lancaster, Pam Harris, Alex Lawson and Cathy Marks Krpan. More information about OAME 2025 can be found at oame2026.ca and registration is at https://oame.on.ca/mcis/. Podcast: Listen above, or subscribe or download this podcast direct from iTunes or Google Play Podcast notes: Recorded December 2025 - January 2026 Jamie is a mathematics consultant with the Halton District School Board. Chad is an intermediate math teacher and small group math interventionist with the Waterloo Region District School Board. Stacey Teaches at OISE.Vanessa is a math therapist. Her new book is called Math Therapy. Pam Seda is an educational consultant working out of Atlanta, Ga. Marian is a retired teacher, author and educational consultant working out of Ottawa. Chris is an education consultant working out of Columbus, Oh. Ian is a professor of math at the University of Waterloo. Howie teaches pre service teachers, and makes math content videos and memes in Fresno, Ca. Ron is a retired teacher and avid math walker living in the GTA. Pam is an educational consultant and author working out of Austin, Texas. Alex is a retired teacher, and researcher. Cathy is a professor and researcher at OISE in Toronto. You can register for conference at https://oame.on.ca/mcis/index.php and the conference website is oame2026.ca