This past weekend was the 150th year anniversary of the university I attended, Trinity University. They had big alumni events… Read more Trinity University’s K-12 Alumni Event
Author: ashleytaplin
I am a secondary math specialist for a large public Texas school district. I deliver professional development across the country, work with schools to implement PLCs, incorporate strategies in the classroom, and write curriculum for our district. I taught high school math and was a department dean before becoming a math specialist. I graduated with my Bachelors in Arts in Mathematics and Masters in Teaching from Trinity University. In the summer of 2013, I traveled on a Fulbright scholarship to Germany and learned a lot about curriculum, diversity, and differentiation. This year, I am working with the Bureau of Education and Research to deliver professional development seminars on Increasing Student Perseverance to Improve Math Learning.
I love empowering teachers to build on their strengths and helping students make connections to what they're learning. When I'm not teaching, you may find me with my two boys and husband, at one of his basketball games, playing with our two pups, or making cake pops.
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Multiple Representations with Rate of Change
Last year, I posted about a teacher using multiple representations during her lesson and I loved her structure. So, as… Read more Multiple Representations with Rate of Change
Open Middle Digital Task for Slope
After watching the Open Middle webinar this weekend, I got inspired to create something for teachers I work with to… Read more Open Middle Digital Task for Slope
PLC Coaching Academy
If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I love to reflect on PDs and experiences I… Read more PLC Coaching Academy
Weekly Warm Ups to Engage Students
I gave this PD at Curriculum Day for our teachers with the goal goal of giving teachers ideas for engaging… Read more Weekly Warm Ups to Engage Students
All the Instructional Strategies from NTO
I, along with the secondary math specialist team, just finished giving a 2 day training full of learning with our… Read more All the Instructional Strategies from NTO
SEL in the Curriculum
I have been working on writing curriculum for our district and after attending a couple trainings for Social Emotional Learning,… Read more SEL in the Curriculum
Cultural Shifts
We spent some time this morning analyzing cultural shifts in our work using the Solution Tree document below. I really… Read more Cultural Shifts
Do Ink Project
I had so much fun working with a teacher on an end of year project using Do Ink which is… Read more Do Ink Project
This Month in Classrooms
Here is my second edition of “This Month in Classrooms.” I hope this can provide some insight into the great… Read more This Month in Classrooms
