Taryn MacLean

8th Grade math teacher in the suburbs of Chicago

[Dr. Don Parker @DrDonParker1]

Shout out to these amazing teachers who all won signed copies of #BuildingBridges
during the PD session today. @tnmaclean led the way as a highly engaged participant in the workshop!
💪🏽💯🏆📚✍🏽

[Taryn MacLean @tnmaclean]

“Engagement is the first intervention” -@DrDonParker1 #buildingbridges

[Taryn MacLean @tnmaclean]

Definitely have worked on breaking down some walls with my students this year @DrDonParker1 #buildingbridges

[Taryn MacLean @tnmaclean]

It was challenging to rank Relationships, Expectations, and Consistency from 1-3. They’re all important! @DrDonParker1 #buildingbridges

[Taryn MacLean @tnmaclean]

@DrDonParker1

[Taryn MacLean @tnmaclean]

Made a good connection with a colleague from another school and discovered things we have in common (love for music). Love the 4H model! #buildingbridges

[Taryn MacLean @tnmaclean]

@DrDonParker1 #true #buildingbridges

[Taryn MacLean @tnmaclean]

No PD has ever helped me to be effective in my classroom as much as just going to individual therapy sessions has. I am a better person/teacher/everything when I am taken care of

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

Me: I need a graphing calculator.

Desmos: I got you.

Me: I also need a middle school curriculum.

Desmos: You won't believe this.

[Taryn MacLean @tnmaclean]

@howie_hua There are many different ways to cut brownies

[Taryn MacLean @tnmaclean]

@Desmos is a godsend

[Taryn MacLean @tnmaclean]

@howie_hua I say “okay, so...” as a transition a lot which ends up sounding like “queso.” I also end a lot of my sentences with, “does that kinda make sense?” Things to work on...

[Taryn MacLean @tnmaclean]

@Math_efki @MrJohnRowe Thank you so much!!

[Taryn MacLean @tnmaclean]

This is also true for teaching once I finally put a lesson plan together

[Taryn MacLean @tnmaclean]

@TeacherTiliches @iteachmathAll I’ve been trying to figure this out but I’m a bit confused. What is the question asking for? How does it relate to negative numbers?

[Taryn MacLean @tnmaclean]

When using Pythagorean theorem to find missing side lengths, we talked about how we choose the positive value that makes the equation true in context since length is always positive. In what situations do negative solutions to quadratic equations make sense? #MTBoS #iteachmath

[Taryn MacLean @tnmaclean]

@robertkaplinsky @jacobmartin__ Miller’s class

[Taryn MacLean @tnmaclean]

@DanKos3 @MsJachymiak I’d be interested in hearing more about how you incorporate SBG into a traditional grading system. I’ve wanted to do it but haven’t figured out how yet