Tracy Johnston Zager




Tracy Johnston Zager happily taught fourth grade in a public school in the Pacific Northwest for several years. When her family moved to New England, she gave up her classroom to work with preservice teachers and their in-service mentors, first in Boston, and then in Portland, Maine. After many years in adult education, Tracy began extensive field research for Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You’d Had: Ideas and Strategies from Vibrant Classrooms (2017). After writing her book, Tracy began working as a math coach in an individual school, and then at the district level, as well as supporting schools and districts domestically and internationally. In 2021, Tracy and Graham Fletcher published the Building Fact Fluency Toolkits, which grew out of their work in schools. Tracy now splits her time between editing math professional development books for Stenhouse Publishers and working with the math coaches, teachers, and students of Portland Public Schools.

Tracy Zager

Website: tjzager.com

Twitter: @TracyZager

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Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had
Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had
Tracy Johnston Zager
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Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had

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Ask mathematicians to describe mathematics and they'll use words like "playful", "beautiful", and "creative". Pose the same question to students and many will use words like "boring", "useless", and even "humiliating". In Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had, author Tracy Zager helps teachers close this gap by making math class more like mathematics. Zager has spent years working with highly skilled math teachers in a diverse range of settings and grades and has compiled those ideas from these vibrant classrooms into this game-changing book. Inside you'll find:
 
  • How to Teach Student-Centered Mathematics: Zager outlines a problem-solving approach to mathematics for elementary and middle school educators looking for new ways to inspire student learning
  • Big Ideas, Practical Application: This math book contains dozens of practical and accessible teaching techniques that focus on fundamental math concepts, including strategies that simulate connection of big ideas; rich tasks that encourage students to wonder, generalize, hypothesize, and persevere; and routines to teach students how to collaborate
  • Key Topics for Elementary and Middle School Teachers: Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had offers fresh perspectives on common challenges, from formative assessment to classroom management for elementary and middle school teachers

No matter what level of math class you teach, Zager will coach you along chapter by chapter. All teachers can move towards increasingly authentic and delightful mathematics teaching and learning. This important book helps develop instructional techniques that will make the math classes we teach so much better than the math classes we took.
Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had