In the first episode of a special Beyond My Year two-part math series, Ana chats with Matt Cash, director of elementary curriculum and instruction for Lake Elsinore Unified School District, in California, about math leadership and change management. Matt shares his experience helping move his district from a localized approach to a unified system to provide centralized resources, professional development, and assessment. Together, Matt and Ana discuss the importance of listening to educators during adoption processes, the power of creating systems that support teachers, and the best ways to build unity around instructional approaches. Matt also shares practical advice for educators navigating curriculum reviews and pilots. Before the episode's end, Ana is joined by Classroom Insider Eric Cross, who reflects on how teachers can use their voices early in adoption processes, pilot with fidelity, and give themselves grace during implementation.

Show notes:

• Check out the full change management bundle — including the change management playbook— at amplify.com/MathChangeManagement
• Subscribe to Advice for the Math Classroom on Amplify's YouTube channel: amplify.com/mathclassroomadvice.
  • Check out our new math change management playlist!
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Quotes:

"When you're removing variability out of your system, quality is going up." —Matt Cash

"Professionals are obsessed with the idea of getting better." —Matt Cash

"Advocate for your kids." —Matt Cash

"Give yourself grace in year one, but stay engaged and keep asking for support." —Eric Cross

"Instead of quietly struggling and going back to old materials, put that energy into requests and make your voice heard." —Eric Cross

"Sometimes the buy-in comes when we understand things better." —Eric Cross

Host Ana Torres and Classroom Insider Eric Cross recently recorded a video with their six takeaways from Season 2 of the Beyond My Years podcast. Listen right here, or watch the takeaways video on our new YouTube channels, linked below.

• Watch: Beyond My Years season two wrap-up
• Catch videos of host Ana Torres and Classroom Insider Eric Cross on our new YouTube Channels:
  • @AdviceForTheMathClassroom
  • @AdviceForTheLiteracyClassroom

In this special episode, we're bringing you an inspiring conversation from a recent edWebinar that will transform how you approach literacy across every subject area.

Join Ana Torres, Beyond My Years podcast host, Eric Cross, our Classroom Insider, and Susan Lambert, host of our sister podcast, Science of Reading: The Podcast as they share how literacy fits into every subject area, why this is such an important topic, and what it looks like in practice.

In this episode, you'll:

- Discover strategies to weave literacy seamlessly into your classroom.

- Learn strategies and tactics for supporting multilingual learners.

- Get strategies for developing academic language across all subjects.

- Explore what literacy instruction looks like in an adolescent classroom.

Show notes:

• Watch the Beyond My Years season two wrap-up
• Catch videos of host Ana Torres and Classroom Insider Eric Cross on our new YouTube Channels:
  • @AdviceForTheMathClassroom
  • @AdviceForTheLiteracyClassroom
• Watch the edWebinar video and earn CE credits
• Subscribe to Beyond My Years
• Subscribe to Science of Reading: The Podcast