Oct. 28, 2025

#140: Reclaim Confidence, Creativity, and Joy in Math Class with the Rockstar Mindset 🀘

#140: Reclaim Confidence, Creativity, and Joy in Math Class with the Rockstar Mindset 🀘

Β Feeling stuck, bored, or burned out with traditional teaching? This episode will help you reclaim your spark with the PBL Rockstar Mindsetβ€”a powerful mindset shift that makes project based learning feel possible, empowering, and fun again.

The PBL Rockstar Mindset: Reclaim Confidence, Creativity, and Joy in Math Class
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It’s time to stop playing small and start teaching math in a way that lights you up.

This episode shares what it means to have the PBL Rockstar Mindsetβ€”and how to bring project based learning to life in your math class without stress or perfection.

🎯 You’ll learn:
Β βœ… How to shift from β€œI could never” to β€œI can do this my way”
Β βœ… What Gold Standard Project Based Learning looks like in real classrooms
Β βœ… Easy, actionable steps to make PBL part of your teaching identity
Β βœ… How to use student centered teaching + thinking classroom strategies to support PBL

πŸ“₯ Grab your Gold Standard PBL Planner β†’http://moorethanjustx.com/projectplanner
 🎧 Listen to the full episode β†’https://modernmathteacher.buzzsprout.com/share
Β πŸ‘₯ Join the teacher community β†’ https://www.facebook.com/groups/modern-math-teacher


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Kristen Moore, classroom teacher and instructional coach at Moore Than Just X, empowers modern secondary math teachers to transform the student experience with the strategies and the confidence to implement project-based learning, mastery-based assessment, and student engagement strategies in their classrooms.

Whether you're a math education newbie or a seasoned veteran, you'll find something new and inspiring in every episode. You’re already a listener, why not join the Movement inside ✨The Modern Math Teachers Movement Facebook group. Join the community of math teachers who are not afraid to shake things up and make math class the best part of the day for our students. So tune in each Tuesday, have some fun, and let's elevate our math teaching game together!

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