Presentations and Appearances
Upcoming Events
March 2026 – ATOMIC, New Haven, CT
August 2026 – Get Your Workshop On, Foxboro, MA
Previous Work
Professional Development, Presentations, Podcasts, Publications, and such
Blue Glasses Math Podcast
“053 | The Unseen Impact of Teaching with Shelby Strong”, Dec 2025
Math Therapy Podcast
“What the Blue Jays taught us about math education”, Nov 2025
Debate Math Podcast
“Debate 01: The Great Trapezoid Debate”, Jan 2022;
“Debate 011 – Students Should Have Math Homework”, Nov 2022;
“Debate 28 – A Four-Day School Week”, Jun 2024;
“Debate 35 – Creating Belonging in Math Class?”, Dec 2024
Math 4 All
“Does Math Education Need a PR Makeover?”, Sep 2021
Lesson: Impossible Podcast
“Episode Sixty-two, Agent Shelby Strong (Stop Trashing Math)”, Apr 2021
October – ATMNE, Marlborough, MA
“Building Community Through Math Routines”
September – NCTM Annual Meeting & Exposition, Atlanta, GA
“Authentic Choice in the Math Classroom (Secondary)”
March – ATMIM, Massachusetts
“Authentic Choice in the Math Classroom (Elementary)”
October – ATMNE, New Hampshire
September – NCTM Annual Meeting & Exposition, Chicago, IL
“IGNITE!”
“Demystifying Elementary Math for Secondary Teachers”
March – ATMIM, Massachusetts
October – ATMNE, Portland, Maine
“Modeling Matters”
September – NCTM Annual Meeting & Exposition, Washington DC
“Modeling Matters
March – ATMIM, Worcester, Massachusetts
“Modeling Matters”
October – Northwest Math Conference, Tacoma, WA
Featured Speaker, “Demystifying Elementary Math for Secondary Teachers”
September – NCTM Annual Meeting & Exposition, Los Angeles, CA
“Multiplication for Every Age”
“Is a Tuna Melt Actually a Pizza? Fostering Debates and Justifications in the Math Classroom”
July – PCTM Annual Conference, Harrisburg, PA
“Multiplication for Every Age”
“Is a Tuna Melt Actually a Pizza? Fostering Debates and Justifications in the Math Classroom”
June – FCTM Annual Conference, St. Petersburg, FL
“What the heck are they doing? Demystifying elementary math for secondary teachers”
May – UNProfessional Development podcast,
Ep 125: The Math Nerds, Shelby and Justin
March – NCTM Regional Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, IN
“Multiplication for Every Age”
“Is a Tuna Melt Actually a Pizza? Fostering Debates and Justifications in the Math Classroom”
February – NCTM Regional Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, LA
“Multiplication for Every Age”
“Is a Tuna Melt Actually a Pizza? Fostering Debates and Justifications in the Math Classroom”
January – #DebateMath Podcast, debatemath.com
Episode 01: The Great Trapezoid Debate
January – Mathematics Educator Appreciation Day (MEAD) Conference
“Communicating Like Mathematicians”
January – Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ICTM) Webinar Series
“Communicating Like Mathematicians” (View the recording here)
September – Math 4 All Live Show
“Does Math Education Need a PR Makeover?”
September – NCTM Annual Meeting & Exposition*, Atlanta, GA
“Communicating Like Mathematicians”
*Cancelled due to Covid-19
April – Edutopia article
“When Teachers Overcome Math Anxiety, Students Benefit”
April – Lesson: Impossible podcast
Episode Sixty-Two: “Stop Trashing Math”
June – Math Science Institute*, New Orleans, LA
“Arithmetic for Every Age”
*Cancelled due to COVID-19
June – Math Science Institute, New Orleans, LA
“Behind the Equals Sign”
January – Private School Client, Marrero, LA
“Setting Student-Led Outcomes”
June – Math Science Institute, New Orleans, LA
“Multiplication for Every Age”
November – LATM Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, LA
“Communicating Like Mathematicians”
October – AMLE National Conference, Austin, TX
“Communicating Like Mathematicians”
July-August – NCTM Blog – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School
“Communication in the Math Classroom” four-part series
November – AMLE Webinar Series
“Implementing Math Talk for Rich Mathematical Discussions”
June – Louisiana Teacher Leader Summit, New Orleans, LA
“Implementing the Louisiana Math Guidebooks”