Very insightful workshop to help us think about how (in)equity can be present in the classroom
Keynote / Workshop
We’re all tired: Compassion as a Source of Strength
How Compassion is a source of personal and societal strength.
99%
found sessions valuable
96%
would attend again
93%
found session inspiring
15+
years of experience
How to levearge compassion for your own professional development.
Dr. Geillan Aly
is a mathematics educator and former award winning Assistant Professor who received her PhD in Teaching and Teacher Education and a Master’s in Mathematics from the University of Arizona.
Her research focuses on the emotional side of learning mathematics and includes how computer-centered learning has affected students’ abilities to control their learning environment and how meditation may reduce mathematics anxiety.
Dr. Aly has been teaching at the university level for over ten years and, without sacrificing rigor, brings a personalized math learning experience to the classroom through active learning methods and by centering students’ emotional well-being. She is very familiar with the Common Core Standards and has experience teaching mathematics to Middle and High School students.
Underlying all of Dr. Aly’s teaching and research is a dedication to diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice in mathematics education. She enjoys traveling, seeing live music, and is an avid chef. Geillan is also a wife and mother of a beautiful boy. They live near Hartford, CT.
What you'll learn...
- How compassion is perceived as weakness, but the opposite is true.
- A process to uncover your personal values to reinvigorate your service or your work.
- How to leverage self-care, not as a means of indulgence but as a way to move forward productively.
Full Abstract
Currently, we are physically and emotionally tired, diminishing our capacity to work and live our lives. This workshop will explore how to incorporate compassion and self-care to support students, your personal life, and your relationship with friends and colleagues. Tools for determining personal values are shared to complete the talk.
What people are saying
It was very related to problems I thought happened to just me but I learned how relevant it is to everyone else. It shows the reason behind why math seems scary and helps work through it.
You are my hero.
One of the more enjoyable workshops I’ve attended in years.
Beautifully paced, kind, supportive and connected to truths
You are very well spoken! I am very impressed. I was dreading coming to math because I just don’t like it. I always feel dumb and never want to do it. But sitting here today gave me a better idea of how to move forward. How to be motivated. And how to motivate my future students.
It inspires students to persevere with math and also gives them strategies for success.
I would say that if you are questioning your position in math than this session would benefit you tremendously by taking most of your anxiety away and taking the mental blocks out of your mind so you can confidently do math and achieve the things that you want to achieve.
A reminder of every student's humanity. As a teacher, I forget that my students are struggling not because they don't try, but because they have a lot going on in their brains. To reach them, I need to think about their emotional well-being first.
Applicable to daily teaching and realistic with helping students persevere. Geillan was approachable, easy to talk to, and more than willing to offer suggestions and advice!
Loved the cycle of benign neglect it's information that needs to be shine more light on that issue. i really left more inspired and will certainly share this with my mom, who struggles with anxiety in other areas and it's amazing how unstoppable someone can be by motivated intrinsically.
If I had to [describe] this session to a friend or colleague I would tell them that we are all capable of do good in math and even with all the barriers that we might encounter, we can always become successful.
She was engaging, informative, and very understanding of the teaching profession. She made the day fun and enjoyable.
Interactive, easy talk listen to, talk to, express, real life Classroom Interactions
A great workshop to help you dive deeper into the introspection of your teaching.
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