Rusty Bresser

Math Consultant

Math and Science Lecturer, UC San Diego

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Rusty Bresser facilitates math and science professional development for teachers and administrators. He is particularly interested in issues of equity and social justice and helping teachers find ways to support English language learners in math and science.

 

Bresser Resume

Professional Experience

• K-8 classroom teacher, 20 years

• UC San Diego Education Studies math and science methods lecturer by(recipient of 2015 Barbara and Paul Saltman Distinguished Teaching Award)

• UC San Diego Extension science instructor

• Math Solutions math consultant

Publications

Math Workshop Essentials: Developing Number Sense Through Routines, Focus Lessons, and Learning Stations

Math Solutions Publications

Becoming Scientists: Inquiry-based Teaching in Diverse Classrooms, Grades 3-5, Stenhouse Publishers

“Equity for Language Learners”

Teaching Children Mathematics, Oct. 2009 Focus Issue

Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, A Multimedia Professional Learning Resource, Grades K-5, Math Solutions Publications

"Helping English-Language Learners Develop Computational Fluency"

Growing Professionally: Readings from NCTM Publications for Grades K-8

Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Grades K-2 , Math Solutions Publications

Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Grades 3-5, Math Solutions Publications

Minilessons for Math Practice, Grades K-2, Math Solutions Publications

Minilessons for Math Practice, Grades 3-5, Math Solutions Publications

Math and Literature 4-6, 2nd Edition, Math Solutions Publications

 Strategy Talks: An Equity Approach to Teaching Arithmetic for Understanding, unpublished M.A. thesis

Developing Number Sense 3-6, Math Solutions Publications 

"Math Matters", Creative Classroom Magazine, New York 

​"Math in Action", Instructor Magazine, Scholastic, Inc., New York