About Ann Elise, Elementary Math Specialist

I am a NH certified K-8 Educator as well as NH Elementary Math Specialist. I’ve been an educator for over 22 years in the roles of classroom teacher, K-5 Math Coach, adjunct faculty member for Plymouth State University, Bureau of Education and Research presenter, and currently an independent elementary math consultant providing customized professional development both in-person and virtually.  I am a contributing author, together with Dr. Alison Mello, on Dr Nicki Newton’s book “Fluency Doesn’t Just Happen with Addition and Subtraction” and co-author of the upcoming book “Fluency Doesn’t Just Happen with Multiplication and Division.”  I have worked with schools and districts in New England, New York/New Jersey and many locations throughout the United States.  I have been a keynote speaker for the WI Math Council Annual Conference, presented at annual conferences of the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the Association of Teachers of Mathematics New England (ATMNE) conferences as well as various state conferences, teacher inservice days, and parent information nights. I’ve also enjoyed being interviewed on many math podcasts.

My passion is working with educators to help them implement best practices within the three basic pillars of classroom math instruction that encourage growth mindset messages: math fact fluency, problem solving (from understanding the structures through engaging students in problem solving including delving into Peter Liljedahl’s Building Thinking Classrooms, and understanding progressions of the content standards.  I share these growth mindset messages with anyone I meet (yes, even grocery store cashiers who share with me that they were never good at math) and believe that everyone can learn math, making mistakes is part of the learning process, and one does not need to be fast at math to be good at math. Together we can create engaged, curious, risk-taking, flexible and confident lifelong mathematicians! 

Please contact me to find out more about how I can assist you or your district in enhancing your existing mathematical practices and coach you in the development of a robust mathematical foundation that will set your students up for successful mathematical journeys!