Beyond My Years
BECAUSE TEACHERS NEVER STOP LEARNING
Host and educator Ana Torres and Classroom Insider Eric Cross are the duo to help you solve any classroom challenge. On the Webby Award-winning Beyond My Years, Ana taps into the years of experience of her expert guests—from longtime teachers to science of learning researchers—and delivers you answers. Eric then breaks each topic into practical takeaways, so you can put what you’ve learned to work the moment the episode ends.
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Meet our host, Ana Torres.
In each episode, Amplify Senior Biliteracy and Multilingual Product Specialist Ana Torres gathers teaching tips, lively stories, and hard-won lessons from veteran teachers around the world. Over her 30 years in education, Ana has developed a passion for biliteracy and supporting students from all walks of life. And on Beyond My Years, she’s excited to connect with legendary educators from all subject areas about their lives in education—and what they wish they’d known as younger teachers.
Meet our Classroom Insider, Eric Cross.
Eric Cross is a middle school science teacher who hopes to someday be as knowledgeable as the lifelong educator guests on Beyond My Years! In each episode, Eric connects with host Ana Torres to discuss the insights her guests have gleaned from their long and rewarding careers in the classroom. Then, he'll dig into the practical ways he brings their wisdom into his own busy classroom—and how you can, too.
Math Miniseries
In this special miniseries, we’ll tackle critical aspects of mathematics education. You’ll learn effective change management and leadership strategies for implementing systemic improvements in math instruction, practical approaches for addressing math anxiety, and useful methods to build students’ confidence in their mathematical abilities. This focused series shows educators how to both lead math reform and support students’ emotional relationship with mathematics.
In the second part of our special Beyond My Years two-part math series, Ana is joined by Ian Brown, second-grade teacher at Mukilteo School District in Washington, and author of the comic book I Hate Math, for a conversation focused on reducing math anxiety and creating positive math experiences. Ian shares his approach to helping students who genuinely dislike math, describing how he helps them get to a place where math success feels manageable and achievable. Together, Ian and Ana explore the power of honoring students’ real feelings; creating classroom environments where mistakes don’t carry shame; and using storytelling, humor, and metaphors to make abstract concepts concrete. Finally, Ana is joined by Classroom Insider Eric Cross to discuss making math feel safe, ways to give students both story and stage, and how the foundational work of differentiation and meeting students where they are is critical to the work of educators.
