Abe Wallin has been an educator for more than 20 years. As a K-12 educator, he worked with at-risk youth teaching at a youth correctional facility and a mental health day treatment. As a university faculty, he has taught both preservice and inservice teachers, mostly focusing his time on mathematics pedagogy and content. His research interests include teacher noticing of students’ mathematical thinking, the use of video for content coaching, early writing in mathematics, and the integration of Social Emotional Learning concepts in STEM content areas. In his position at CMU, he teaches mathematics methods as well as general pedagogy and assessment courses.
Wallin currently serves as the Elementary Coordinator for the Center of Teacher Education at Colorado Mesa University. In this role he support students seeking licensure as future elementary teachers. In addition, he teaches mathematics methods courses and general pedagogy and assessment classes for the university at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Wallin believes that a quality education leads to new opportunities for students. In his classes he attempts to prepare preservice teachers to meet classroom challenges so they might empower their students to be successful. He pushes his students to not only understand the content they will teach, but also the students they will encounter in their future profession. Wallin does his best to provide authentic experiences for his college students so they can thrive in the ever-changing world of K-12 education.
