Foreword
Introduction: Grace and the Art of Not Knowing
Chapter 1: The Need for a New Culture of Professionalism
Interlude 1: More Details about the Journey Ahead
Chapter 2: Professional Flourishment
Interlude 2: The Structured Activities on Our Journey
Chapter 3: Expanding Our Potential with Deliberate Practice
Interlude 3: Your Vision of Equity
Chapter 4: Creating Vantage to Test Beliefs
Interlude 4: What Is Your Teaching Story?
Chapter 5: Teaching Is a Cultural Activity
Interlude 5: What Is Your Math Story?
Chapter 6: Craving Nourishment
Interlude 6: How Do Your Students See You?
Chapter 7: The Steep Price of a Divided Life
Interlude 7: Why Is Math Class Not Working for Some of Your Students?
Chapter 8: A Window into a Story-Focused Math Class
Interlude 8: Actions to Position Learners as Capable
Chapter 9: Four Equity Actions for the Story-Focused Teacher
Interlude 9: Actions to Share Authority
Chapter 10: Establishing Learning Objectives in a Story-Focused Classroom
Interlude 10: Actions to Keep Math Stories Unfinished
Chapter 11: More Equity Actions for the Story-Focused Classroom
Interlude 11: The Journey Ahead
Epilogue: Further Still

Chase Orton's unique career path has been guided by his passion for creating productive and inspired math classrooms that are engaging and fulfilling for both students and their teachers.

After graduating from Wheaton College in Norton, MA, he embarked on a 12-year journey as a math teacher at three different schools: The Forman School in Litchfield, CT; The Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center in Estes Park, CO; and Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale, CA. In 2012, Chase founded Mobius Educational Consulting and ventured out as an independent collaborator with different non-profits and school districts in California. He's worked as an instructional coach for Los Angeles Education Partnership and the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools. He partnered with the Center for Mathematics and Teaching as lead author of MathLinks, a comprehensive middle school math curriculum. He is a Desmos Fellow and a Certified Facilitator for Illustrative Mathematics.

As an accomplished facilitator of lesson study for K-12 math teachers, Chase currently invests his professional time partnering with districts who are interested in taking a teacher-centered, teacher-directed approach to professional development. The Imperfect and Unfinished Teacher of Mathematics is his first book.

An aspiring storyteller, Chase lives on the road and is currently collecting stories from math teachers all over the country. Interested in having Chase come visit you? He would love to hear from you. You can follow Chase on Twitter (@mathgeek76) and online at www.chaseorton.com. He shares his stories from the road on Instagram (@TheTravelingStoop).

A vulnerable and courageous grassroots guide that leads K-12 math teachers through a journey to cultivate a more equitable, inclusive, and cohesive culture of professionalism for themselves.