Personal Concerns and Next Steps

As a future teacher I am concerned that I will not teach these concepts correctly to students. This is more about me coming out of my comfort zone, which I don’t mind doing depending on the situation. My main issue is how I will teach my students this method of math when other teachers are still teaching the students the old way, by using the textbook and by the students not solving the problems on their own. My thought is that if I am trying to teach students these concepts how am I to make sure that the students are taking them to next level and ensure that the teachers are also? I think that I will have to find teachers that are familiar with this method or even teachers that have not heard of it and to provide teachers background information on this type of math. I need to get other teachers buy in so that the students are able to expand on this way of thinking and are able to use it year after year. Maybe setting up a math group with other teachers so that we could work as a team in planning our lessons and helping the students scaffold on this learning. I think that this is a great method for students to use when it comes to math so that the students can find their own way of solving the problems which will help to retain the process better and actually take something away from math. Personally, I have gained a new perspective on math and wish that when I was a student that my teachers would have used this method, I think that maybe I would be more comfortable with math and would understand it more.