Coaches

Kathy Blozy began her love of mathematics education while teaching math with the Peace Corps in Malawi, Africa. After returning from Africa she enrolled in Columbia University’s Teachers College Peace Corps Fellows Program and several years later began mentoring math and science teachers through the program. The bulk of her New York City mathematics teaching experience was spent at Landmark High School, first as a classroom teacher and later as a mathematics coach and the math/science chairperson. At Landmark she developed inquiry/problem-based mathematics and physics curriculums. Currently Kathy works as a new teacher advisor for Math for America, NY – providing guidance, professional development and mentoring to MfA Fellows as they begin their teaching careers. It was through professional development received at MfA that Kathy met Anne Burgunder, a senior master coach at Metamorphosis.

Kathy loves math at all levels. She began a Math Club for accelerated students at her children’s elementary school – she loves learning the strategies younger children use to tackle different problems. Kathy enjoys bringing these amazing strategies to the teachers she works with at the middle and high school level. Kathy’s passion is working with struggling middle and high school students and helping them make sense of mathematics. This “making sense of math” is the driving force behind her work with teachers. She works intensively with teachers on their lessons – helping them craft accessible, engaging, and thoughtful inquiry-based lessons. She values multiple methods and representations to solving problems and works with teachers on how to orchestrate that classroom discussion around different solutions.