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I look forward to the Elementary Mathematics Laboratory each year at the U-M School of Education. The program was recently featured on NPR.

The Elementary Mathematics Laboratory centers around a special two-week math class for fifth-grade students. Hundreds of teachers and education professionals observe the class in person and remotely, many enrolling in professional development workshops that are offered concurrently with the class. My team handles recording and onsite data processing and distribution during the event. We create high production value recordings with two camerapeople, 40-50 microphones, an expert audio engineer managing live mixing, video streaming services, and an extremely short turnaround to recorded and written records created during the laboratory class to afternoon professional development workshops and remote participants.

Our work is a complicated undertaking and and requires us to think on our feet, working together to troubleshoot problems quickly and effectively. The unexpected is the regular - the kids’ bus arrived an hour early - no problem! We need to edit five mentions of a student’s last name out of an audio track and get the recording online in an hour - on it! I enjoy this type of work and thrive on it.