>> And welcome back. She’s
known as the Misskelley misses
Kelly actually on TikTok and
she has more than 1.4 million
followers. Wow. Major Kelly is
a 6th grade math teacher in
Richmond. She’s joining us this
morning to talk about. I mean,
basically, I would say all your
videos are going viral if they
have 1.4 million followers.
That’s amazing. Thank
Wertheimer Elementary school,
middle school. Yes. So we
should to 7.
>> How does a math teacher say
like, hey, I’m just going to.
Put all these lessons on
TikTok. It’s not just that.
I mean, they’re somewhat
entertaining to. Yeah. putting
them on. TikTok started COVID
year 20 something. And you
know, that was I was just
trying to find a way to reach
my students because we’re
already at home.
>> Transitioning
to zoom and I just want to
reach them and relate to them
like I was in the classroom and
TikTok was the way to do it.
>> And what do you hope to
inspire and kids and even
parents through these videos?
I mean, I hope to inspire them
to. I want to reach more and
more students and parents and
to spread the message that math
is fun. Yeah, easy. And, you
know, to share the importance
of the STEM education as well.
And to share that, you know,
there are still opportunities
out there in that STEM world,
too.
>> Yeah, we’re showing some
of your videos now from TikTok
this TikTok. What is the limit
now like? How long can they be?
>> They’re pretty like minute
by minute. They can do a lot of
chaos. But I mean, so I was
asking about analytics wise,
like can you look in and see
like, are these actually 6
graders following you is if
their parents who are trying to
you, we have a lot of parents
>> Helping their students out
of the pair, their kids at
home. And I’ll also get a lot
of messages about, you know,
helping adults for their GED
because they need that basic
math back to help them with
those things. Yeah, I find it
so interesting in helping us
out this Denver, good math
student, the Saints, one
reporter. But I mean, helping
my kids with their math and
saying, you know what,
everybody jokes about the new
math. This is how we’re doing
it now. This is so crazy that
maybe if we had those like I
think I understand that better
in the way that I was when you
have one there that you’re
explaining like the breakdown
of the percentages, what was it
like this one?
I think wasn’t injures doing
that once a percent that.
So I’ll say about that. That
was just a trick. So it has to
invoke number tucked in with
0. Okay. And that was a great
way. Like if you’re shopping
and you’re trying to find that
>> Maybe just round the prices
and the percent and then just
multiply those first 2 numbers.
Yeah, and that will give you
that discount off. That’s very
on. That’s all he did. You ever
think that this would blow up
like it? Yeah, it was. Like
I said it was mainly poor to
reach my students. That COVID
year and just to relate to them
because they knew they were always that group of kids are
always that group of kids are
always on TikTok think they’re
seniors. Now. Yeah. In
your timeline.
>> Freshman haha sophomores
>> just reaching
them and you know that I just
it just grew. Yeah, I mean,
that’s amazing because that’s
what it takes is a teacher’s
thinking creatively and how to
reach students. And so you
recently spotlighted in the a
year on TikTok 2023. Report.
I mean, I can’t imagine that
that mean there are millions
of creators on TikTok and the
fact you made that whole list.
That’s amazing. Yeah. Thank
you. So the year on TikTok is
just, you know, highlighting
standout moments that happen to
at this pass here and I was
recognized on the learned on
TikTok mainly highlighting my
videos over adding injures find
absolute value.
>> To talk about because
obviously do you have a team
with you as well as this?
You and I are so my husband, my
husband injures. So haha, he’s
there mean just me and him.
Yeah. So how do you come up
with these ideas? I mean, do
you really just get all this
information from your students
and what they’re going through
at the time? Yeah, of all.
I usually do mainly whatever
we’re working I just try to
pose so but I know they go
home. They’re just going to
watch that video over what we
just learned.
>> Yeah. And usually most of
the state are is probably doing
the exact same thing that we’re
learning at that time. So I
mean, I always see students
like, hey, I just learned that.
All right. Yeah, I learned that
yesterday. So my kids know yesterday. Yeah. And for my.
yesterday. Yeah. And for my.
>> For do you also put them on
good. Yeah, but I need to know
the important thing I’m going
to is obsessed with the too
short. But I guarantee you it’s
nothing the smart and he’s
watching ad of play video
games. Just yeah. But I might
year-old I like where did you
learn that you should shorts
like, okay. So I love it.
Fantastic that you’re creating
these things where we’re taking
going with the students are
right, right. And what does it
mean to you to have that impact
on your students? And I’m sure
it’s really cool when students
at school actually come to save
a life.
>> Yes, I mean, it’s it’s nice
to be recognized for all the
things that I’m doing. But it’s
mainly for them. It’s for the
community that a growing
online.
>> Online TikTok in. It’s just
it’s for that. Yeah.
>> It is very cool. Okay.
So I got to sign up and follow
you and then do
take requests. Sure. I could.
I could write you in your
TikTok and say like I’m looking
at this, I don’t know with
could you get on right now
making videos and free
>> I mean, but I do. I do to
help that you need is somebody
needs hope with, you know, I
hope would subtract it. Yeah,
I’ll post it will and Sandy
this. I’m having trouble with
that.
>> They’re all just to link
that already have, right?
Oh, that’s wonderful. That is
very cool. This is a personal
question that are in monetizing
that because I would think you
I mean, you when you have that
many followers, it’s a way to
maybe hopefully subsidize or
teach. And it is it is. Yeah, a
lot of patients going on there
providing it service. Yeah.
So there is it’s good. Good.
Good in the misses. Kelly in.
You worked as a math teacher
for 12 years. Bless your heart
has to say that is amazing
work. I would never be able to
be a teacher, but especially in
middle school that the only
reason she was able to call