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Erin Bremer

Undergraduate major or graduate field of study: Mathematics

Subject area(s) and grade level teaching focus: Math 8-12

Category of scholarship/fellowship:
Noyce Scholar

Name of Noyce institution:
Stephen F. Austin State University/ T4 - Talented Teachers in Training for Texas

Current academic or teaching status:
junior

School and school district:
N/A

Background:

I grew up in Houston Texas and graduated from Clear Lake High School in 2008. My dad was a high school science teacher before I was born and my tutor for just about everything when I was in high school. After I graduated, I went to community college and worked before I transferred to Stephen F. Austin State University where I currently attend. I am a junior planning to graduate in December of 2014 with a degree in mathematics and a certification to teach in secondary education.

Why do you want to teach:

I have always enjoyed math, even when I struggled with it in high school. It was something I was willing to struggle with because it intrigued me. I have wanted to be a teacher since I was in Kindergarten but doubted my career choice as I got closer to graduating high school. In community college and my first years at SFA I wavered between the college of business and a career in dental hygiene before I finally settled back into education. I realized I really want to teach. I am capable of being successful at many different careers but I feel that in teaching is where I will be challenged to keep growing and learning for the rest of my life.

Describe a memorable teaching experience:

I remember a day when I was in Kindergarten, as our classes stood out on the deck to say the pledge of allegiance in the morning. I accidentally dropped my favorite bracelet between the boards under my feet. After the pledge and Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” was over, my teacher Mrs. Bickley ran inside and came back out with yard stick and some sticky tack. As I kept my eye on the bracelet so it didn’t get lost in the dirt, she quickly engineered a way to retrieve it. At that moment, as we crouched over the crack in the deck, I became more fascinated with how inventive she was and how much she cared about me. We got my bracelet out and that memory sticks with me to this day. I believe now, that was maybe the first of many moments that inspired me to do math because it was a situation that required problem solving. Also, if I could trace my career decision back to a single defining moment in my life, this was it! Ever since that day, and as cheesy as it may sound, I have seen teaching as a career in loving people.

What does the Noyce program mean to you:

The Noyce Program has provided me with the comfort of knowing I will have extra support from my mentors for my first three years of teaching when I graduate. It has also provided for me financially so that I do not have stop and work in order to pay for my education, which is what I would do without the scholarship. The T4 program has also provided a community for me to grow in with my peers. Hopefully the relationships that we are building in this program will continue as we enter our careers together.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant Numbers DUE-2041597 and DUE-1548986. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the AAAS Board of Directors, the Council of AAAS, AAAS’ membership or the National Science Foundation.

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