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Noyce Scholar Profile

Nathan Bridge

Undergraduate major or graduate field of study: Philosophy

Subject area(s) and grade level teaching focus: Mathematics

Category of scholarship/fellowship:
Noyce Teaching Fellow

Name of Noyce institution:
San Francisco State University

Current academic or teaching status:
Math Teacher

School and school district:
International High School/French-American School, San Francisco

Background:

I majored in Philosophy and History at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania. I received my MA in Humanities from the University of Chicago. I taught Political Philosophy and Logic at Harold Washington College in Chicago before deciding to go back to school to study mathematics in order to obtain a California Teaching Credential for Mathematics. I currently teach 7th-10th grade math at the International School of San Francisco.

Why do you want to teach:

I have always loved collaborating with others on projects that I find meaningful. So working together with students to learn mathematics is the ideal job for me.

Describe a memorable teaching experience:

Mine is not a single experience, but a series of experiences with an 8th grade student who told me early in the school year that he was a bad math student. We proceeded to set small obtainable goals, which then turned into him visiting me every other lunchtime office hour and then eventually resulted in him receiving a B+ in the class. The look of pride on his face when he received his grade was inspiring in itself.

What does the Noyce program mean to you:

The Noyce program has provided me with a space to collaborate with creative, like minded, and passionate educators and future educators about topics ranging from the grandest of ideas to minutest of details.

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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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