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Tara Connelly

Undergraduate major or graduate field of study: Management Information Systems

Subject area(s) and grade level teaching focus: Mathematics, grades 6-8

Category of scholarship/fellowship:
Fifth year or post-baccalaureate Noyce scholar

Name of Noyce institution:
Pacific University

Current academic or teaching status:
Currently in MAT Program

School and school district:
Woodburn (OR) School District

Background:

I majored in Management Information Systems (MIS) and pursued a career as an IT Project Manager, starting at a large corporation, Schneider Electric (once American Power Conversion) for a few years. I then continued my career as a Project Manager for a small insurance firm in downtown Boston for approximately five years.

Why do you want to teach:

I want to teach because I find a deep need to help students find their motivation and desire within their education path, so they can find and act on their true calling in life. I may not reach every child who enters my classroom, but I will show my care and concern for each student to the best of my ability.

Describe a memorable teaching experience:

Math was always a struggle for me until I had, of all things, a Calculus teacher help me see the beauty and amazing ability of Math. I never thought I was excellent at the subject, so I cut my work short whenever I used to do Math. Once I saw the effort that this high school Calculus teacher (Mr. Zambrano) put into each student who showed their desire to excel, I saw that I too had the ability to learn Math as much as I wanted to and apply this logic in a career of my choice.

What does the Noyce program mean to you:

It means everything to me. I literally moved across the country to pursue this program to work with these students in the Woodburn district and learn all I can to teach Math with passion and on an angle for students to truly like Math.

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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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