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Chloe Johnson

Undergraduate major or graduate field of study: Mathematics

Subject area(s) and grade level teaching focus: Mathematics, grades 9-12

Category of scholarship/fellowship:
Noyce Teaching Fellow

Name of Noyce institution:
Wake Forest University

Current academic or teaching status:
Completing master's degree

School and school district:
I am about to begin my student teaching experience at Mt. Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, NC

Background:

I went to high school in Frederick County, Maryland before going to Gettysburg College to earn my bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a minor in physics. Not knowing what career I wanted, I continued my studies at Wake Forest University to earn a master’s degree in mathematics. During my studies there, I heard of the master’s in education program at Wake Forest, as well as the new Noyce scholarship offered for the coming year.

Why do you want to teach:

I want to teach because I was blessed to have great math teachers in middle and high school, and this fostered my interest to study the subject further. I want to be a great teacher for students so they appreciate and understand the content, and hopefully successfully use it in their future.

Describe a memorable teaching experience:

Although I have not yet started teaching, during my observations I saw a young man in a geometry class who was nervous about taking a quiz that day. The class was a bit talkative and unfocused, but he remained quiet in the front row. I helped the teacher grade the quizzes, and she was pleased to see that this student got an A on the quiz, whereas most of the other students earned Bs or Cs. I was fortunate enough to be there the next day when he got his grade back, and the look of pride and happiness warmed my heart. I think of him when I hear of how oftentimes the students causing trouble get the teacher’s attention, and the quiet students can fall through the cracks. Here was a quiet student who was succeeding, and the teacher made a point of privately praising and encouraging him.

What does the Noyce program mean to you:

The Noyce program has given me the opportunity to study education while not worrying about my finances or taking out even more loans. I know a teacher’s salary can be rather meager, and it helps me relax knowing that I will not have more debt once I start working.

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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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