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Noyce Scholar Profile

Carmon McEachern

Undergraduate major or graduate field of study: mathematics

Subject area(s) and grade level teaching focus: Secondary Education

Category of scholarship/fellowship:
Noyce Scholar

Name of Noyce institution:
T4 Scholarship

Current academic or teaching status:
senior

School and school district:
Stephen F. Austin State University

Background:

I am a senior at Stephen F. Austin State University, and I am involved in the Orchestra of the Pines as a violist. I also am a math tutor at the AARC and I’m an avid rock climber. I enjoy many outdoor activities and plan on bringing those life lesson into my classrooms.

Why do you want to teach:

My desire to teach is rooted in my love for mathematics. I thoroughly enjoy teaching mathematics, because I enjoy being creative with different approaches to the lesson. I want to teach math because I want to open doors for the students that felt they could not go into a field because they thought that it was too difficult. I want to reach out and bring up the students who fear math, and show them how fun it can be.

Describe a memorable teaching experience:

One of my most memorable students I tutored in Algebra through the AARC at SFA. He had been talking to my boss about how badly he wanted a tutor, and he got put on the waiting list. My boss asked me if i wanted another client and I gladly accepted.
This student came to every session, and we started off very roughly. He was a kinesthetic learner and I had little experience with teaching this way. Every time we worked through something we struggled, but I never gave up on him. By the time his final came around he didn’t even need my help, he was a pro.
Seeing this student go from compleatly helpless and scared of math to confident and excited, was very inspiring.
I can bring up any student from where they’re at, and I cannot wait to do this in the classroom.

What does the Noyce program mean to you:

Noyce has given me the experience and confidence I needed to enter a classroom. Hand on experience is more valuable than text book knowledge. I was able to learn from new and old teachers, work with a diverse demographic of students, and network with the mathematics community. Also I have made some very close friends that will support me for the rest of my life, in and out of the classroom.

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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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