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Noyce Scholar Profile

Frank Mooney

Undergraduate major or graduate field of study: Mathematics, Secondary Education

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

Category of scholarship/fellowship:
Noyce Scholar

Name of Noyce institution:
Stonehill College

Current academic or teaching status:
Junior

School and school district:
N/A

Background:
I’m currently in my junior year at Stonehill College studying Mathematics and Secondary Education. Specifically, I enjoy statistics and combinatorics. I plan to become a high school math teacher and a hockey coach when I finish school. I am originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan and now live in Sudbury, Massachusetts. In my free time, I enjoy being active by playing hockey and going to the gym as well as playing video games and watching my favorite sports teams.

Why do you want to teach:
I want to teach primarily to help my students reach their potential and be successful both inside and outside of school. Another important aspect of teaching is to be a mentor to the students you teach and ultimately be a role model. I became interested in teaching because I wanted to be just like some of the teachers I had. I hope to do the same with my students in the future.

Describe a memorable teaching experience:
My freshman year I tutored kids from Brockton once a week at a local church after school. The student I tutored in the beginning was not very interested in his academic work, especially math. By relating some of his work to his particular interests like sports and video games, I was able to get him to enjoy doing more of his work. In a semester, he went from failing in his geometry class to being near the top of the class. It was really rewarding to see the transformation. I hope to see more of the same in my experiences teaching in the future.

What does the Noyce program mean to you:
The Noyce program has given me a great opportunity to learn how to become a successful math teacher. Also, I get to connect with other people with the same interests here at Stonehill College and at other universities with Noyce scholarship programs. In addition, I will have an opportunity to teach in a high needs school district as a result of this which will be a great experience to have as a teacher.

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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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