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Stefanie Wagner

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

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

Category of scholarship/fellowship:
Master Teaching Fellow

Name of Noyce institution:
Clemson University

Current academic or teaching status:
Graduate School

School and school district:
Do not have practicum site yet

Background:

Ever since I was little, I have enjoyed adventures in the back yard with my younger sister, exploring every sport known to man and trying to adopt every animal I came in contact with. Although I am originally from Maryland, after attending Clemson and my first football game in “Death Valley”, I knew I was hooked and would never be able to leave Clemson for long.

Why do you want to teach:

After graduating from Clemson University in 2011 with a B.S in Mathematical Sciences, I had been accepted to teach English in a very, very small village in San Joaquin, Costa Rica. Here I spent a little over six months living with a host family, learning all that I could from my small town and sixteen students. Once I returned to the States, I knew without a doubt that I wanted to teach Math! Teaching and watching my students grow gave me the most fulfilling feeling, and I knew that if I loved teaching English abroad, then teaching math would be ten times the fun!

Describe a memorable teaching experience:

While I was teaching in Costa Rica, I had one of my 2nd grade students come up to me during my last week there and she said in PERFECT English, “Teacher I need you, please do not leave.” I began to cry and hugged her. Our last unit in English class was on the difference between “need” and “want” and how a need is something we could not live without. In that moment I knew more than anything that I was born to teach because there are so many students out there that need someone to care and a helping hand.

What does the Noyce program mean to you:

The Noyce Tigers Teach program means so much to me because it has helped me make my dream of becoming a high school math teacher a possibility. This program has given me the opportunity to complete graduate school over the course of a year rather than slowly working towards my master’s while teaching. This way when I start teaching my students will have the best possible teacher I can be.

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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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