- Year 2024
- NSF Noyce Award # 2243553
- First Name Angie
- Last Name Hodge-Zickerman
- Institution Northern Arizona University
- Role/Position Principal Investigator (PI)
- Proposal Type Workshop
- Workshop Category Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends
- Workshop Disciplines Audience Chemistry
- Target Audience Co-PIs, Noyce Master Teachers, Noyce Teaching Fellows, Other Faculty/Staff, Project PIs, Undergraduate and/or Graduate Noyce Scholars
- Topics Promising practices for preparing and retaining teachers in rural districts
- Additional Presenter(s)
Cindy York, Cindy.York@niu.edu, Sloan Despeaux, despeaux@email.wcu.edu
Goals
Participants will engage in a sampling of a Math Teachers’ Circle activity. Participants will hear about the case of one MTC and its ties to Noyce. Participants will brainstorm together opportunities in their own programs for MTCs to strengthen community.
Evidence
The impact of Math Teachers’ Circle on the Noyce community can be seen from the case of a long standing MTC and its strong community of mathematics educators.
Proposal
This session explores the integration of Math Teachers Circles (MTCs) into the Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program as a strategic approach to creating teacher communities. MTCs provide learning environments where educators engage in problem-solving, mathematical exploration, and collaborative lesson planning. By leveraging the structure of MTCs, Noyce programs can offer scholars ongoing opportunities for peer learning and mentorship, enhancing their content knowledge, pedagogical skills, and sense of belonging within the mathematics education community. This framework emphasizes building trust, aligning activities with scholars’ goals, and providing ongoing support. Participation in MTCs has the potential to positively impact scholars’ classroom practices, student outcomes, and long-term retention in the teaching profession. This session will include an interactive mini MTC as well as a discussion on its relationship to the Noyce scholars program.
