Mathematics Graduate Course Work Scholarships for Grades 6-8 Teachers

Kirsten Mary Mackey Continuing Education Funding Request As an educator, I understand the importance of continuing to study and develop as a professional. With this grant, I will be able to do the following: successfully complete my Master's Degree program in Mathematics Learning and Teaching by Winter te

Jacklyn M. VanOoyik Agent of Change My goal as a teacher has always been to increase student agency in math by making my lessons engaging and focusing on a constructivist or problem solving model so that students gain confidence in their mathematical abilities. My goal for completing this program is to b

Jamie Lynn Souhrada Maintaining High Cognitive Demand Furthering my content knowledge will help me successfully implement open-ended tasks, make connections between middle and high school mathematical ideas, and differentiate instruction while maintaining the cognitive demand of any given task. Pa

Lisa M. Loucks Washington State Add-On Middle Level Math Endorsement My objective for this proposal is to complete all the requirements to receive an Add-On Middle Level Math Endorsement for my Washington State Teaching Certificate. The requirements include taking and passing the WEST-E Middle Level Math

Alexandra Otto Bringing Higher Level Math to Middle School Students in Rural Alaska By continuing my own study of mathematics, I will model my own enthusiasm for learning math and help my middle school students see the "big picture" of where our study of math is headed. Middle school students are naturall

Katie A. Hendrickson Katie Hendrickson Summer Mathematics Enhancement I believe that further mathematics courses will help me to see relationships among mathematical concepts and explain those relationships to my students. The topics in the courses I plan to take align well with the 7th grade pre-algebra

Alexandra Otto Bringing Higher Level Math to Middle School Students in Rural Alaska By continuing my own study of mathematics, I will model my own enthusiasm for learning math and help my middle school students see the "big picture" of where our study of math is headed. Middle school students are natural

Keitha L. Hazel Multiplying My Students' Chances to Excel in Mathematics I want my students to learn that there is more than one way to solve a problem and that Mathematics is a language in and of itself. Too often, my students seem interested only in the answer and less in discussing methods and ideas.