2018 National STEM Teacher Ambassador
I’m proud to announce that I am a 2018-19 National STEM Teacher Ambassador!
Through a National Science Foundation grant, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) jointly created a National STEM Teacher Ambassador program that brings together accomplished teachers from across the country for intensive training in policy, media, and advocacy. The goal is to create a network of teachers equipped to advocate for STEM education and related issues at the district, state, and national level.
The program is only open to teachers who have received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, and admission is very competitive. I’m honored to have been chosen, and I have already benefited greatly from meeting and working with the other nine teachers in my cohort.
You can find out more about the 2018 Teacher Ambassadors here, and learn more about the program at the NSTA website. You can also find NCTM’s press release here.
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3 Comments
ihor charischak · July 19, 2018 at 10:09 am
Our previous NCTM president wrote that math education is STEM education. How do you respond to that?
MrHonner · July 19, 2018 at 3:55 pm
As we know, STEM means different things to different people in different contexts.
When someone talks about a STEM project, that strongly suggests to me that the integration of the disciplines is central to the work. When someone talks about STEM education, however, I see latitude to talk about the individual subjects themselves.
I think it’s reasonable to say that quality mathematics instruction embodies the core principles of what we imagine quality [integrated] STEM education to posses: hypothesizing; collaborating; prototyping; refining; creating. I think it’s also reasonable for people like you to insist that, when we talk about STEM education, we can’t forget about the integration.
ihor charischak · July 23, 2018 at 5:03 pm
Well said. I’ve been mostly thinking about STEM projects for high school seniors who would like a STEM career but don’t have the interest in following the usual path to Calculus. It would be great for them to get math credit for doing an excellent STEM project which has a solid math component.
Congratulations on becoming an ambassador!