MSTI 

Mathematics Liaison

Dr. Kellie Evans

Professor of Mathematics;  kellie.m.evans@csun.edu.  (818) 677-2705

The MSTI Mathematics liaison work with the Math Department advisor, the Mathematics Teacher-in-Residence, to recruit, interview and select math MSTI Scholars and Interns. The liaison creates and implement  “More than a CSET (Math Subtest III) Prep Course” and runs weekly meetings where participants will solve problems in Breakout Rooms and participate in content and pedagogy discussions and demos.  She recruits and interviews Mathematics MSTI interns and also helps oversee the MSTI intern seminars and opportunities along with the Science Liaison.  

Spring 2024 Math Department Teacher in Residence (TiR) The TiR will recruit and support prospective teachers majoring in Math Secondary Teaching, FYI and JYI and mentor undergraduate STEM Interns and Scholars funded by CSUN's NSF Noyce Grant. Together with CSUN's Noyce PI and students, the TiR will attend and present a workshop at the Western Regional Noyce Conference. The TiR will collaborate with Math faculty to create, enhance, and improve curricula used to train teachers. The TiR will assist in retaining new teachers through mentoring and professional development activities. In addition, the TiR will assist with outreach activities such as CSUN's Pi Day Celebration.


Spring 2024 Math Teacher Circle - Professor Evans will work with Northridge Academy High School Math Teacher Tania Lopez to design and run a Math Teacher Circle at CSUN. We will use resources from the Math Circle Network (https://mathcircles.org) and develop our own to provide a safe place for current and prospective educators to experience the joy, certainty, and challenges of mathematics and, along the way, to build meaningful partnerships with one another and with us. We aim for the Math Teacher Circle to encourage math majors to consider teaching as a career and to give current teachers ideas they can use in their classrooms and support to stay in the profession.


Logistics: Monthly workshops at CSUN spring 2024 (5 total, Feb-June). CSUN's undergraduate math majors and current secondary math teachers will be invited.


Budget: 

$500 per session for dinner ($20 per person for dinner, 25 participants 

$400 per session for co-organizer Tania Lopez


$4500 Total Spring 2024 Budget (for 5 sessions, Spring 2024) 



Math Teacher Circle - Work with Northridge Academy High School Math Teacher Tania Lopez to design and run a Math Teacher Circle at CSUN. We will use resources from the Math Circle Network (https://mathcircles.org) and develop our own to provide a safe place for current and prospective educators to experience the joy, certainty, and challenges of mathematics and, along the way, to build meaningful partnerships with one another and with us. We aim for the Math Teacher Circle to encourage math majors to consider teaching as a career and to give current teachers ideas they can use in their classrooms and support to stay in the profession.