Educator and Teacher Trainer in O Círculo da Matemática do Brasil (The Math Circle Brazil) 2014-2017

National educational outreach initiative funded by Instituto TIM inspired by Harvard’s Math Circle methodology.

The project was developed in Brazil through a partnership between Brazilian mathematics educators and Harvard professors, and aimed to promote mathematical thinking and creativity among students of public schools below-average IDEB score (Brazil’s education quality index), located in socially and economically vulnerable regions across the country.

-Awards:

• Prêmio Instituto TIM para destaques do Círculo da Matemática do Brasil 2015 (Award for outstanding performance in The Math Circle Brazil in 2015).

-Activites performed: 

• Led weekly sessions in multiple primary schools in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

•  Conducted professional development workshops for mathematics teachers of public schools across several states in Brazil.

-Training and Workshops Attended:

•  Workshop O Círculo da Matemática do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2014).

• Workshop O Círculo da Matemática do Brasil, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2015).

• Workshop O Círculo da Matemática do Brasil, Brasília, Brazil (2016).

• The Math Circle Summer Course, University of Notre Dame, USA (2016).