Scholarships Scholarship News The Miriam Schaefer Scholarship Award Guidelines
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2012 Scholarship Information Purpose The goal is to financially assist students currently enrolled in a teacher education program with a mathematics education major or minor if at the elementary level. Secondary education students must be pursuing a mathematics major. The award is to be used for tuition, books, labs, and fees necessary to fulfill requirements for a BA or BS degree with teacher certification.EligibilityEach applicant must be a Michigan resident and currently enrolled at a Michigan college or university in an elementary or secondary teacher education program with a mathematics specialty. Applicants must be a college/university junior or senior in good academic standing by June 1, 2012, with an overall GPA of 3.00 or higher. In addition, secondary education students must have successfully completed the college's/university's required calculus sequence, while elementary education students must have at least a mathematics minor. In determining eligibility, applicants enrolled in the final year of a five-year teacher preparation program will be considered a senior. The classification (junior or senior) for an applicant who has earned a degree in another area and has enrolled in a teacher education program will be determined by his/her June 1 status in the teacher education program. The applicant must also be a member of the Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics.AwardA check for $1,000 will be paid to the scholarship recipient(s) with their school as the second payee. The term of each scholarship is for one year and shall not be renewable.Requirements - Applicants must submit:
1. Your personal statement – this will explain your interest in teaching mathematics and should give a personal history that led you to this field. Include a statement of why you wish to work with your selected level of student. Briefly describe your professional development goals to stay current in the field. 2. Your teaching statement – this will begin with your philosophy of teaching. How will you teach and why will you teach in this manner? It is necessary to make evident in your statements what you have learned about how students learn mathematics. Exhibit your knowledge of current state and national standards. Reflect on your assessment strategies, use of cooperative learning, technology use, understanding of multiple representations and connecting mathematics to everyday life. Describe what a typical lesson would look like in your classroom. Include information using assessment techniques that will exhibit evidence of student learning.
Application DeadlineSubmit the completed Miriam Schaefer Scholarship Application materials in one envelope, postmarked no later than May 15, 2012 to: MCTM Scholarship Committee
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