AWM Teacher Partnership

The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Teacher Partnership is intended to link teachers of mathematics in schools, museums, technical institutes, two-year colleges, and universities with other teachers working in an environment different from their own and with mathematicians working in business and industry. We invite individuals to join the partnership and will match members from different communities. Partnership activities will include:

electronic communications;
teaching projects;
classroom visits when feasible;
informal educational activities.

Examples of such collaborations are:

a university instructor may request a teacher from a school to visit her class for prospective teachers;
a high school teacher may ask to partner with a mathematician working in industry;
a children’s museum activity programmer may want to partner with a mathematician;
a teacher in a school may cooperate with a mathematician for after-school activities.

In addition to electronic communications, partners may visit each other’s classrooms, collaborate in teaching projects, or cooperate in writing grant proposals.

The AWM Teacher Partnership Program will pair a teacher (classroom or informal) with a mathematician. It will also maintain a Website for the purposes of sharing resources and information.

Recent AWM Newsletter Articles featuring the Teacher Partnership:
- Overview of the AWM Teacher Partnership Program by Pao-sheng Hsu, Suzanne Lenhart, and Erica Voolich
- UPDATE
- Partnering to Make a Difference by Padmanabhan Seshaiyer

Eligibility:
Anyone who is engaged or interested in contributing to the formal or informal mathematics education of students at any level may request a partner who works with students at a different level or in a particular area of interest.

To participate in the program, please read the Guidelines and fill in the "Request a Partner" form. If you have any questions and comments, please contact one of the organizers: Pao-sheng Hsu (hsupao@maine.edu), Suzanne Lenhart (lenhart@math.utk.edu), and Erica Voolich (voolich@aol.com).

Disclaimer for AWM Mentor Network and Teacher Partnership purposes:

AWM provides the Mentor Network and Teacher Partnership Program solely for educational purposes. While these programs are hosted by AWM, the views posted do not necessarily represent the opinion of the Association. AWM accepts no responsibility for the opinions and information posted on this site by others or exchanged through these programs. Participants in the Mentor Network or Teacher Partnership Program acknowledge that opinions or statements exchanged by mentors and partners are not a substitute for their own independent research. Neither AWM nor organizers of these programs assume any responsibility or liability in connection with actions taken as a result of any information exchanged in this program. The AWM Mentor Network and Teacher Partnership Program are in no way liable to participants for any damages arising out of participation in the program. AWM and its officers, employees, and agents are released by this disclaimer from all claims, judgments, demands, liabilities, and actions that participants may have arising out of, or in any way relating to, their participation in the Mentor Network or Teacher Partnership Program.