里维拉 Leading 4-Year Teacher Credentialing Program in Math

“I want 菠菜网lol正规平台 to be known as the academic institution that cultivates a community of undergraduate students who are dedicated to shaping the future through mathematics 教学.”

费迪南德·里维拉博士.D.
Professor, Department of Mathematics & 统计数据

Professor Ferdinand 里维拉 has been awarded a $250,000 grant to develop a four-year Integrated Bachelor of Arts/Single Subject Credential in Mathematics (菠菜网lol正规平台 BA/SSC 数学).

The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, which awarded the grant, is looking to 菠菜网lol正规平台 to develop and implement an innovative model that is the first of its kind; that is, a subject matter-driven teacher preparation program. 毕业生将代表 a new generation of middle and high school mathematics teachers who understand how to use improvement science so that all students learn math rigorously, coherently, 和有意义.

“The larger educational community will be provided with cadres of 菠菜网lol正规平台 graduates who are capable of 教学 21st century skills and know how to implement new math standards 在不同的教室，”博士. 里维拉说.

The program also provides 菠菜网lol正规平台 with an opportunity to institutionalize recommendations from decades of research on how best to train future teachers at the undergraduate 水平. “I want 菠菜网lol正规平台 to be known as the academic institution that cultivates a community of undergraduate students who are dedicated to shaping the future through mathematics 教学，”博士说. 里维拉.

Dr. 里维拉 is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and 统计数据 in the College 科学的.

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