Center for Mathematics and Science Education

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Current estimates indicate that the numbers of mathematics and science teachers must increase by 22% by 2010 to meet the needs of the students and classrooms in today's public schools. Texas A&M University has developed the aggieTEACH Program in an effort to address this need and to positively affect the future of mathematics and science education in the state of Texas.

The aggieTEACH Program is a collaborative effort of the College of Science and the College of Education to recruit and prepare the best and brightest students at Texas A&M to become secondary teachers in math and science. Utilizing a field-based, hands-on, and mentored approach to teacher education, the aggieTEACH Program enables students to gain secondary teacher certification with no additional hours added to their degree plan. Students in the aggieTEACH Program gain experience in math and science classrooms with some of the area"s best teachers as well as access to top scholarships.

Ms. Manning works with a student at A&M Consolidated High School.

"The most beneficial and most enjoyable part of the aggieTEACH Program has been the teacher observation. I was able to help some of the students and look at the classroom in a different respect. Instead of seeing it as a student, I was able to see it as a teacher and feel some of the satisfaction a teacher can feel.”

- Matthew Berry, '06

Center for Mathematics and Science Education, Texas A&M University
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