Secondary Math Education at The University of Alabama

01/15/2025

SEMA 2017 graduate, Mr. David Dai, PAEMST winner for Alabama! Congratulations!!
https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2025/01/13/president-biden-honors-more-than-300-americans-with-nations-highest-award-for-science-and-mathematics-teachers-and-mentors

10/15/2024

Hello SEMA recent graduates! Register for a free online webinar on math teacher identity hosted by NCTM president, Latrenda Knighten! This Thursday after school, 5pm central!
A special event for SEC secondary math graduates!
Scan the QR code to register!

11/30/2023

Another US SEMA graduate named Teacher of the Year! Congrats Kristen Sparks! https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=898501078727896&id=100057040376709&mibextid=Nif5oz

Congratulations to Mrs. Kristin Moore, AJHS Elementary Teacher of the Year and Ms. Kristen Sparks, AJHS Secondary Teacher of the Year! We are so thankful to have these excellent teachers at Arab Junior High School!

11/28/2023

Another Teacher of the Year UA SEMA grad! Congrats Hannah Adams!! https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=839780241483596&id=100063548828735&mibextid=Nif5oz

Please join in congratulating Hannah Adams, Teacher of the Year. We love her. We depend on her. We enjoy her company!

11/08/2023

Hello SEMA students and graduates! A colleague of mine at UAH is seeking preservice and inservice math teachers to complete a national survey on beliefs about teaching and learning mathematics. I would be appreciative if you could find 20 minutes to complete the survey. Many thanks! Here's the intro and link.

Dear Educator,

We hope you are well. I am Sarah Roller Dyess, an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. My colleagues, Kathy Sun from Santa Clara University and Erica Slate Young from Appalachian State University, and I are working to better understand educators’ beliefs about mathematics teaching and learning.

We are requesting your participation in a brief survey study, which should take approximately 20 minutes to complete.

Your individual privacy will be maintained in all published and written data resulting from the study. Although there may be no direct benefit to you, your participation might improve math teaching for children of all ages. Your participation in this study is voluntary. Data collection is anonymous, so no one (including the researchers) will be able to trace individual responses. If you choose not to participate or to withdraw from the study at any time, there will be no penalty. Your decision whether to participate in this survey will not affect your standing with The University of Alabama in Huntsville, including your grade in any of your current or future courses or future partnerships with The University of Alabama in Huntsville, if applicable.

If you have any questions concerning the study, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me. I can be reached at (256) 824-5386 or [email protected]. Or if you have any questions about your rights as a subject/participant in this research, or if you feel you have been placed at risk, you can contact the Office of the IRB, at (256) 824-6992 or email the IRB chair Dr. Ann Bianchi at [email protected].

Please click on this link to proceed to the survey: https://scu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6nAdeeWB31Ejgoe
Note: once you click on the link, you will be asked for your consent to participate in this study.

Thanks for your participation.

Best wishes,
Sarah Roller Dyess, Kathy Sun, and Erica Slate Young

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11/03/2023

The Spring 2024 SEMA upcoming graduates rocking it at ACTM 2023!!

05/12/2023

Hello UA Secondary Math Education at The University of Alabama graduates! Please see the request from a doctoral student. I typically do not post these on this page, but NCTM past-president (Trena Wilkerson) has been super for UA SEMA over the years and this is returning the favors. If you have 15 minutes, please consider the survey below.
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My name is Anna Payne and I am a doctoral candidate in Educational Psychology at Baylor University and a mathematics teacher. I am currently collecting data on math teacher's likelihood of recommending students for subject-specific acceleration (moving to a higher level in mathematics, whether a higher grade level or honors/AP/IB/etc.). I have received Baylor University IRB approval for this study.

In order to participate in this study, you must meet the following criteria:
• be able to read/write in English.
• be at least 18 years of age.
• identify as a math teacher (whether at the elementary level for at least 1 class or as a certified mathematics teacher).
If you would like to participate, please follow this link:

https://tinyurl.com/2s3cn3ez

It will only take about 15 minutes.

Please feel free to forward this to other teachers who also teach math!

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03/02/2023

Another UA SEMA grad teacher of the year!!! Congrats Victoria Johnson!!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=6534598469902311&id=100000566671675&mibextid=Nif5oz

01/09/2023

Hello SEMA graduates in and around the Jefferson County region! There is a mid-year opening for a 6th grade math teacher at the Jefferson County IB middle school, a rare opportunity. If you or any colleagues have interest, you can reach out and DM Dee Cuppett Downs. She is a teacher at the school who is participating in our A-PLUS in Math Master Teaching Fellowship @ UA who can guide you with more details.

11/10/2022

Congrats to Nathan Kenny, UA SEMA graduate in 2017, was awarded the Alabama Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ACTM) High School Teacher of the Year! Dr Z was lucky to be able to present the award to him with his students today at Hillcrest High School!