CSU Fullerton
CSU Fullerton has implemented a comprehensive Mathematics and Science Teacher project—MAST. The project has resulted in large expansion of math credentials through offering the Foundation Level Mathematics (FLM) Program and through online assistance to middle school teacher candidates and teachers through
PD-ROM—Professional Development Resources Online—Mathematics, an online professional development program for middle school math teachers developed in collaboration with the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE). A Foundational Level Mathematics (FLM) Teaching Credential, which this program helps candidates earn, allows the holder to teach math, algebra, geometry, probability and statistics, and consumer mathematics in the most of California’s public middle schools.
CSU Fullerton is using an array of online and computer-based resources to support credential students to use of modeling and technology in learning to teach mathematics. For example, wireless tablets are available for students to check out and use in their student teaching placement in order to communicate with other faculty.
CSU Fullerton is providing funding for undergraduate female math majors to serve as math mentors during their undergraduate years. Compensation is available for these students to go into local high school math classes as aides so that they become more familiar with the classroom setting and will be better prepared to enter the credential program. Another field-based opportunity, The Early Completion Internship Option via the Teaching Foundations Examination, allows qualified candidates to take a fast track to earning a credential while they are serving as a paid intern.
The campus gives considerable attention to teaching English Learners in the mathematics classroom, and special resources are available to assist teacher candidates.