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Shelbi Mayo and Luis Guerrero named an \u201cExemplary STEM Teacher Team\u201d for implementing a new approach to promoting student math competency across disciplines.<\/p>\n

SAN MARCOS \u2014 A dynamic duo of math professors at Palomar College has been recognized as an Exemplary STEM Teacher Team for launching a program that promotes mathematics and quantitative reasoning in a variety of courses at Palomar.<\/p>\n

Last fall, Shelbi Mayo and Luis Guerrero began promoting Math Across the Curriculum Holistically<\/a>, or MATCH, with the intention of exposing students to math in classes that are not strictly focused on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).<\/p>\n

\u201cMath is everywhere, and it\u2019s not just the math teacher\u2019s responsibility. We need to make it more of a priority,\u201d said Mayo.<\/p>\n

This was especially true following the 2017 passage of AB 705<\/a>, which Guerrero said eliminated remedial math classes at community colleges across the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cNeither of us are looking for awards or recognition, beyond serving our students. We just knew there was going to be a dramatic change, and some of our students were in danger of being left behind,\u201d said Guerrero.<\/p>\n

Last summer, the professors set out to meet with as many of their peers on campus as possible, and have so far made progress in promoting quantitative reasoning in classes as wide-ranging as biology, fire technology and library technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve made an impact, but it\u2019s really hard\u2014with all the things we have to do\u2014for any professor to reach outside our own department,\u201d Mayo said. \u201cWe hope to get more instructors joining us to promote the all-around usefulness of math.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to helping make curricular changes, Mayo and Guerrero spent an afternoon in September doing math activities with the kids at Palomar\u2019s Early Childhood Education Lab School, and on Saturday, March 7 hosted the inaugural HWY 78 Math Fields Day at Palomar.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to change how Palomar sees mathematics. If we start showing math to our students in all of the subjects, our students will get to see they can excel in math, in the things that they\u2019re interested in,\u201d said Mayo. \u201cI think we did a great job getting everybody thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guerrero said the award was \u201ca validation of the fact that it\u2019s hard to launch big initiatives, it\u2019s hard to promote teamwork \u2026 but if people put in the hard work and the time, great things can be achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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