Education

1989 B.S. in Mathematics Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

1995 M.Ed. in Mathematics Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

2004 Ph.D. in Mathematics Education, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Anticipated graduation date: May 2004

Dissertation: Using Student Voice to Deconstruct Cooperative, Mathematical Problem Solving

Teaching Experience

1989-95 Secondary Mathematics Teacher, Dunwoody High School, Dekalb County School System, Dunwoody, GA.

Taught Applied Mathematics, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Senior Math and Trigonometry to students in grades 10-12 using a variety of innovative techniques. Designed and implemented SAT review courses. Served on a variety of faculty committees designed to improve instruction and faculty morale. Sponsored numerous clubs and activities.

1996-99 Secondary Mathematics Teacher, Gainesville High School, Gainesville City School System, Gainesville, GA.

Taught Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, Geometry, and AP Calculus to students in grades 9-12. AP scores of students were highest in twenty years at GHS. Sponsored numerous clubs and activities.

Summer 2000 Mathematics Faculty Chair, Summer Scholars Institute, Gainesville College,

Gainesville, Georgia

&n bsp; The Board of Regents adopted the Georgia P-16 Initiative in March 1995. The Post-Secondary Readiness Enrichment Program is the vehicle through which P-16 seeks to meet the needs of Georgia's youth. The summer component in which I taught, mentored, and researched served to carry students through the months they were out of school, therefore limiting the chance of jeopardizing the success they achieved during the school year.

2000-2002 Graduate teaching assistant, Mathematics Education Department, University of

Georgia, Athens, GA. Courses both taught and assisted are as follows:

EMAT 5460/7460 Student Teaching in Secondary School Mathematics

University Supervisor (Fall, 1995; Spring, 1996; Spring, 2001; Fall 2001; Spring, 2002)

Supervised pre-service secondary mathematics teachers during their student teaching. Observed, critiqued, and evaluated student teaching performance.

EMAT 4680 Technology and Secondary School Mathematics

Instructor (Fall, 2000)

This course was designed to give pre-service secondary mathematics teachers experiences exploring mathematics with technology and examining strategies for using technology in the secondary mathematics classroom.

EMAT 4500 Connections in Secondary School Mathematics

Instructor (Spring, 2001)

This course focused on secondary mathematics curriculum, with attention to applications of mathematics and to connections within mathematics and between mathematics. Curriculum investigations were done with both the Core Plus and IMP textbook series.

EMAT 6000 Statistics, Algebra and Functions in Secondary School Mathematics

Instructor (Summer, 2001)

This course was the first of six courses offered to a cohort in conjunction with UGA's Business-to-Teaching (B2T) Program in Secondary Mathematics. The course focused on concepts in secondary school mathematics with an emphasis on technological investigations.

EMAT 3500 Concepts of School Mathematics

Instructor (Fall, 2001)

This course was designed to give pre-service secondary mathematics teachers experiences exploring secondary mathematics topics from and advanced perspective with an emphasis on algebraic ideas. Students were also introduced to a variety of mathematical software, presentation software, and were expected to maintain their own webpage.

EMAT 6360 Secondary School Mathematics Field Experience

Teaching Assistant (Spring, 2002)

This course was part of the Business to Teaching program and is designed as the methods course in which students study learning theories, pedagogical strategies, lesson planning, and evaluation techniques. The student teaching experience is built into this course.

EMAT 6950 Professional Seminar in Teaching Mathematics

Instructor (May, 2002)

This course was designed to identify and discuss issues identified from the student teaching experience. Avenues for professional development were also explored.

Spring 2001 Adjunct Faculty, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA.

Responsibilities included updating the design of and teaching a course for graduate students pursuing a Specialist degree in Middle School Mathematics and Science Education. The course satisfied a math content requirement.

Fall 2001 Adjunct Faculty, Athens Technical College, Athens, GA.

Taught and piloted a first quarter Calculus course that met weekly on Saturdays.

2002-present Full Time Faculty, Mathematics Department, North Georgia College & State University, Dahlonega, GA. Courses taught are as follows:

MATH 3110 Informal Geometry

This course is designed for elementary and middle grades pre-service teachers focuses on plane figures, polygons and tessellations, space figures, symmetric figures, systems of measurement, area and perimeter, volume and surface area, congruence and similarity mappings, and topological mappings.

MATH 3116 Models in Algebra for Teachers

This course is designed for elementary and middle grades pre-service teachers focused on variables, expressions, functions, rates of change, equations, inequalities, systems of equations. Emphasis was on problem solving, active learning, appropriate communication, substantive connections, technology, and multiple representations of algebraic structures.

MATH 3150 Problem Solving & Connections

This course is designed for elementary and middle grades pre-service teachers focused on recognizing, using, and learning about mathematics in the context of real-world situations and problems. Deliberate connections to the sciences, social sciences, and fine arts incorporate mathematical topics drawn from probability, discrete mathematics, algebraic and non-algebraic functions, and data analysis.

MATH 1101 Mathematical Models

This course is an introduction to mathematical modeling using graphical, numerical, symbolic, and verbal techniques to describe and explore real-world data and phenomena. Emphasis is on the use of elementary functions to investigate and analyze applied problems and questions.

Professional Service, Presentations and Workshops

Presenter--represented Dunwoody High School at the Dekalb County Administrators Conference for two consecutive summers - spoke, with my students, on innovative teaching styles and strategies; 1993, 1994

Instructor--designed and taught a staff development course on Motivation; Dekalb County, GA; 1992

Panel Member--served as one of five speakers at a Dekalb County algebra two-day summer workshop, Algebra for Everyone, pertaining to new methods of classroom motivation and management with respect to Algebra One; Dekalb County, GA; 1993

Instructor--taught a staff development course on Integrating Math and Science; Dekalb County, GA; 1994

Served as one of four panel members selected to discuss Cooperative Learning with a select group of Dekalb County college mathematics faculty; Dekalb County, GA; 1994

The Assessment Standards, (co-presentation with Dr. Jim Wilson), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Meeting, Newfoundland, Canada, October, 1995.

Created and conducted seminars for pre-service teachers aimed at developing confidence in and sparking enthusiasm for the teaching of secondary mathematics; 1996

Invited Speaker, Cooperative Learning General and mathematically specific information on to a variety of education courses at the University of Georgia; 1999-2002

Moderator, QUIG (Qualitative Inquiry Group) Annual Meeting, Athens, Georgia, January 2002. (two sessions)

Presenter, Annual 7th grade Recruitment META Initiative, North Georgia College & State University, 2002-2004

Mentor, Hand-in-Hand Women in Leadership Program, North Georgia College & State University, 2002-2003

Academic Advisor, Corp of Cadets, North Georgia College & State University, 2003-2004

Director, North Georgia Mathematics Tournament, North Georgia College & State University, 2003-2004

Member, Mathematics Curriculum Committee, North Georgia College & State University, (2002-2004)

Member, University Discipline Committee, North Georgia College & State University, 2003-2004)

Publications

Giddings, J. & Sheehy, L.A. (1999). Guest editorial: A classroom full of gifts. The Mathematics Educator 9,1.

Sheehy, L.A. (2000). What students can do: Terrell's story. Partnerships for Reform in Mathematics Education (PRIME) November Newsletter.

Sheehy, L.A. (2002) Students experiences with cooperative learning. In D. S. Mewborn et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Tw enty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp.1861-1862). Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education.

Professional Activities and Projects

Selected for and attended a National Science Foundation sponsored engineering camp for math and science teachers, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia; 1993

Proposed and piloted a course in which mathematics and science (Algebra II and Chemistry) were taught concurrently, wrote the curriculum, and, with a panel of students, presented at a staff development course on the implementation of this curriculum; 1992-1995

Proposed, designed, and piloted curriculum for a Senior Mathematics problem solving course for Dunwoody High School; 1994 -1995

Pilot teacher in the Teacher Workstation Project - a joint research project between the University of Georgia, Georgia Institute for Technology and the Georgia Research Alliance in which the effects of technology in the mathematics classroom were examined; 1994-1995

Graduate assistant for the Leadership Infusion of Technology in Mathematics project - LITMUS was a teacher enhancement project with goals to help all teachers of mathematics use technology to improve the teaching and learning of K-12 mathematics. LITMUS was a cooperative effort between the UGA Mathematics Education Department and two local school systems; 1995-1996

Graduate assistant for the Man on the Moon initiative- this initiative is a school-based educational reform effort to develop, test and validate a model for using technology to promote dramatic improvements in student performance across a variety of school subjects. The framework is applicable to diverse subject areas, serving as a guide for focusing resources and effort in any subject defined by a district; 1999

Graduate assistant for UGA's Business-to-Teaching Program in Secondary Mathematics - The B2T program is designed to assist highly qualified individuals to satisfy Georgia certification standards for teaching secondary school mathematics, Grades 7-12. In addition to teaching courses, worked with the project in its beginning stages as we proposed and designed curriculum for this alternative certification program. This included the development on-line aspects of the courses; 1999-2002

Graduate assistant for UGA's Center For Proficiency In Teaching Mathematics (CPTM) Summer Institute 2003: Geometry for Middle School Teachers. Responsibilities included coordinating technological aspects, observing and researching the participants (middle grades teachers and university teacher educators and facilitating discussions.

Professional Membership and Service

Member, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1988 - 2004

Member, American Education Research Association, 1999 - 2004

Member, Society of Christian Philosophers, 2001-2004

Member, Philosophy of Education Society, 2001-2004

Member, Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2001-2004

Editorial staff, The Mathematics Educator, The University of Georgia, 1999-2002

Reviewer, Psychology of Mathematics Education Conferences, 2001 - 2003

Vice-President, Mathematics Education Student Association, The University of Georgia, 2000-2001

President, Mathematics Education Student Association, The University of Georgia, 2001-2002

Writer and Organizer, Northeast Georgia RESA Mathematics Competition, Athens, GA, 2000-2002

Moderator, Qualitative Inquiry Group Annual Meeting, Athens, Georgia, January 2002

Advisor, Student Professional Association of Georgia Educators, The University of Georgia, 2002

Mentor teacher for two semesters and five two-week field experiences, Dunwoody, GA, 1992 - 1995

Awards

Outstanding First Year Teacher Award, Dunwoody High School, Dunwoody, GA, 1990

Teaching Award (Yearbook Dedication), Dunwoody High School, Dunwoody, GA, 1995

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2002

References

James W. Wilson

Mathematics Education Dept

The University of Georgia

105 Aderhold Hall

Athens, GA 30602-7124

Phone: (706) 542-4194

jwilson@moe.coe.uga.edu

Denise S. Mewborn

Mathematics Education Dept

The University of Georgia

105 Aderhold Hall

Athens, GA 30602-7124

Phone: (706) 542-4194

dmewborn@ coe.uga.edu

John Olive

Mathematics Education Dept

The University of Georgia

105 Aderhold Hall

Athens, GA 30602-7124

Phone: (706) 542-4194

jolive@moe.coe.uga.edu