South Dakota Council of Teachers of Mathematics: Working to Improve Mathematics Education for All Students

2025 Summer Research Experience for Teachers

The South Dakota Space Grant Consortium (SDSGC) is accepting applications through Feb. 21, 2025, for summer 2025 Research Experience for Teachers (RET) fellowships in the amount of $8,000. The program enables secondary teachers to enrich their knowledge of science and engineering practices by joining a research group at a South Dakota university or laboratory for at least eight weeks during summer 2025. Findings have shown that teachers who participate in research experiences are able to provide an enriched classroom experience for their students in subsequent years.

Application information can be found on the SDSGC website, but the direct link to the solicitation is:

• https://sdspacegrant.sdsmt.edu/SDSGC_RET_app-2025.pdf (PDF version)

• https://sdspacegrant.sdsmt.edu/SDSGC_RET_app-2025.doc (Word version)

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Peggy Norris at peggy.norris@bhsu.edu

Marian Fillbrandt SDCTM/SDSTA Conference Stipend
Marian Fillbrandt graduated from South Dakota State in 1933 with a Mathematics major. She spent many years teaching math and science. She established the Fillbrandt Endowment at South Dakota State to help South Dakota math and science teachers. A committee of faculty, along with Jeff Nelson with the SDSU Foundation, has determined that this endowment can be best utilized by providing $400 stipends to second through fifth year math and science teachers to attend the SDSTA/SDCTM conference. This will allow new teachers in rural areas to interact with their colleagues with similar professional interests.

The $400 stipend intends to defray the costs of conference registration, accommodations, a substitute teacher for the Friday of the conference if a district will not provide one, and other costs associated with conference attendance.

If you are selected for this stipend, you will be required to write a brief report at the end of the conference stating how the stipend benefited you and what you learned at the conference that you plan to use in your classroom. If you are selected, but are unable to attend for some reason, the stipend money will be returned to the endowment fund. The selection committee will take financial need into account during the selection process.

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