Math Teachers’ Circles are professional learning communities of math teachers and professors. Groups meet regularly to work on challenging mathematics problems, allowing teachers to enrich their knowledge and experience of math, while building meaningful partnerships with other teachers and mathematicians.
Bay Area Teachers and Mathematicians (BATMath) is the Bay Area branch of the Math Teachers’ Circle Network, a project of the American Institute of Mathematics. There are currently 10 Circles around the San Francisco Bay. More than 300 math teachers are engaged in BATMath, with a potential impact on 30,000 students in any given year.
BATMath attracts participants with a deep interest in both mathematics and teaching, who welcome tough problems and take back what they learn to their students and their colleagues. There is no better way to support math education for Bay Area students.
Giving Levels:
$50,000 - Shiing-Shen Chern level
Sponsor a teacher workshop at the American Institute of Mathematics. Every summer, 40 BATMath members participate in an intensive weeklong workshop. New members are busy doing math day and night, while veteran members write lesson plans based on topics presented at the workshop. After testing and refining, these lessons are published online at batmath.org.
$25,000 - Emma Lehmer level
Sponsor a year of Circle meetings. Monthly meetings provide teachers with ongoing opportunities to learn about problem solving and explore their leadership potential. Help us fund these meetings, which teachers say make them stronger mathematicians, teachers, and math advocates at their schools.
$2,500 - Julia Robinson level
Buy local! Support your local Circle for a year. Whether you’re from east, south, or north of the bay, you can designate your donation to a local BATMath Teachers’ Circle:
• East Bay
• Hollister
• Monterey
• Morgan Hill
• Palo Alto
• San Francisco
• San Jose
• Santa Cruz
• Sonoma
• Stockton
$500 - Elizabeth Scott level
Support session leader honoraria. Many math teachers enjoy discovering great mathematics. Our session leaders help teachers in their quest by engaging them in math that is social, creative, and energizing. Help us support their work.
Thank you in advance! Your donation will directly support our community of teachers, math lovers, and problem solvers.
