Who We Are
MƒA LA Fellowship
Professional Development
Executive Steering Committee
Contact Information
Who We Are
MƒA LA was launched in 2008 with the goal to raise student mathematics achievement by recruiting and supporting highly skilled secondary school mathematics teachers in the greater Los Angeles area.
MƒA LA offers the MƒA Fellowship to improve secondary mathematics education in the greater Los Angeles area and address a critical shortage of mathematics and science teachers in Los Angeles.
MƒA LA has joined with partner universities the University of Southern California (USC), Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and Harvey Mudd College (HMC) to create the Fellowship program, with support from the National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Scholarship Program and private foundations.
The great diversity of academic backgrounds, family situations and attitudes towards education in the greater Los Angeles area creates many challenges and potential success stories for educators. The greater Los Angeles area is home to extremely large and small school districts. Second in size only to the New York City School District, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) consists of 969 schools (including charter schools) that serve over 700,000 students. According to the California Council on Science and Technology, a critical shortage of mathematics and science teachers over the next decade will undermine California’s competitive edge and threaten its economic health.
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Fellowship Opportunities
MƒA Fellowship
The MƒA LA Fellowship is a five-year program where recent college graduates and mid-career professionals make a commitment to teach math in public secondary schools. MƒA Fellows are mathematically talented individuals who are new to teaching.
How the Program Works
Year One: Prepare to become a public secondary school math teacher.
- Full-tuition scholarship for a master’s degree in education and preliminary teaching credential through the Teacher Education Internship Program at the CGU School of Educational Studies or the Master of Arts in Teaching and Teaching Credentialing Program at the USC Rossier School of Education
- Up to $20,000 in stipends, depending on graduate institution
Years Two through Five: Teach in a Los Angeles public secondary school.
- $80,000 in stipends over four years, in addition to a full-time teacher’s salary in Los Angeles
- Support of a teacher mentor, participation in MƒA LA corps activities and professional development opportunities
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Professional Development
MƒA LA provides Fellows with substantial, targeted professional development and experienced teacher mentors with the goal of helping them become certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards by the end of the Fellowship.
The professional development of MƒA LA Fellows is carried out in partnership with the Harvey Mudd College Professional Development and Outreach Group and the Secondary School Teacher Program of the IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute (PCMI). In addition to workshops and outreach activities, the HMC PDO members provide one-to-one mentoring, coaching and classroom support.
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MƒA LA Executive Steering Committee
- Maria Klawe, President, HMC
- Karen Gallagher, Dean of Education, USC
- Lisa Loop, Co-Director, Teacher Education Program, CGU
- David Drew, Professor of Education, CGU
- Darryl Yong, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, HMC
- Pam Mason, Executive Director, MƒA LA
- Jack Borsting, Director, The Rose Hills Foundation
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Contact Information:
Pam Mason, Executive Director MƒA LA
(213) 821-4362
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