Background
Tom Schersten
Highlights:
20 Years of Classroom Experience - All grades K-8 |
35 Years as a Teacher Educator - VT Dept of Education |
Work Experience:
| 1991 to present | private mathematics consultant to schools on hands-on and problem solving approaches to standards-based K-10 mathematics education consistent with current national and state initiatives |
| 1999-2002 | director and teacher of a high achiever math program for students in grades 3, 4, 5, and 6 |
| 1988-1991 | teacher of 8th grade mathematics (duties included teaching algebra and general math, junior/senior high math department chair, and student council advisor) |
| 1985-1988 | teacher in a primary unit of 60 first, second, and third graders taught by a team of three teachers |
| 1978-1985 | teacher of kindergarten |
| 1974-1978 | elementary math specialist (duties included individual, small group, and classroom instruction, diagnostic and prescriptive testing, and development of a K-6 mathematics skills continuum) |
Other Related Professional Experiences:
| Speaker and Presenter at Conferences | National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England Vermont Council of Teachers of Mathematics Vermont Association for Middle Level Education New England League of Middle Schools New England Conference on Gifted and Talented Education Confratute (the 2-week summer GT institute at UCONN) Edufest (the summer GT institute at Boise State University) Association for the Education of Gifted Underachieving Students |
| Instructor of Teacher Training Programs | Institute for Math Mania Norwich University University of Vermont Johnson State College Vermont College (now part of Union Institute) Vermont State Department of Education Goddard Experimental Program for Further Education |
| Committee Member |
Selection Committee for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching External Review Panel for the Vermont Higher Education Cooperative for Instructional Development Vermont State Department of Education Mathematics Assessment Leadership Committee Steering Committee of the State-wide Math and Science Inservice Network |
| Author | The Land of Infinities, math game published by Cuisenaire Company of America |