Eastman Scholar Mathletes is a collaborative partnership between Eastman Chemical and East Tennessee State University’s Center for Excellence in Math and Science Education. This program provides professional development for selected elementary and middle school math teachers, who work in Eastman’s Putting Children First partnership schools.

The Eastman Scholar Mathletes program is designed to complement and reinforce ongoing programs of math mentoring in participating school systems. The program provides teachers with an opportunity to participate in an intensive two-week summer workshop focused on math education. Teachers receive conceptual training, such as differentiated learning techniques, as well as specific content knowledge, including information on recent standards changes needed to meet state requirements. The workshop also facilitates networking opportunities between teachers from different school systems to spark innovation in the classroom, build upon their own knowledge and develop better teaching strategies.

The Eastman Scholar Mathletes program aligns with Tennessee’s recent college and work readiness agenda, which proposes increasing state standards to meet American Diploma Project benchmarks. The more rigorous standards include increasing math requirements for high school graduation in Tennessee from three to four credits.

Eastman is committed to helping educators, government, and other business leaders improve K-12 education in Tennessee for the purpose of strengthening the pipeline of qualified workers needed to compete in a global economy and to improve and sustain our communities in the future.

2011 Eastman Scholar Mathletes News Release

Math Web Sites

» State Website-Standards Page
» Stem Resources Website
» National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
» Teacher Tube
» iTunesU (iTunes has created their own university...many songs, videos....great for teachers to use)
» I Know That.com
» mathbits.com
» mastermathmentor.com
» coolmath.com
» Math In The Movies.com (great for math clips to show on smart or promethian boards)
» The Interactive Mathematics Classroom
» NCTM Illuminations
» Official Nascar Site (shows videos about the MATH behind NASCAR)
» Songs For Teaching
» About Math.com (printable worksheets, lesson plan idea search)