Program Type: Certificate, Associates, Bachelors or Master
Associates Degree
Estimated Time to Complete
Two Years
Format: On Campus, Off Campus or Hybrid
On Campus
Program Description
A Bachelor of Science in Education - Secondary Mathematics is designed to produce graduates who are qualified to pursue careers as math teachers in grades 5-12 in the Turtle Mountain area or across North Dakota. Candidates who complete the program will have passed all three Praxis examinations to become a state licensed math teacher. In addition, candidates will have successfully completed the required student teaching experience. The program will produce teachers who are fully equipped to engage students using the pedagogical knowledge of the Turtle Mountain Ojibwe mathematics systems balanced with the Western U.S. perspective to advance the opportunities available to tribal community members.
Mission
Before colonization and assimilation, the Ojibwe had a mathematics system, but today various communities now have limited knowledge about Ojibwe math “diba’akiiwin.” The mission of the Secondary Mathematics Education Bachelor of Science degree program, at Turtle Mountain Community College, is to prepare future middle school and high school math teachers with content and pedagogical knowledge from a balanced perspective of Western and Turtle Mountain Ojibwe ways of knowing – two-eyed seeing. “We have come to understand that Western mathematics and Indigenous mathematizing can be viewed as having complementary strengths. Recognizing the strengths of each will maximize mathematical learning for all students” (Sterenberg & O’Conner, 2018, p.185, cited in Meyer & Aikenhead, 2021, p.129-130). This is essential for economic and political self-determination and self-sufficiency.
Career Outlook
Students who successfully complete the program will be proficient in six Student Learning Outcomes. Each of the six Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) has a one-sentence description, an assessment plan, and the list of the core courses designed/assigned for students to reach proficiency in that SLO.
Western Math SLO:
Students will demonstrate proficiency in North Dakota required content standards.
Assessment – Praxis II results, ESPB Assessments 1-5
Core Courses – MATH 103, 105, 129, 165, 166, 210, 380, 480
Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Math SLO:
Students will articulate Turtle Mountain Ojibwe mathematical ways of knowing within the larger context of Indigenous mathematics.
Assessment – Community presentations, Community engagement project
Core Courses – MATH 172, 272, 364, 366, 372
Two-Eyed Balanced Math SLO:
Students will articulate the connections between Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Math and the North Dakota Secondary Math Content Standards.
Assessment – EDUC 472 Unit Plan
Core Courses – MATH 341, 342, 364, 366
Western Education SLO:
Teacher candidates will demonstrate proficiency in the North Dakota required pedagogical standards.
Assessment – Praxis II results, ESPB Assessments 6-7, InTASC Assessments 1-10
Core Courses – EDUC 200, 299, 300, 329, 353, 472
Turtle Mountain Ojibwe Education SLO:
Teacher candidates will implement Anishinaabe ways of teaching, learning, and knowing (e.g. decolonizing, community, and place-based education).
Assessment – Community presentations, Community engagement project
Core Courses – EDUC 320, MATH 172, 272, 364, 372
Two-Eyed Balanced Education SLO:
Teacher candidates will implement pedagogical practices at the overlap between
Western education and Anishinaabe ways of teaching, learning, and being (e.g. collaborative, student-centered, equitable, and caring pedagogical practices).
Assessment – EDUC 472 Unit Plan
Core Courses – EDUC 235, 236, 329L, 350, 353L, 360, 414, 415
Credit Hours
Total Credits for the 4-year Program: 122
Total Credits for the General/Core: 39
Total Credits for the EDUC portion: 38
Total Credits for the MATH portion: 45
Application Deadlines
Requirements
Program Degree Graduation Requirements:
Cumulative GPA of at least 2.5
Teaching Specialty (Math Prefix Courses) GPA of at least 2.5
Pass All Courses
Pass Praxis I, Praxis II PLT, and Praxis II Subject Assessment Exam
Plan of Study Grid
Year One Fall
| SOCI 105 | First Year Experience | 2 |
| ENGL 110 | College Composition I | 3 |
| COMM 110 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 |
| HIST | Native American History Elective | 3 |
| MATH 103 | College Algebra | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Year One Spring
Year Two Fall
Year Two Spring