Hard Work Pays Off
Good morning! In September, 2015, I began taking graduate courses at Purdue University Northwest so that I could continue to teach upper level math classes as dual credit/dual enrollment. Through a variety of grants, the courses were available for free to teachers who pursuing the Higher Learning Commission's requirements for dual enrollment instructors. If I had already had a master's degree, I would only have needed 18 graduate credits in Mathematics to meet the qualifications. Since I did not already have a master's degree, I needed to earn one. This was a problem since the universities offering graduate courses were not offering degrees. Not sure what my opportunities would be in the future, I took full advantage of the graduate courses being offered through Purdue University Northwest by earning 9 graduate credits in the first year. Then the grant money ran out. Scrambling for more options, I took advantage of another opportunity through STEM Teach and earned 9 more g