
Teacher Awards Nominations due TODAY, 12/1!
Choose from one of two Excellence & Resiliency in Mathematics Teaching Awards to nominate your educator! This is your chance to highlight a teacher who you think has gone mathematically above and beyond in the classroom. Submit your teacher today!
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The Center of Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers (CRR) at the University of Arizona is working to attract, develop, and support mathematics teachers through innovative programs, retaining high quality teachers in mathematics education.
Learn more about who we are and how we help our community by watching our video: Celebrating 20 Years at the CRR!
Meet Ariel Beggs!
Ariel has been a mathematics teacher for 20 years! This year, she is excited to help support other math teachers with the CRR. She is currently leading the Making Manipulatives Make Sense (MMMS) series, which investigates ways to concretize abstract mathematical concepts for students through the use of manipulatives.
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Getting Real: Free Before/After School Program
An innovative curriculum designed to meet the academic, social-emotional, and 21st Century learning needs of students in grades K-8! The CRR will provide schools with FREE program materials, training, and curriculum sessions to Re-Engage Aspirational Learners in exciting mathematics experiences before and after school!
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Zoom Tutor Spotlight
Hear from some of our Student Tutors and why they choose to volunteer! The CRR provides FREE Zoom Tutoring through the AmeriCorps STEMM program. Want to find a tutor or volunteer yourself? Click the links for more!

"I serve because I believe all students should have an equal opportunity to be successful in math and I want to be one of the ones who help them!" - Marelia

"I serve because every student deserves to feel confident in their ability to do math." - Kiersten

"I serve because I want to provide support and education to K-12 student communities in Arizona, especially to those students from underrepresented backgrounds. I would like to help and introduce students to math and sciences, so that they may one day be able to address the needs in their own communities." - Mara