When my friend, a past awardee, convinced me to apply for this award, he said, “You don’t do it for yourself; you do it for the profession. It gives you a forum to have your voice heard.” That is what this award means to me. It means my voice will be heard when I advocate for students and for changes in how we teach them. I will join my fellow awardees, working for a high quality mathematics education for all students.

Corey Andreasen Sheboygan, WI | 7-12, Mathematics, 2013

The official biography below was current at the time of the award.

Corey Andreasen has been teaching mathematics for 21 years.  Seventeen of those have been at North High School in Sheboygan, WI. He teaches freshmen through seniors in Advanced Placement Statistics, Transition to College Mathematics, and Math Literacy, an intervention class for struggling students. He is certified to teach mathematics in grades seven to 12. Corey is a leader in the mathematics and statistics education communities nationwide. He has consulted recently on two AP statistics textbooks and written supplemental classroom materials for statistics teachers. Furthermore, Corey facilitates and co-facilitates workshops for mathematics teachers on a variety of topics, including Common Core workshops on modeling with probability and statistics. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Mathematics Council and on committees at the state and national levels. Building meaningful relationships with students is one of Corey’s strengths as a teacher. He finds this aspect of teaching to be joyful and rewarding, and observes that it also gives students the greatest motivation and opportunity to succeed. Corey has a B.S. in mathematics and a M.Ed. from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, and is a National Board Certified Teacher in adolescent/young adult mathematics.

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