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New York PREP’s success is due in part to the excellent staff members who collaborate to produce an interesting and intellectually demanding academic program. 1997 PREP had the following staff members: New York PREP emphasizes excellent teaching, enrichment, and creative activities. The faculty is encouraged to engage in instruction and activities atypical of public school education. PREP recruits and retains exemplary faculty from universities and secondary schools. The faculty members are assigned the equivalent of three classes or laboratories, each of which meets one-hour daily. The faculty is available at other times for individual or small group meetings. The undergraduate program assistants are assigned as seminar group mentors or laboratory assistants. New York PREP strives to maintain a strong and visible minority and female staff presence. For example, in this year NYPREP, approximately two-thirds of the faculty was female or minority. College Faculty Dr. Humberto Caņate, Project Coordinator, Chairman of the Mathematics Department at Hostos Community College, Ed.D, Columbia University Dr. Andrew Kavalov, Physics Instructor at City College of the City University of New York, M.A. in Physics, The City University of New York; PhD in Theoretical Particle Physics, The City University of New York Mr. Gustavo Pelaez, Mathematics Instructor at Hostos Community College,B.S in Mechanical Engineering, The City University of New York, M.S.in Mechanical Engineering, The City University of New York Secondary School Faculty Ms. Christal Ferguson, Teacher of Mathematics, The Bronx Coalition High School for Technology, B.A in Mathematics, Hunter College, M.A in Mathematics Instruction, Lehman College, M.A. in Educational Administration and Supervision, The City University of New York
Mr. Edison Teano, New
York PREP Site Director, Teacher of Mathematics, WINGS Academy High School, B.S in
Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park, M.S in Education, The City
University of New York •Attend classes and laboratories with the students and assist instructors •Supervise research and study sessions •Tutor the participants on problems and exercises •Grade class and homework assignments •Monitor participants’ performance and progress Francisco Peralta, Agronomy Engineering, Universidad Autonoma of Dominican Republic Rosa Rivera, Graduate student in Mathematics, City College of the City University of New York Franklin Sanchez, Senior in Civil Environmental Engineering, City College of the City University of New York. |
Undergraduate college students majoring in science, engineering, math and
other fields serve as program assistant mentors. Each program assistant mentor is assigned
one seminar group. He/she stays with this group for the duration of the program. Other
duties and responsibilities include the following: