Article by Anandah Brandy, Staff and Chyna Varner, Assistant Editor
Math Champions is a peer-tutoring program at Tallahassee Community College that aids struggling math students so they can improve their skills. Skilled math students can receive a scholarship for tutoring.
TCC student Patrick Briggs is a struggling math student who is currently enrolled in Developmental Math (MAT0028) and has received help since the beginning of the Fall semester.
“It has helped me tremendously, and I’m just getting a grasp on things that I don’t understand,” Briggs said.
Math Champion Tiana Nunez Mendoza tutors Briggs.
“I’m actually studying to be a teacher, and I was thinking of being like a math teacher,” said Mendoza. “I was in math class, and my teacher noticed that I was helping people a lot. She said I should try out for Math Champions, so I signed up.”
Math Champions help their assigned faculty member in class as well.
Professor of Mathematics Stephanie Breedlove has been teaching math at TCC for 19 years. She teaches College Algebra (MAT1033) and Liberal Arts Math II (MGF1107).
Breedlove said her Math Champions tutors has helped improve the success rate in her classes.
“The Math Champions certainly enhances the number of resources and provides additional resources for my students,” Breedlove said.
Breedlove works among the creators of the program.
Sharisse Turner, Dean of the Transitional Studies Division, supervises the Math Champions program. Turner, and several other deans, came together and created the program in 2017.
Administration and faculty members who created Math Champions noticed that students were underperforming in math.
“Maybe if we had a peer-to-peer group to assist students maybe we can see a difference,” Turner said.
To join this program, you can contact Dean Turner or Professor of Mathematics and Transitional Studies Brandi Del Rossi.
For more information, click the following link: https://www.tcc.fl.edu/academics/academic-divisions/science-and-mathematics/math-champions/
Contact Dean Sharisse Turner via email: turners@tcc.fl.edu
Brandi del Rossi via email: delrossb@tcc.fl.edu
