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Make a Difference: Transition to a Rewarding Career in Math Education
Becoming a math teacher offers you a unique opportunity to make a profound impact on the future. With a high demand for skilled math educators, your expertise can fill crucial gaps in education, helping to shape young minds and inspire a passion for learning. Teaching also provides a fulfilling career where every day presents new challenges and rewards. By sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm for math, you can foster critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and confidence in students, setting them on a path to success in various fields.
Transitioning to math teaching is not just a career change—it's a chance to make a lasting difference.
Program highlights
Earn your math teaching license through our comprehensive, job-embedded Transition to Teaching Program that fully prepares you for a successful teaching career.
Online, self-paced coursework
Online courses mean you can complete licensure requirements on your own time, so it’s possible to reach your goals while working full time.
Classroom residency
Test preparation
MathTrack will support you every step of the way as you prepare for and take the tests for both pedagogy and mathematics content. You will even have access to math tutors for no additional cost!
“This is a life-changing opportunity for me. I wasn’t sure I could teach math, but with MathTrack I’m now leading all Middle School classes in my school.”
— Erica Baker, MathTrack Candidate Teacher
Throughout the program you'll gain:
- Mastery of Mathematics Concepts: Gain deep, comprehensive knowledge of mathematical principles to effectively teach and inspire your students.
- Effective Teaching Methodologies: Learn proven instructional strategies that engage students and promote a love for learning.
- Classroom Management Skills: Develop the skills to create a positive, organized, and productive learning environment.
"I got into teaching because I wanted the opportunity to make a difference in the youth of my community, because I wanted to tackle unique challenges every day, and because it gives me the flexibility in my schedule to do the things I love - like hunting, fishing and coaching high school baseball!"
Jake Cole
Teacher in MathTrack's T2T Program
“I love working with students. Students will oftentimes tie their self-perception to their academic ability, and sometimes get discouraged when they don’t understand things. I love to help students build their confidence through problem solving and realize that they can do so much more than what they think they are capable of."
Sydney Ferree
Teacher in MathTrack's T2T Program
How it works (~12 months to completion!)
- Complete the application and fully enroll (~1 week)
- Payment plan
- Request your official transcripts get sent to transcripts@mathtrack.co
- Begin pre-residency coursework (4 - 12 weeks)
- Prepare for and complete residency (12 - 26 weeks)
- Teach and get paid while completing residency!
- Complete post-residency coursework
- Prepare for and pass the content and pedagogy state exams
- Don't worry - MathTrack will help!
Invest in your future
MathTrack Institute's Transition to Teaching program is $5,000, but we have secured $1,400 scholarships to help Indiana residents enroll in our Transition to Teaching program. This brings down the total cost to $3,600 (12 x $300 monthly payments)!
Get started by applying to the Transition to Teaching program at no cost! After you apply, you will receive the link to the scholarship
Common Questions
If you can’t find what you’re looking for, feel free to contact us!
What are the admission requirements? Who is and is not eligible?
There is a pathway for everyone who is interested:
- If you have a bachelor’s in Math (or at least 31 credit hours in math) you can be a full candidate.
- If you have a bachelor’s, but not in math, you can be a provisional candidate until you pass the math content exam. Upon successful completion of this exam, you’ll be a full candidate.
- If you do not have a bachelor's, the Apprenticeship-Based Bachelor’s Degree could be perfect for you.
What actually happens in the program?
MathTrack is a combined Transition to Teaching program and digital curriculum platform that provides job-specific instruction, licensure and blended-learning tools to train you to be an effective math teacher. Within that, you’ll get
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Virtual, self-paced, online classes
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Videos, modules/lessons, online assignments, interactive discussions
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Support from community of fellow educators
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Support and interaction with instructors
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Real world practice along with online training (on the job training/ apprenticeship)
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Support from content experts in learning math
Proprietary sequencing of mathematical concepts to help you learn the math you will need to know to be an effective math teacher in the shortest amount of time possible!
What support will I have along the way?
You’ll have support from a number of different places! We have a great team of coaches, instructors and teaching assistants to help answer your questions, you will have access to the community of other aspiring teachers who are going through the program with you, and other resources like help centers, private math tutoring, teaching tools, and more.
Ultimately, the program is tailored to you! We help you set your learning goals to meet your needs, then set up a timeline to match your needs. We will help you “fill your back-pack” with all the tools you will need to be a successful teacher.
Is this program synchronous or asynchronous?
MathTrack's Transition to Teaching Program is primarily asynchronous though the candidate has support from MathTrack instructors and tutors.
What tests do I need to pass? How many times can I take them?
You’ll need to pass two Praxis tests: Principles of Learning and Teaching: Grades 7-12 (5624) and Mathematics (5165). The tests can be taken multiple times, but you must wait 30 days between not passing the test and taking it again. MathTrack will help you prepare for both!
Can I teach while enrolled?
You will be able to teach with either a provisional license or an emergency license. That makes you the full teacher of record for the classes you are teaching. You will be required to have a mentor teacher in the building with you and will have observations. The emergency license or provisional licenses are only good for one year at a time and then must be renewed. There are certain requirements that must be met in order to renew.
What can I teach after I pass the licensure tests?
After you are licensed, you are now a full teacher! MathTrack is an Indiana Department of Education approved Education Preparation Program for secondary mathematics (grades 5-12). The Indiana leaching license has reciprocity with 47 other states. Teacher license reciprocity allows educators who hold a teaching license in one state to earn a license in another state, subject to meeting state-specific requirements. If you live in a different state, we will help you understand any steps that may be necessary to apply to have your new teaching license transferred to your state of residence.
What other costs are associated with the program?
There are some third-party fees for parts of the T2T program and licensure that are not covered by the tuition. These fees are typically around $500 and may include CPR training, QPR (suicide prevention) training, the costs of the licensure exams, or other fees that vary by state.
What happens if I don't finish?
Your progress will be saved and you are more than welcome to pick it back up anytime in the future, should you be interested again.
What if I already have a degree? What if I don't have a degree?
Any candidates who have a bachelor’s already can be accepted into the Transition to Teaching program at provisional (non-math bachelors) or full (bachelor’s in math) status. After competing the online modules and passing the content exam you will be a fully licensed math teacher.
If someone has a master’s degree in math, they do not need a T2T program. They can follow the advanced degree path to licensure. If the person has a master’s degree in another field, their path is the same as for provisional candidacy.
If you do not have a bachelor's, MathTrack can help you finish, you can consider the MathTrack Apprenticeship-Based Bachelor’s Degree Program.
What does job placement look like after I complete the program?
It somewhat depends if your school is sponsoring you and if you have an agreement with them. We do not currently place candidates in teaching jobs after they’ve completed our program. The good news for you is that there is high demand for math teachers across the nation!
How is MathTrack different than other Transition to Teaching programs?
Unlike other T2T programs who provide a generic approach to licensure, MathTrack is specific to math and provide ongoing math content, teaching practice, and test prep supports.
Can I complete residency hours before I'm enrolled in the residency course? I've already been a teacher for a while.
No, pre-residency courses must be completed prior to any teaching hours being counted towards residency. Once you reach the residency course, you will be provided additional information about your residency hours.
What are the GPA requirements to be accepted?
Per state requirements, a minimum 2.5 GPA is required to be considered into the Transition to Teaching Program. If your GPA is less than 2.5 but you're still interested, please contact us!