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Math, Science & Engineering

Helen Smith

Title: Chairperson, Mathematics, Science and Engineering
Building: Physical Science #405 - Office Hours: M-R: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm F: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm - Other hours by appointment
Phone: 602.243.8089
Email: helen.smith@smcmail.maricopa.edu



 

A teacher’s day is half bureaucracy, half crisis, half monotony, and one-eightieth epiphany.  Never mind the arithmetic. (Susan Ohanian)

 

Policy: I am generally in this office, except for meetings. However, I also serve as the Honors Coordinator and, therefore, may also be found in SS129.  Contact the Division Secretary at 602.243.8086 or leave a voice mail message.

Courses Offered:

  • MAT156 – Theory of Elementary Mathematics I

Education:

  • B.A. in Mathematics – College of St. Rose, Albany, New York
  • M.A. in Mathematics Education – Colgate University, Hamilton, New York
  • Other graduate courses: State University of New York at Albany, Russell Sage College, St. John Fisher College, University of Phoenix.

Experience:

I have been teaching mathematics since the days of the “new math”.  Starting in a city junior high, I have also taught in a rural NY middle school, high schools in Washington DC, Ontario NY and Pittsford-Mendon, a suburb of Rochester NY.  When I moved to Mesa in 1986, I started teaching beginning algebra for SMCC at our “satellite” campus, ASU.  I have taught all levels of mathematics through Brief Calculus but have focused on the courses for elementary teachers for the last ten years.