Biography

Eric Schultz has been an educator for nine years. He began his career teaching fifth grade at St. Bonaventure School, and has taught sixth grade literacy and mathematics at Pojoaque Valley's Sixth Grade Academy for the past six years. Eric has been on a lifelong journey to better himself as an educator because of his desire to take care of the children of our world. His experiences working with Mathematically Connected Communities (MC2) at New Mexico State University led him to rediscover what it means to be a quality teacher of mathematics. During his three years as a teacher leader with MC2, Eric worked collaboratively to learn about best practices for teaching mathematics. He traveled across the state to provide teachers with weeklong professional trainings on this pedagogy. Eric's passion for teaching is inspired by his students and his desire to do right by them. He pushes his students to dig deep into their own mathematical minds as he works to build a community of engaged, challenged, and collaborative learners in his classes. Eric maintains leadership roles at his school by facilitating professional learning experiences focused on implementing research-based teaching practices. He has spent time as a Teacher Leader in the Los Alamos National Labs Math and Science Academy where he continued to work to improve mathematics instruction for students in Northern New Mexico. Eric earned a B.S. in childhood education from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh and is currently working on a M.A. in elementary mathematics and science from New Mexico State University. He has also earned graduate credit in reading/literacy from Eastern New Mexico University. He holds a kindergarten through eighth grade teaching license.