Vidalina Treviño

Fellowship Placement: National Science Foundation
Hometown: Fort Worth, TX

Vidalina Treviño serves as mathematics department chair and teaches Algebra 2 and Dual Credit College Algebra and Dual Credit Precalculus at Tarrant County College South FWISD/Collegiate high school in Fort Worth, Texas. Ms. Treviño’s 32-year experience spans three states (Texas, Colorado and Ohio), three grade levels (middle school, high school and college) and encompasses various roles (teacher, instructional coach, instructional specialist, professional development designer and facilitator, and trainer). Ms. Treviño earned her B.S. in Secondary Education and M.Ed. in Educational Research and Collaboration, both from Texas Christian University. She earned an M.A. in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Arlington and earned a Mathematics Teacher Leadership Graduate Certificate from the University of Northern Colorado. She is a recipient of the FWISD Chair for Teaching Excellence in Mathematics, received Outstanding Teacher Awards for high school and middle school, and earned faculty recognition at University of North Texas Honors Convocation. She applies her passion and curiosity for teaching and learning to work diligently with teachers and students to build positive, self-reflective, and effective learning communities. She loves instilling passion and curiosity for learning by making connections with math and science topics. In her role as a middle school instructional coach, she implemented lesson study which resulted in a co-authored publication in National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ journal, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School. In her role as Master Teacher at UTeach Institute’s UNT Teach North Texas program, a program designed to address the national shortage of math and science teachers; she recruited and taught elementary and middle school level pedagogical courses to math and science undergraduates; conducted field observations of students in elementary and middle school contexts; and collaborated with district partners, principals and the UNT School of Education and College of Arts and Sciences regarding content delivery, advising, and field experiences. As a national trainer with National Math Science Initiative, she has facilitated several hundreds of hours of professional development for teachers on making pre-AP STEM content accessible to all students. She designed and facilitated Flipped Classroom Professional Learning Series for FWISD middle and high school teachers which was instrumental in aiding the transition to remote learning during the pandemic.