Maureen Ringrose, Vernon Public Schools
Maureen Ringrose brings more than fourteen years of experience as a mathematics educator to the Noyce Math Teacher Leadership Program. Currently teaching at Rockville High School in Vernon, Connecticut, Maureen cultivates classrooms that emphasize growth mindset, student discourse, and meaningful math engagement. She teaches a wide range of mathematics courses, from Algebra and Geometry to advanced topics in precalculus.
In addition to her classroom work, Maureen plays an active leadership role within her school and the broader education community. She serves as a Connecticut TEAM mentor and cooperating teacher, supporting preservice and early-career teachers as they develop their instructional practice. Maureen leads her school’s Algebra I Professional Learning Committee and contributes to professional development efforts that strengthen mathematics teaching across her district. Her leadership extends to higher education as well: she serves as adjunct faculty at the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education, helping prepare the next generation of secondary mathematics teachers.
As a Noyce MTL Fellow, Maureen engages in practitioner research that focuses on building student confidence and advancing equitable classroom practices. Her independent leadership projects (ILPs) include Helping Students Build Math Confidence (’23-’24), which explored how collaborative learning structures influence student confidence and achievement, and Student Achievement Through Equitable Grading Practices (’24-’25), which investigated grading approaches that more accurately reflect student learning while promoting fairness and transparency. Maureen found that students were excited to utilize a navigation tool where they shared completed math work from each lesson with their classmates. Students used their own and their classmates’ work to prepare for summative assessments.
Maureen also collaborated with fellow Noyce participants to research and deliver a webinar titled “Post Secondary Readiness” for the Connecticut State Department of Education in preparation for the 2026 Alliance District Symposium. The webinar focuses on mathematics students’ postsecondary readiness, encouraging educators to consider how instructional practices and course pathways can ensure that all students experience mathematics that prepares them for future opportunities in college, career, and civic life.