Sheela Whelan
Contact Information
Phone: 914-606-8587
Office location: Technology Building / Rm 124B
Email: sheela.whelan@sunywcc.edu
Title: Associate Professor
Department/Division: Mathematics
Degree Information:
- Masters of Arts in Teaching, Mathematics, Manhattanville College
- Bachelors of Science, Business, Syracuse University
Courses Taught:
- Prealgebra
- Beginning Algebra
- Development of Mathematical Thought
- Nature of Mathematics
- College Algebra: Functions & Models
- College Algebra with Trigonometry
- Precalculus
- Calculus I
- Calculus II
Honors and Awards:
- Recipient of the 2015 John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Award, League for Innovation in the Community College
- SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching 2014
Publications and Presentations:
- “The ALEKS-TAC Program in Remedial Mathematics”, NYSMATYC Regional Conference, October, 2015.
- “Using ALEKS in Remedial Mathematics”, Teleconference with SUNY Leadership, September, 2015
- “How to Integrate ALEKS Into Your Math Classes”, Westchester Community College Summer Workshop, June 2014.
Institution Service or Academic Service:
- Achieving the Dream Core Team, September 2015 – present
- Search and Screen Committee Member, Assistant Dean of Learning Initiatives and Success, Fall 2015
- High School Partnership Co-Coordinator for Mathematics Program, September 2014 – present
- ACE Liaison for High School Mathematics Faculty, August 2010 – present
- Strategic Planning Committee, Spring 2013 – Spring 2015
- Middle States Subcommittee on Branch Campuses, Additional Locations, and Other Instructional Sites, Spring 2013 – Spring 2015
- Faculty Senator, 2008 – 2010
- Westchester Community College Federation of Teachers, Sick Bank Trustee, Fall 2009 – present
- Co-Chair, Westchester Community College Federation of Teachers Transparency Committee, Fall 2012 – 2013, member, Spring 2012