Madeline Kohutka

Majored in Mathematics And Secondary Education
Cedar Crest College, Class of 2021
From Pottsville, PA

I am an 8th grade math teacher at Wind Gap Middle School, having taught Alg. I, Alg. II, and 8th grade Core math. In my four years at Cedar Crest College, I worked part-time with America Reads, an after-school program that allows me to tutor young students, at my college's library as a peer tutor for multiple math courses, and as an instructional assistant to two of my math professors. Helping others has always been a part of my character; I tutored peers in elementary and middle school, as well, and student taught at my former dance studio for five years. In addition to my extra-curriculars, I was inducted into the National Honor Society for two consecutive years in high school and made the Dean's List in college for all 8 semesters. I am also a member of Kappa Mu Epsilon, the mathematics honor society at CCC and graduated with honors in May 2021.

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Education

Cedar Crest College
Pottsville Area High School

Madeline in the News

Madeline Kohutka of Pottsville Graduates from Cedar Crest College

Cedar Crest College celebrated the Class of 2021 at its 151st Commencement Exercises on Friday, May 14, and Saturday, May 15. Madeline Kohutka of Pottsville, PA, graduated with a degree in Educati...

June, 25 2021 - Verified by Cedar Crest College

Madeline Kohutka of Pottsville Named to Cedar Crest College's Spring 2021 Dean's List

Congratulations to Madeline Kohutka of Pottsville, PA, for making the Dean's List for the spring 2021 semester. The Dean's List recognizes students who have earned a grade point average of 3.65 or ...

June, 24 2021 - Verified by Cedar Crest College

Madeline Kohutka of Pottsville Named to Cedar Crest College's Fall 2020 Dean's List

Congratulations to Madeline Kohutka of Pottsville, PA for making the Dean's List for the fall 2020 semester. The Dean's List recognizes students who have earned a grade point average of 3.65 or hig...

January, 27 2021 - Verified by Cedar Crest College

Cedar Crest College recognizes Spring 2020 Dean's List recipients

Cedar Crest College congratulates dozens of students who were named to the Dean's List for the Spring semester of 2020. Among the students recognized is Madeline Kohutka of Pottsville, PA. The De...

June, 09 2020 - Verified by Cedar Crest College

Cedar Crest College recognizes Fall 2019 Dean's List recipients

Cedar Crest College congratulates dozens of students who were named to the Dean's List for the Fall semester of 2019. Among the students recognized is Madeline Kohutka of Pottsville, PA. The Dean's...

January, 14 2020 - Verified by Cedar Crest College

Cedar Crest College recognizes Spring 2019 Dean's List recipients

Cedar Crest College congratulates dozens of students who were named to the Dean's List for the Spring semester of 2019. Among the students recognized is Madeline Kohutka ...

May, 17 2019 - Verified by Cedar Crest College

2019 Sophomore Expedition takes students to Athens, Greece

Dozens of Cedar Crest College students traveled to Athens, Greece recently, as part of the Carmen Twillie Ambar Sophomore Expedition. The Sophomore Expedition is a guaranteed study abroad program....

March, 12 2019 - Verified by Cedar Crest College

Cedar Crest College recognizes 2018 Dean's List recipients

Cedar Crest College congratulates dozens of students who were named to the Dean's List for the Fall semester of 2018. Among the students recognized is Madeline Kohutka ...

February, 07 2019 - Verified by Cedar Crest College

Cedar Crest College recognizes 2018 Dean's List recipients

Cedar Crest College congratulates dozens of students who were named to the Dean's List for the spring semester of 2018. Among the students recognized is Madeline Kohutka ...

October, 05 2018 - Verified by Cedar Crest College

Cedar Crest College 2017-18 Annual Day of Service

Cedar Crest College believes that being civically engaged in one's community is a critical step in one's life journey. Each year during New Student Orientation, students are provided an opportunity...

January, 26 2018 - Verified by Cedar Crest College

Cedar Crest College America Reads and America Counts 2017-18 Student Staff

America Reads and America Counts is a tutoring opportunity that works with local children in before school, during school and after school programs to help children develop and improve their readin...

January, 24 2018 - Verified by Cedar Crest College

Madeline Kohutka Named to the 2017 Fall Dean's List at Cedar Crest College

Madeline Kohutka of Pottsville , PA was named to Cedar Crest College Dean's List for the Fall 2017 semester. Dean's List is awarded each fall and spring...

January, 24 2018 - Verified by Cedar Crest College

Enrolled at Cedar Crest College

Welcome to Cedar Crest College!

September, 28 2017 - Verified by Cedar Crest College

Achievements Added by Madeline

Madeline Kohutka was recognized for studying abroad

Class tourism trip to Athens, Greece as part of the Sophomore Expedition

Spring 2019 - Added by Madeline

Madeline Kohutka was recognized for earning a spot on an honors list

Inducted into Kappa Mu Epsilon, the mathematics honors society

Spring 2019 - Added by Madeline

Madeline Kohutka was recognized for earning a spot on the Dean's List

Listed on Dean's List for seven consecutive semesters

Fall 2017 - Fall 2020 - Added by Madeline

Madeline Kohutka was recognized for earning a scholarship

Presidential Scholarship for Cedar Crest College, $20,000

Fall 2017 - Fall 2019 - Added by Madeline

Madeline Kohutka was recognized for earning a scholarship

Mathematics Departmental Scholarship, $2,000

Fall 2017 - Fall 2019 - Added by Madeline

Madeline Kohutka was recognized for being accepted

Accepted into my first-choice school, Cedar Crest College

Spring 2017 - Added by Madeline

Madeline Kohutka was recognized for earning a spot on an honors list

National Honor Society student for two consecutive years

Fall 2015 - Spring 2017 - Added by Madeline

Activities

Community Justice Panel

Community Justice Panels are made up of individuals looking to help local juveniles who have received misdemeanors with the authorities. These panels allow us to meet with teens to discuss the incident in question, how their decisions can impact their futures, and their responsibilities moving forward. If a teen completes all activities and reflections included in their panel contract drafted after their hearing, all charges against them are dropped.

Fall 2019 - Fall 2020 - Cedar Crest College

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SLIMES (Spotted Lanternfly Investigated through Mathematical and Environmental Sciences)

SLIMES is a research opportunity for high school students looking to investigate the new phenomenon of the spotted lanternfly invasion of Allentown. Students work with undergraduate mentors and professors from local colleges to research the habits of these creatures, capture, mark, and release them in nearby parks, and work towards a possible solution for preventing their spread.

Summer 2019 - Fall 2019 - Cedar Crest College

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Tap Ties Apprentice Company

TTAP is the apprentice company of Tap Ties. This group of advanced tap dancers gather for rehearsals and various performances while fostering their passion for dance.

Fall 2017 - Fall 2019 - Cedar Crest College

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Drama Club

Pottsville Area Drama Club (also known as 'The Crimson Players') performs an annual holiday show and an annual spring musical. It is a great community of caring people who are all looking to entertain a crowd and have fun among each other.

Fall 2013 - Spring 2017 - Pottsville Area High School

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REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates)

During this two-month summer program, REU participants were able to work with peers from across the country and highly educated mentors on multiple projects within a discipline. At the Moravian Mathematics REU program, I was able to research many different facets of the subject through a game-theory based project and a graph-theory based project.

Cedar Crest College

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Work Experience

Instructional Assistant at America Reads

Aided math professors in delivering and explaining content in both live and virtual settings

February 2019 - December 2020

Peer Tutor at America Reads

Peer tutored fellow Cedar Crest College students in various mathematics courses, including Precalc., Calc., and Prob. & Stats.

August 2018 - December 2020

Tutor at America Reads

Tutors assist young students with completing their homework, manage groups of children, and motivate perseverance and persistence.

September 2017 - Present

Projects + Publications

Two dependent probabilistic chip-collecting games

Alice and Bob take turns to collect chips in the following manner. In each turn, Alice tosses a fair coin, which decides whether she collects a or b chips, where a and b are positive integers. If Alice collects a chips, then Bob collects b chips, and vice versa. We consider two variants of game play that have different rules in determining the winner. Namely, the winner of Game 1 is the first player to collect at least n chips, while the winner of Game 2 is the first player to collect a positive number of chips congruent to 0 modulo n. We fully determine the formula for the winning probabilities of each player in Game 1, and determine the best and worst case scenarios in terms of winning probabilities in Game 2.

January 2021 - Publications

Analysis of Probability in the game of Monopoly - Probability and Statistics

A fun final project for a math course that explores just how much of this classic board game comes down to chance with included tips on playing a better game.

April 2019 - Classwork

Lesson Plan on MMO Game Project - Reading in the Content Area

Based on the book 'For the Win' by Cory Doctorow, this lesson plan describes an interesting project in which students, given little instruction, compete to earn the most online currency through the game RuneScape.

March 2019 - Classwork

Lesson Plan on Algebra I Placement - Evidence Based Approaches

February 2019 - Classwork

Supplemental Worksheet on Algebra I Placement - Evidence Based Approaches

Lesson plan written and presented to a college-level class by myself based on the article 'Predicting Eighth-Grade Algebra Placement for Students With Individualized Education Programs' by Valerie N. Faulkner, Cathy L. Crossland, and Lee V. Stiff. This accompanying worksheet is meant to test whether students value student performance or teacher judgement when tasked with placing a child in a math class.

February 2019 - Classwork

Curriculum Vitae

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