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Degrees and Certifications:

Bachelors: Mathematics (Teaching Option) Montana Tech - University of MT Masters: Teaching Middle-Level Mathematics University of Montana - Missoula Teaching Certification: Secondary Mathematics (5-12) University of Montana - Western Awards and Recognitions: -Montana Council of Teachers of Mathematics Executive Board Member (2019-2025) -2020 Hobson School Teacher of the Year -2022 MSU-Dr. William Stannard Teaching Award -ND STEM Teaching Fellowship (2023-2025)

Mr. Christopher Linhart

Born and raised right here in Hobson. I grew up on Linhart Farms, which has been in my family for over 110 years. I graduated from Hobson High School in 2004 and headed to Butte, America to attend Montana Tech. In the Spring of 2008, I graduated with Honors with a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics with an emphasis in Education.

In the Fall of 2008, I started teaching in Helena at Capital High School. There I taught Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, and Algebra 2 for five years. In 2012, I got the opportunity to come back and teach math in Hobson and I jumped at the opportunity to return to this great community to teach and raise my family.

To expand my teaching and challenge myself in the Summer of 2015, I started to pursue my master's degree in Teaching Middle-Level Mathematics from the University of Montana. This experience is one I will never forget and profoundly changed the way I look at education and student learning. I finished the program in the Fall of 2016.

My next big educational endeavor began in the spring of 2019 when I ran for and won an election to represent educators in Central Montana by sitting on the Montana Council of Teachers of Mathematics Executive Board. This experience has helped me to grow in my confidence in representing others as well as help promote MCTM across the state. I have loved being part of this board and it is something that will continue to mold and shape me for years to come.

2023 has given me a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that is making me reevaluate how I engage and question students. Mr. Poser, Mrs. Wichman, Mrs. Hickey and myself were selected to be part of a STEM Teaching Fellowship through the University of Notre Dame. This program is focused on how we as educators ask quality questions of our students that also promote thinking in a deep and meaningful way. We spent two weeks on the University of Notre Dame campus as we started our three-summer journey to be better educators for our school.

2023-2024 marks my 16th year of teaching. 

 


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Christopher's to-read book montage

The Children of Húrin
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
The Book of Lost Tales, Part One
The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two
The Innovators: How a Group of  Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
Steve Jobs
Blind Your Ponies
TGIF Math
Hexaflexagons and Other Mathematical Diversions
My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles
Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles
A History of π
Mathematical Magic Show
Riddles in mathematics;: A book of paradoxes
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number
What's Math Got to Do with It?: How Teachers and Parents Can Transform Mathematics Learning and Inspire Success
Elements of Grading: A Guide to Effective Practice
A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science


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