I live in McAllen, TX with my wife Mayra (23 years). We have two children, Angela (21 years) is a junior at the University of Texas in Austin, and Jacob (17 years) is a junior in high school.
I grew up in North Dakota and graduated high school in 1984 from Mandan High School, in Mandan, North Dakota. I studied Mathematics at Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota and graduated with my B.S. in 1988.
After college graduation, I moved to Texas and accepted my first teaching job with the La Joya Independent School District. I continue to work with LJISD, as this is my 36th year of teaching mathematics. My first 30 years were at La Joya High School and the past 6 years have been at the Academy of Health Science Professions. I have taught AP Calculus AB each year (since 1995), AP Calculus BC most of those years (when there is sufficient enrollment), AP Statistics each year (since 2006), and Precalculus each year (since 1992). I enjoyed teaching the 1st year of AP Precalculus this past school year (2023-24).
I continued my university studies at the University of Texas – Pan American, in Edinburg, from 1997-2000, where I earned my Masters of Mathematical Sciences in 2000. Since 2001, I have been part-time employed as a dual enrollment and adjunct faculty member (mathematics) for South Texas College, in McAllen, TX.
For College Board, I have been an AP Calculus Reader, since 2012, but I am transitioning to AP Precalculus this year, and am excited to be an Early Table Leader, and be on the inside when the debates begin for rubric development. development. This will be the 2nd year for doing APSIs for Precalculus. Last summer (2023), I facilitated 8 APSIs, 4 face-to-face and 4 online. I have written numerous AP Multiple Choice items for the AP Calculus exam and have also done some mentoring of fellow teachers in AP Calculus.
I am a T3 Regional Instructor for Texas Instruments and enjoy leading in-service trainings to fellow educators about TI graphing calculators, especially TI NSPIRE. I do some item writing for different companies for math assessments, I do some tutoring for Tutor.Com, and I do some consultant work for Hudson Global Scholars.
When I have some spare time, I enjoy following the Green Bay Packers. I am a proud owner of one piece of stock of this publicly-owned franchise. I enjoy working puzzles, preparing fajitas on the barbecue grill, and spending time with family.
Todd Steckler is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.