Jamil Siddiqui inducted into National Teachers Hall of Fame

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Jamil Siddiqui, a mathematics teacher from East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, is one of five educators who have been inducted into the 2020 class of the National Teachers Hall of Fame (NTHF). Photo credit: Bostonia Magazine.

Congratulations are due to educator Jamil Siddiqui, a mathematics teacher from East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He is one of five educators who have been inducted into the 2020 class of the National Teachers Hall of Fame (NTHF).

Jamil teaches mathematics, Honors Algebra II, Honors Precalculus, and Advanced Placement Calculus at East Bridgewater Junior/Senior High School in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. During his 27 years as a teacher there, he has coached hundreds of students for the AP Calculus test. On average, seven out of ten of those students receive a score of three or higher on the exam. One in three will score a perfect five. Those statistics are well above the national average.

Over the span of his career, the honored educator has seen 16 of his former students become math teachers. The first was a student from his 1996 class, and the most recent is in their mid-20s, Jamil reports.

In addition to his responsibilities in the classroom, Jamil has worked closely with Mass Insight Education as a Mathematics Lead Teacher since 2012. He has also served as a College Board consultant for AP calculus since 2014. He was named the Massachuetts State Teacher of the Year in 2019.

Colleagues and students often point out Jamil’s pure love of math, and his undying commitment to his school. They say he is the kind of a teacher who hosts barbecues for his students, attends their sports games, and routinely stays late as a club advisor or a confidante. “I always say, you gotta love something, either your subject or your students,” Jamil says. “The best teachers, I think, love both.”

Jamil earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering in 1993, his Masters of Arts in Teaching in 1994, and his Master of Arts degree in Teaching Pure Mathematics in 1998, all from Boston University.

To read more about this Chalkboard Champion, click on this link to Bostonia Magazine.