{"id":2738,"date":"2025-11-21T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/?p=2738"},"modified":"2025-11-23T21:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T03:19:14","slug":"faculty-friday-from-jccc-tutor-to-professor-meet-aaron-gibbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/2025\/11\/21\/faculty-friday-from-jccc-tutor-to-professor-meet-aaron-gibbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Friday: From JCCC Tutor To Professor, Meet Aaron Gibbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For some people, math can be their most dreaded subject. Many don\u2019t enjoy the complex concepts and brain power it can take to solve a simple equation. But, for statistics professor Aaron Gibbs, math is the subject that kick-started his career as a JCCC professor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started out as a tutor at JCCC around 2001, and I realized I really enjoyed helping students make sense of math concepts that felt confusing at first,\u201d Gibbs said. \u201cThat experience made me realize teaching might be a good fit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gibbs felt teaching math at the school that started it all felt natural, and after many years of teaching the same courses, he is proud to be a part of the founding team of a new math course. He believes this course will really help students succeed in their studies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been part of the team developing our new Math 161 course, a statistics class that\u2019s part of the \u2018math pathways\u2019 model,\u201d Gibbs said. \u201cIt\u2019s designed to give students a more relevant and accessible math option for their required math course. A student\u2019s pathway should match their interests and academic goals. All three of our pathway courses transfer to Kansas universities, so we\u2019re trying to spread the word about the two newer options: Elementary Statistics (161) and Contemporary Math (151).\u201d<\/p>\n

Gibbs is also pleased with the feedback he gets from his students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always appreciate it when a student tells me later that something from the class helped them succeed in another course or project,\u201d Gibbs said. \u201cThat kind of feedback means a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with the feedback he received throughout the school year, Gibbs loves to see students learn and soak in the information together.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy favorite moments are usually the small ones: interesting class discussions, students helping each other out or days when everything just clicks,\u201d Gibbs said.<\/p>\n

Though there are many benefits and positive interactions in his job, Gibbs believes being a professor can be challenging at times.<\/p>\n

\u201cTime management for sure [is a difficult thing], at least for me,\u201d Gibbs said. \u201cThe teaching itself is great, but there\u2019s a lot of planning, grading, preparing and prioritizing that goes on behind the scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although it can be tough to manage, Gibbs greatly appreciates his job and feels the work he does pays off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like watching students get more confident as the semester goes on,\u201d Gibbs said. \u201cThose moments when something finally makes sense for someone are always rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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