Linda Gojak spent 28 years teaching mathematics at the elementary and middle school levels. In addition to her teaching responsibilities she chaired the K-8 mathematics department at Hawken School where she spent most of my teaching career. Responsibilities included professional development for K-8 teachers, curricula selection and development, parent education and working with the high school mathematics department and chair.

For the past six years Gojak has directed the Center for Mathematics and Science Education, Teaching, and Technology at John Carroll University. This center, unique to northeastern Ohio, offers a variety of professional development opportunities for K-12 mathematics and science teachers. The Center is currently partnering with the Cleveland Municipal School District, Cleveland State University and Case Western Reserve University on an NSF funded MSP grant. Its role in this project has been to begin a new Master's of Arts program at John Carroll in Middle School Mathematics or Science Teaching. This program is designed for teachers who currently hold K-8 certification as generalists and enables these teachers to become licensed as middle school mathematics or science specialists. The Center also partners with the same group and several other high needs districts in the area to provide extensive subject focused professional development in mathematics or science for teachers of grades 3-6. Over the past 6 years, they have also been involved with the Eisenhower program, Improving Teacher Quality and projects funded by private foundations.

Gojak has been an active member of the Greater Cleveland Council of Teachers of Mathematics serving as a director and President of that organization. She has served as vice president and president of the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics. She has been on the Board of Directors of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Mathematical Sciences Education Board. She served as vice-president and president of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics and is currently past president of that organization. She has received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching and the Christofferson Fawcett award for leadership in the state of Ohio. She has brought both CPAM and NCSM to the membership of the Triangle Coalition and has attended all of the Triangle Coalition's Legislative Conferences.