His role involves the development of math teachers through the Secondary Education M.Ed. He complements that work by helping experienced teachers become education researchers through the Curriculum and Instruction Doctoral Program. He often collaborates with science education colleagues, math and science faculty, professional organizations and local schools, and has achieved national recognition for licensure programs, a master's-level curriculum for DC teachers, partnerships that provide tuition funding for teacher candidates and conducting major research in the curriculum materials field. Pyke became a teacher as an undergraduate through a program similar to GWTeach.