From all of us at ICTM, thanks for a great 2024 Annual Conference!
Conference Dates for 2025
Monday, Oct 20: Pre-conference workshops
Tuesday, Oct 21: Conference
2024 Conference Video Recordings
What a great conference for growing professionally: engaging with great speakers, learning new techniques, talking math, & reconnecting.
Do you wish you had access to a recording of our keynote address by Jo Boaler, author of "Math-ish", or the featured speaker talks by Nat Banting, Kevin Dykema, John SanGiovanni, India White, and Cathy Williams?
As a member, you do! Log into iowamath.org and navigate to My ICTM and watch them again!
Congratulations to our New Executive Board Members!
THANK YOU! to everyone who agreed to run for President-Elect and At-Large Representatives on ICTM's Executive Board and to everyone that voted in the election.
Please join us in welcoming our new ICTM Executive Board members!
Registration is now open for two in-person workshops on Building Thinking Classrooms with Chase Orton, a member of Peter Liljedahl's Building Thinking Classrooms team.
Introduction to Building Thinking Classrooms (Wednesday, February 19)
How We Extend the Collective Experience to Individual Understanding in a Thinking Classroom (Thursday, February 20)
More details coming soon!
Developing Understanding of Fractions & Fraction Operations with Marian Small in three online webinars.
Save these Tuesday dates:
January 21
February 4
February 18
Congratulations to the Recipients of ICTM's Travel Grants
The NCTM conference travel grant recipient is Brooke Fischels of the Ottumwa Community School District. Brooke will be reimbursed up to $800 for travel to the NCTM conference in Chicago this fall! Read about her Aha! moments in the ICTM Journal 2.0.
The ICTM Conference Travel Grant recipient is Lauren Anders of the Ottumwa Community School District. Lauren will be reimbursed up to $400 for her ICTM conference costs on October 22! Read her highlights from conference in the ICTM Journal 2.0.
Congratulations to the Recipients of The Marilyn Zweng First Year Teacher Grant
ICTM awarded 17 grants and over $7,000 to new first-year mathematics teachers in Iowa. Read their inspiring stories and what they are excited about their first year teaching mathematics.
More Grant Opportunities this Year!
Interested in pursuing professional learning or a project? We have a grant for that!
ICTM Teaching and Learning Grant($750) to support professional learning or a project that supports access & equity for all students or is linked to the Iowa Math and Practice Standards or the 8 Effective Teaching Practices; applications accepted on a rolling basis.
IA-NCSM is excited to announce that its professional learning series, "Figuring Out Fluency in Mathematics Teaching and Learning," aligns with the newly revised Iowa Academic Standards for Mathematics.
Meetings are Dec 11, Jan 15, Feb 12, Mar 12, & Apr 9.
Unlocking Potential: The Cognitive Benefits of All Students Taking Algebra 2
Why should every students take Algebra 2? Explore the cognitive benefits of taking Algebra 2 and why it is essential to every student's educational journey in this article by April Pforts the K-12 Mathematics Consultant for the Iowa Department of Education.
What is Fluency in the Iowa Academic Standards for Mathematics?
Wonder what is meant by fluency in the Iowa Academic Standards for Mathematics? Check out the article by April Pforts, the K-12 Mathematics Consultant for the Iowa Department of Education.
Free Courses for Academically Talented Iowa Students
The Belin Blank Center’s Iowa Online AP® Academy (IOAPA) provides qualifying Iowa students free access to advanced coursework. For high school students, these courses are a part of the College Board’s Advanced Placement® (AP) program. High school-level courses are also made available to eligible middle school students. AP exam scholarships are available, with preference given to students from rural schools.
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