ICTM Newsletter for March 2024

Save the Date for ICTM's 2024 Conference!

Inspiring Minds + Unleashing Potential

More information is coming on other featured speakers and pre-conference workshops. Keep an eye on social media for regular updates.

Apply for an ICTM Grant

ICTM has several grants to help support your professional development:

• ICTM Teaching & Learning Grant ($750)
• NCTM Conference Grant ($800)

Read about the application requirements for each and apply!

Focus on ICTM's Website 

Executive Board Members
We have a lot of new board members ready to lead and serve Iowa mathematics teachers. Get to know them!

Miss a Webinar or Conference Session? 
Check out our members-only resources at My ICTM. Visit our Video Library to watch former professional learning series and conference sessions by Peter Liljedahl, Jennifer Bay Williams, Doug Clements, Deborah Peart, India White, Vanessa Vakharia, and Graham Fletcher.  

Hear from our 2023 First Year Teacher Grant Recipient

"A highlight of my first year of teaching has been getting to know each and every one of my students. Their talents and skills amaze me. I especially enjoy using strategies from Building Thinking Classrooms by Peter Leljedahl to see the unique ways students think through problems. One of my favorite activities we have done in Pre-Calculus has been using exponentials and logarithms to study the lasting impacts of the Chernobyl nuclear explosion." - Lydia Butters

Read about all our awardees here.

New! ICTM Learning Network to Connect Teachers

The first meeting was February 27 with a presentation for new and experienced teachers, "What I wish I knew sooner about teaching word problems using key words" by Lynn Selking. Presented to new and experienced teachers, Lynn and Sharon Jaeschke talked different types of tape diagrams. Many of the (mostly secondary) experienced teachers had no idea that there are so many different types of addition and subtraction models!

Watch for another learning opportunity for early-career and future teachers in April on "What I wish I knew before I started my first teaching job" which will involve asking newer teachers to share their thoughts with students getting ready to graduate. 

Please plan to join us if you are a new teacher. If you work with student teachers please let them know about this opportunity! Watch the April newsletter and social media for more info. Email Deidra at ICTMmzgc@gmail.com for details or to sign up.

~ Professional Development Opportunities ~

FREE Amplify Math Symposium Amplify Math Symposium 

Sign up soon for 5 hours of virtual PD with Jennifer Bay Williams, Gerardo Ramirez, Akimi Gibson, & Dan Meyer from 12-5pm (EDT), March 12. Read more about the Symposium here.

FREE Hand2Mind Webinar Series - Register today!

• 4-5pm, Tuesday, March 12: Drop the Keywords: Developing Problem-Solving Skills through Sense-Making Routines with Brandi David
• 4-5pm, Tuesday, March 19: Mastering Addition and Subtraction Math Facts Through Learning Progressions with Sue O'Connell
• 4-5pm, Tuesday, March 26: Multiplication and Division Fluency: Building Automatic Mathematicians, Not Math Memorizers with Jennifer Bay-Williams
  
• 4-5pm, Tuesday, April 9: Revolutionize Your Math Blocks with a Student-Centered Approach with Reagan Tunstall and Kristina Grant.

Tricks are NOT for Students! By Kevin Dykema

The Butterfly Method. Keep Change Flip and Keep Flip. Change. There’s no doubt you’ve seen or heard these mathematics learning tricks and several others. I’m sure you’ve also heard, “Yours is not to reason why; just invert and multiply.” Or you’ve noticed a student who has learned to “cross multiply and divide” and begins to apply it to multiplication of fractions or division of fractions rather than to proportional relationships.

What message do we send to our students when we present mathematics as a series of tricks? Read more of the NCTM President's Message.

NCTM Events, Professional Development, and Resources

NCTM's Best of 2023 
Looking for new resources? NCTM has compiled a list of the most popular member resources that came from this year. 

View journal articles, webinars, classroom resources, and more. 

Iowa AMTE Seeking Nominations & Virtual Seminar

Iowa AMTE is seeking nominations for President, Vice President (President-Elect), Treasurer, and Community College Representative on the Board of Directors

It is critical that they fill these positions for Iowa AMTE to continue to function as an organization. Your service will ensure that they are able to provide services such as the annual conference and regular online discussions around topics relevant to their membership. Please consider how you can serve Iowa AMTE.

Position descriptions are here and the call for nominations is here. Nominations close March 15.

Iowa AMTE Virtual Seminar

Iowa AMTE's first virtual seminar for this spring semester is 1pm, Friday, March 22. Dr. Maryann Huey, professor of mathematics at Drake University, will lead a session about IHEMTAC (Iowa High Education Mathematics Transition Advisory Council). In this presentation, she will share an overview of IHEMTAC goals and work with a specific focus on the pathways that are taken by Iowa students from grades 8 through 12 using the entire 2020 graduating class (n=33,000+). She will discuss the pathways work, which has implications for equity within the state, as well as the implications for teacher preparation and professional development. Join the virtual session here.

We Want to Hear from You!

Do you have ideas for future emails, professional development activities, or website and social media posts? We'd love to hear from you; contact us at one of our email addresses.

@iowamathteach

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