AMTE Get the Facts Out (GFO) Change Agents, Tim Hendrix, Jean Lee, Gary Martin, Amy Roth McDuffie, and Glenn Waddell, have been quite busy! Change agents have co-hosted GFO webinars with the Mississippi and Connecticut AMTE Affiliates, and will soon present to the Michigan Affiliate. Interested in co-hosting a GFO webinar with your affiliate? Contact the change agents! We are here to assist you!

GFO Change Agents, in collaboration with the Mathematics Teacher Education Partnership (MTEP), are also co-planning a pre-conference to the 2022 AMTE Annual Conference, Transforming Secondary Mathematics Teacher Preparation: Focus on Recruitment and Equity. The pre-conference is February 9, 2022, 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. PST.

The purpose of this 1-day pre-conference is to support mathematics teacher educators committed to improving secondary mathematics teacher preparation by exploring two interconnected areas: (1) effective strategies for recruiting STEM teacher candidates, with a focus on secondary mathematics teachers but applicable to candidates at all levels K-12, utilizing the resources of and led by members of the AMTE Get the Facts Out (GFO) Task Force (see www.getthefactsout.org); and (2) transforming secondary mathematics teacher preparation programs with a focus on equity and social justice, incorporating the expertise of the Mathematics Teacher Education Partnership (MTEP) (see www.mtep.info). 

The program will kick off with two plenary sessions focusing on each area organized by the AMTE GFO task force and MTEP, followed by break-out sessions in the afternoon providing opportunities to dig more deeply into aspects of program transformation and recruitment. See tentative schedule here. The pre-conference offers a valuable opportunity to gain important insights into how you might improve your secondary mathematics teacher preparation program, particularly its recruitment strategies, as well as to network with others who have a similar focus. 

Please register for the conference at this link at your earliest convenience, as space is limited. Note that we anticipate that a limited amount of funding will be available to support attendance at this pre-conference.