Restructuring AMTE and Reflecting on the 20th Annual Conference
Connections
An official AMTE publication for the mathematics teacher education community.
Spring 2016
Volume No.:
25
Issue No.:
3
Welcome to the Spring 2016 issue of Connections. This issue highlights details and photos from our 2016 Annual Conference held in Irvine, CA! We look forward to seeing you in 2017, when we will return to Orlando, Florida (February 9-11, 2017). Exciting news: AMTE's twitter account is now active (@AMTENews)! Also, join us at the AMTE reception at the NCTM Annual Meeting (Thursday, April 14, from 6:00 - 7:30 pm, Marriott Marquis, Golden Gate Ballroom A).
Babette M. Benken, Editor
This year's Annual Conference had a record number of presenters and was an exciting opportunity for professional development for all.
During the 2016 conference, we celebrated our 20th conference with several activities.
Jessica Utts, American Statistical Association President
The demand for statistics education presents some exciting challenges to educators of mathematics, and the American Statistical Association is working with math teachers across the country to give them professional development support, training and resources.
The AMTE Affiliate Connections Committee share the vision for their work.
Nominations for AMTE Secretary and Board Member-at-Large are due May 15, 2016.
Announcing AMTE's two 2017 scholarships–applications due this summer.
AMTE Position Statement on Technology
AMTE's position statement on technology is now available on the AMTE website . The AMTE Board sincerely appreciates the work of the Technology Committee for submitting the initial draft of the position statement.
Call for Proposals for the 2017 AMTE Annual Conference
The 2017 Call for Proposals is now available on the AMTE website . We hope you will consider submitting a proposal for next year's conference, to be held February 9-11, 2017 in Orlando, Florida. The online submission site at All-Academic will be available on or around April 1, 2016.
Deadline to submit a proposal : May 15, 2016 at 11:59 pm PDT
Connections is a quarterly online publication of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. The newsletter offers a peer-reviewed opportunity for members to disseminate information to the mathematics teacher education community.
Editor
- Babette Benken, California State University – Long Beach, babette.benken@csulb.edu
Editorial Panel
- Daniel Ilaria, West Chester University, dilaria@wcupa.edu (2014-2017)
- Maggie Niess, Oregon State University, niessm@onid.orst.edu (2014-2017)
- Barbara Hess, California University of Pennsylvania, hess@calu.edu (2015-2018)
- James Telese, University of Texas-Brownsville, james.telese@utb.edu (2015-2018)
- Gwendolyn Johnson, University of North Texas at Dallas, gwendolyn.johnson@untdallas.edu (2016-2019)
- Sarah Selmer, West Virginia University, sarah.selmer@mail.wvu.edu (2016-2019)