Board of Directors
Executive Committee
| Past President | Steven Leinwand |
| First Vice President | Jerry Cummins |
| Second Vice President | Bettye Forte |
Regional Directors
| Central 1 | Rich Wyllie |
| Central 2 | Reta Smith |
| Eastern 1 | Barbara Berman |
| Eastern 2 | Jim Bohan |
| Southern 1 | Deborah Donovan |
| Southern 2 | Pamela Chandler |
| Western 1 | Larry Kaber |
| Western 2 | Kay Gilliland |
| Canada | Rita Janes |
Annual Conference
March 30 – April 1, 1998
Washington, D.C. |
Total Membership: 2,848 |
Attendance: 1,386 |
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: Robert D. Davis
Keynote Speaker: Lee Stiff-“Revolutionaries, Reformers, and Revisionists – TIPS for Special Math Educators” and John Dossey-“The NVMT (National Voluntary 8th Grade Mathematics Test) and Implications Across the Math Curriculum”
Major Session Speakers:
Theme and Year of Leadership
Theme: Tools, Ideas, and Practical Strategies (TIPS) for Keeping the Math Revolution Alive and Well
The Year of Leadership:
- Expanded opportunities in extended sessions at the annual conference
- Published the monograph, “Future Basics: Developing Numerical Power” (by Randall Charles and Joanne Lobato)
- NCSM members received “Partners in Change Handbook”
- Wrote and distributed the leadership position paper, “Improving Student Achievement Through Designated District and School Mathematics Program Leaders”
- Held the first NCSM Leadership Academy (July 17-20, 1997 at McDonald’s Corporation Facilities, Oak Brook, Illinois)
Conference Focus
- Equity: Not just a concept, but a set of actions that leaders must initiate
- Algebra: Not just a course, but a set of essential K-12 experiences that leaders must implement
- Technology: Not just a tool, but an indispensable part of all instruction that leaders must promote
- Assessment: Not just a test, but the glue for all effective programs that leaders must create
- Opposition to the Revolution: Not just a passing fancy, but an undeniable reality that all leaders must face
- Leadership Skills: Not an option, but necessary tools to bring about change
Summer Leadership Academy
July 17-20, 1997
Oak Brook, IL |
Theme: NCSM Leadership Academy |
Academy Director: Jerry Cummins
Presenters: Jerry Cummins, Tim Kanold, Grace Kelemanik, Yvonne Mojica, Eric Schluter
