2017/2018

Theme: Leading Mathematics into the Future: Inspiring Monumental Change

Download the 50th Anniversary Booklet (8.5 MB).

The Year of Leadership:

• Presented at NCTM Annual Meeting in San Antonio (April 7, 2017)
• Held the NCSM Fall Leadership Academy, Mathematics Leadership in a Time of Change: Building Leaders at all Levels (Bangor, ME, July 24-26, 2017)
• Held the NCSM Fall Leadership Seminars, Mathematics Leadership in a Time of Change: Building Leaders at all Levels (Chicago, IL, November 29, 2017)
• Established the Teacher-Leader Professional Learning Grant (PreK-12)
• Five new NCSM affiliates including: North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Colorado Mathematics Leaders, New Hampshire Teachers of Mathematics, Nevada Mathematics Education Leadership Council, and Mississippi Mathematics Specialists
• Presented at Association of State Supervisors of Mathematics (ASSM) Annual Meeting, (Washington D.C. April 21, 2018)
• Presented at NCTM’s Regional Conference Florida (Orlando, FL, October 18-20, 2017)
• Presented at CCSSO/SCASS with NCTM -Dave Barnes (Dallas, TX, October 23-25, 2017)
• Presented at School Science and Mathematics Association, SSMA (Lexington, KY, November 2-4, 2017)
• Presented at American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges, AMATYC ( San Diego, CA, November 8-11, 2017)
• Attended the Equity and Social Justice Fall Leadership Conference (Chicago, IL, November 29, 2017)
• Presentation at NCTM Regional Conference and work at NCSM booth (Chicago, IL, November 30 -Dec.1, 2017)
• Represented NCSM at Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences, CBMS (Washington DC, December 8, 2017)
• Presented at the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, AMTE (Houston, TX, February 8-10, 2018)
• Attended CCSSO/SCASS (Miami, FL February 20-22, 2018)
• Presented at the Texas Instruments T3TM International Conference (San Antonio, TX, March 1- 4, 2018)
• Participated in the Social Justice and Equity Webinar with John Staley (March 14, 2018)
• Presented at American Educational Research Association Annual meeting, AERA, with Shawn Towle (New York City, NY, April 13-15, 2018)
• Publication of the 50th Anniversary Program Booklet and facilitated the celebration at the 2018 Annual NCSM Conference
• Published the NCSM and NCTM joint leadership position paper, “Building STEM Education on a Sound Mathematical Foundation” (Spring 2018)
• Published the NCSM leadership position paper, “Computer Science and K-12 Mathematics” (Spring 2018)
• Led the revision of the NCSM Mission and Vision
• Presented at the 2018 NCSM Annual Conference: NCSM: Framing the future of mathematics education on a 50-year foundation of leadership.

• Equity in Practice: Presentations in this strand will address active efforts toward cultural change in every classroom, school, and district to combat systemic challenges such as access, tracking, and deficit thinking.
• Cultivating a Mathematics Coaching Practice: Presentations in this strand will share the latest research and reports on successful coaching practices that support the mathematical learning of teachers and their students.
• Evidence and Experiences from the Field: Presentations in this strand will consider the impact of assessments grounded in evidence of student thinking, action research projects, lesson study, studio teaching, coaching acts that show results, or innovative school-level programs that make a difference in students’ mathematical learning.
• Developing Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching: Presentations in this strand share recent research findings and explore the implications for assessment, curriculum planning, and task design.
• Leading Mathematics into the Future: The 50th Anniversary strand presenters will reflect on the past accomplishments of NCSM members and look ahead to the most innovative plans and goals for the future of mathematics education.