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BECOME OCTM
Building
an Energetic Community
of Ohio Mathematics
Educators
Welcome to the
Homepage of the OCTM!
The OCTM has
approximately 3,500 members in the
State of Ohio and has been in
existence since 1951. Use the
buttons on this page to take you to
the areas of the site that you want
to see.
Join
TODAY! Click HERE to download
a membership form!
Upcoming Events
Check out all
upcoming OCTM Events on our Facebook Events
Page
OCTM Elections!
Be on the lookout for
an OCTM mailing that will contain your
7-digit code you will need to vote by
mail or online. All paper ballots must
be postmarked no later than June 2,
2012.
You can download the
paper ballot HERE.
Online voting must be
completed by June 2, 2012. You can
access the online ballot HERE.
CCSS Regional
Workshops
OCTM is
offering a series of three regional
workshops to help teachers and
school teams prepare to implement
the Common Core State Standards for
Mathematics (CCSS-M). Fall workshops
will take place in October and
November, 2011, at eleven locations
across the state.
For
information about the program, dates
and locations, optional graduate
credit, and a registration form,
click HERE.
Summer Workshop
Opportunities!
Midwest Regional
GeoGebra Conference
A FREE
two-day workshop for students and
teachers at Miami University in
Southwest Ohio. You can get more
information and register for this
conference HERE.
Duane Bollenbacher’s
24th Annual SUMMER MATHEMATICS
WORKSHOPS for TEACHERS
Download
an informational flyer for the Summer
Workshop offerings HERE! Contact Duane Bollenbacher for more
information.
QUANT
and Modspar
Quantifying
Uncertainty and Analyzing Numerical
Trends (QUANT) is a yearlong program
that begins with a 2-week institute at
the Metro High School in Columbus,
18–29 June 2012.
Modeling
and Spatial Reasoning (Modspar) is a
yearlong program that begins with a
2-week institute at the Metro High
School in Columbus, 23 July–3 August
2012.
Download
an informational flyer HERE!
OCTM Position
Statment on the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
OCTM
believes that every student should
have full access to
mathematics education that develops
the conceptual understandings and
mathematical skills necessary for full
participation in a global society.
OCTM
strongly advocates for policies and
practices that value and emphasize the
usefulness of mathematics in critical
thinking, informed decision making,
and analytical problem solving
on the part of every teacher and
student.
We
support the development of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act to provide further support to
teachers and schools who educate
disadvantaged and historically
underserved students. Further,
provisions in the ESEA should be based
upon high-quality research of teaching
and learning.
You
can download the OCTM Position
Statement and recommendations on the
upcoming reform of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA) HERE.
OCTM Focus
The OCTM
Executive Board has identified a focus
to support and collaborate with
educators in high-need schools
across Ohio.
I
response to the Executive Board's
focus, the OCTM has formed a
collaborative partnership with the
following NCTM Affiliates:
Women and
Mathematics Education
TODOS
Benjamin Banneker
Association
All Ohio
mathematics teachers are encouraged to
visit these websites and consider
joining one or more of the Affiliates.
Mathematics
for Every Student: Responding to
Diversity
Ten
years ago the National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics published Principles
and Standards for School
Mathematicsin which
they established an Equity Principle
which stated that equity requires high
expectations and worthwhile
opportunities for all, requires
accommodating differences to help
everyone learn mathematics, and
requires resources and support for all
classrooms and all students.
In an
effort to help teachers put the Equity
Principle into practice, NCTM
published a series of three books
entitled Mathematics for Every
Student: Responding to
Diversity (Grades Pre-K-5,
6-8, and 9-12). The OCTM encourage all
teachers to order the book in the
series that applies to your grade
band. You can purchase the Pre K-5, 6-8, or 9-12 books on
the NCTM Website.
You can
download more information HERE, or you can
purchase these books
If you
have a suggestion, question, or desire
to be involved in this work, please
contact Mark Jaffee at markjaffee@oberlin.net
or Deb Gallagher, d-gallagher.2@onu.edu
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