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Empowered Teachers Make a Difference

president's message

Dear AATM Members,

What do math teachers do on Thanksgiving? Count their blessings! We at AATM count YOU as one of our blessings. We are thankful for you, that you do the difficult, rewarding, frustrating, joy-filled, thankless, inspiring work of teaching Arizona’s children. We are thankful that you became a member of this organization. The work we do is for you, to support you, to empower you because Empowered Teachers Make a Difference. In this newsletter you will find some useful NCTM resources, information about the Arizona STEM Education Collaborative, November Mathgazine, upcoming dates and even someThanksgiving math jokes.

In appreciation of your dedication to the mathematics education of Arizona students,

Amy D. Rushall, President

Arizona Association of Teachers of Mathematics

NCTM Resources

Member benefits of NCTM include print/digital access to your choice of journal: Teaching Children Mathematics for PreK-grade 6, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School for grades 5-9, Mathematics Teacher for grades 8-14, Mathematics Teacher Educator, and Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. Visit nctm.org to discover free previews of complete articles. Free articles for November include the following:

Teaching Children Mathematics

Refining Planning: Questioning with a Purpose

Delise R. Andrews and Karla J. Bandemer

Classroom discussions become more productive when teachers design their inquiries to elicit and understand student thinking.

Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School

Empowering Mathematicians through Modeling

Lisa L. Poling, Nirmala Naresh, and Tracy Goodson-Espy

The authors explore how one teacher uses play and enacts the Effective Teaching Practices as a way to increase student engagement and autonomy and to meet learning goals when teaching mathematics with interactive simulations.

Mathematics Teacher

Back-Pocket Strategies for Argumentation

Melissa Graham and Kristin Lesseig

New teachers can immediately begin using these classroom-tested ways to incorporate mathematical argumentation in their classrooms on a daily basis.

Mathematics Teacher Educator

Developing a Reading Habit: Preparing for and Contributing to a Research Community

Sandra Crespo, Kristen Bieda, and Christopher Dubbs

A serious problem for the field is the ever-increasing workload demands that leave us with much less time to read and keep up with the published works in our scholarly community, particularly works that push us beyond our boundaries and help our field evolve. A common challenge of writing for publication that is particularly challenging to prospective authors of the MTE journal is that of situating and making explicit the contributions a manuscript makes to ongoing conversations in the field and to the relevant research literature.

coming soon!

12/1/2018	AzTEA Computer Science Meet Up
1/25/2019	Arizona Mathematics Leaders Annual Conference
2/2/2019	STEM Unconference & Digital Playground (8am-12pm)
2/14/2019	AATM High School Math Contest
3/30/2019	Understanding the Computer Science Framework Hosted by AzTEA & CSTA-AZ
4/23/2019	AATM State Algebra Contest
5/3/2019	Math Leadership in the Mountains (Arizona Mathematics Leaders Preconference)
5/4/2019	Math in the Mountains Conference
9/28/2019	Annual AATM Annual Conference

Az Dept. of Ed PD Calendar

Arizona STEM Education Collaborative

Did you know that AATM has partnered with AzTEA (Arizona Technology in Education Association) and ASTA (Arizona Science Teachers Association) and Science Foundation Arizona to form the Arizona STEM Education Collaborative? AATM members will receive information about the opportunities offered from these STEM partners. If you follow the link to register for AATM membership, you will see the option to join the STEM Collaborative for $65. This is an efficient way to join AATM, AzTEA and ASTA in a single transaction! Save the date for the 2019 STEM Unconference scheduled for Saturday, February 2 from 8:00-12:00 at several different sites across the state.

AATM Member Benefits

We hope you enjoy the November 2018 editions of Mathgazine and Mathgazine Junior. Mathgazine and Mathgazine Junior are printables full of engaging mathematics puzzles and problems for our students.

mini grants for teachers!!!

Arizona Association of Teachers of Mathematics (AATM) invites you to apply for a mini-grant, a member-only benefit for all AATM members. These mini-grants range from $50 to $100 and are intended to support classroom initiatives and professional development opportunities. Applications will be considered on a first come, first served basis until the funding is depleted. All applications that meet the guidelines below will be considered.

Application criteria and procedures:

Applications should be submitted electronically to Jean Tsuya committee chair jtsuya@yahoo.com
Applicants must be a current member of Arizona Association of Teacher of Mathematics
The amount of requested support should not exceed $100.
Activities must support AATM goals, and may include, but are not limited to
- Mathematics projects
- Purchase of mathematics manipulatives or other instructional materials
- Support for mathematics initiatives or clubs
- Professional development opportunities

The AATM mini-grants designated for professional development opportunities may support expenses related to registration, travel, and lodging expenses. The proposals for instructional materials may include teacher or student materials.

The funds cannot be used toward teacher pay, stipends, or substitute costs.

The application must include:

The applicant’s name, email, address, contact phone and school name
Contact information for the applicant’s supervisor, including name, phone and email
A statement of need (limited to 100 words)
A Project Description, limited to 100 words. Please note that AATM will publish the Project Descriptions in our semi-annual publication OnCore
A detailed listing of expenditures for the project.
If applicable, a list of any materials to be purchased through the project.

Within 90 days of the project, successful applicants are asked to provide a short summary (limited to 100 words) of the project’s activities, and the impact on students, teachers and/or math teams.

Did you miss the journal link last month? Click here to download the Fall 2018 version of AATM's very own journal, OnCore!

AATM Board Nominations

Nominations are due on or before November 26. Nominees complete an application form by December 20. Voting will occur from February 15 to March 2 and the new officers will be installed at the annual meeting in June.

We would greatly appreciate your participation in this nomination process so AATM members from all regions are represented and can benefit from the efforts of AATM.

Nominations form link: AATM Nomination form

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