TODOS: Mathematics for ALL

ELECTRONIC NEWS

Volume 4, Issue 7 September, 2011

NCTM Affiliate Leadership Conference

Three TODOS Board members, Don Balka, Bob McDonald and Carol Edwards, attended the NCTM Leadership Conference in Denver in late July. This conference provided an excellent opportunity to learn from, share our work with, and network with other affiliates.

Are you the 1?

TODOS has launched a two-year 1000+1 membership drive, with recruitment incentives for members, culminating at the 2013 NCTM Annual Meeting in Denver to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of our founding. Susie Håkansson of the California Mathematics Project is in the lead with 22 new members.

TODOS LIVE! Webinar

TODOS LIVE! continues on September 7 and October 15 (in Spanish) with webinars for members in cooperation with the TERC Mixing in Math project.

Login and visit the TODOS bulletin board to participate in discussions of topics from TODOS LIVE! sessions.

Travel Grants for ICME-12

Applications for travel grants to attend the Twelfth International Congress on Mathematical Education, Seoul, Korea, July 8-15, 2012, are due September 30, 2011. Application forms and selection criteria information are available from NCTM.

Hispanic College Enrollment Spikes

Driven by a single-year surge of 24% in Hispanic enrollment, the number of 18- to 24-year-olds attending college in the United States hit an all-time high of 12.2 million in October 2010, according to a Pew Hispanic Center analysis of newly available Census Bureau data.

NCTM 2011 Regional Conferences and NCSM 2011 Fall Seminars

Atlantic City, NJ, Oct. 19-21 St. Louis, MO, Oct. 26-28 Albuquerque, NM, Nov. 2-4

Submit speaker proposals for 2012 NCTM Regional Conferences in Dallas, Hartford and Chicago by Nov. 1, 2011.

ATMNE Conference

Eliana Rojas, TODOS Director, will be the TODOS speaker at the 2011 Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England (ATMNE) Conference, November 9-10, in Warwick, Rhode Island.

News of TODOS members

~ Larry Lesser promoted to Professor, University of Texas at El Paso.

~ José Gneco elected President of Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New York City and Publicity Chair of the Long Island Mathematics Conference.

Have News to Share?

Honors, recognitions, publication of articles related to the mission of TODOS? Contact Carol Edwards if you have information for the next issue of the Electronic News.

Your Membership Status

Hi, . Thank you for being part of TODOS. Your membership is paid through   and if it is about to expire, renew now to avoid benefit gaps. If you are joining or renewing your NCTM membership online, please consider TODOS as the affiliate to receive the rebate that NCTM graciously offers.

Have You Updated Your TODOS Membership Profile Lately

Login to update your membership profile (address, phone numbers, e-mail address, professional position, etc.) in the TODOS Member Database. For assistance, contact the TODOS Membership Chair, Maria Torres

2011-2012 TODOS Board  

President: Jose M. Franco
President-Elect : Don Balka
Vice President: Bob McDonald

Directors: Jennifer Bay-Williams, Marta Civil, Eliana Rojas, Florence Glanfield, Bill Jasper

Exec. Secretary: Carol A. Edwards