CONNECT Activities 2009-2010
Services that MCTM CONNECT provides include:
- Virtual mentoring: Biweekly emails to connect with teaching ideas, problem ideas, useful websites and professional growth opportunities.
- Mentors: Beginners who are interested can be connected with an experienced Math teacher for email and telephone consultation and support.
- The Winning Strategies Conference, March 20, 2010. The focus is on strategies for success in the classroom and includes sessions for paraprofessionals. This is not an MCTM conference but the CONNECT committee supports and promotes it. See more information (pdf).
- The MCTM CONNECT Session. April 29, 2010: Held the evening before the Spring Conference, pre-service and beginning teachers will make connections, learn how the maximize their conference experience, enjoy a meal compliments of MCTM and participate in the famous door prize and book give-away.
- The MCTM Spring Conference, April 30-May 1, 2010: The major Mathematics professional development event in Minnesota each year will enable new teachers to become more aware of what others are doing and of the resources available in addition (pdf)