Thursday, May 8, 4:30-5:30 p.m. CDT - mtep.info/zoom
K-12 Administrator Briefing
MTEP 2.0 is hosting a panel to discuss the importance of partnerships between teacher preparation programs, state departments, and school districts. The panel will feature a 9-12 department head of mathematics, a high school principal, a district superintendent, a state department of mathematics education director, and members of the MTEP 2.0 leadership team. Our goal is to discuss how forging bidirectional mutually beneficial relationships between secondary mathematics education programs at universities and colleges and their state departments of education and local school districts can aid in the positive transformation of secondary mathematics teacher education. We will discuss how such relations can aid in teacher recruitment and retention and better prepared beginning teachers.
Friday, May 9, 1:00 p.m. CDT - mtep.info/zoom
May NIC-Cast: Network Expansion to Undertake Policies and Other Issues Related to Transforming Secondary Mathematics Education
This NIC-Cast will feature members of the MTEP 2.0 Network Expansion Working Group, which is composed of MTEP 2.0 team members and leaders or representatives of national, state, and local mathematics or STEM education organizations focused on examining policies and issues impacting secondary mathematics teacher education. A panel will present issues that the group is currently discussing and planning actionable steps to address, including data science in mathematics education, collaboration between physics and mathematics teacher education, recruitment and retention of teachers, and reimagining teacher preparation. Session attendees will be able to ask questions and participate in breakout rooms focused on the discussion topics. The working group hopes that others will join the network after participating in the NIC-Cast.