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Puget Sound Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a professional organization dedicated to improving Math Teaching in the Puget Sound Region. PSCTM is an affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and one of the organizations that rotates in hosting the Northwest Math Conferences in October.
If you teach Mathematics in the Puget Sound region, consider joining PSCTM, Washington State Mathematics Council, or both.
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PSCTM was founded to encourage continual professional growth among local mathematics teachers. The organization sponsors
three major activities during the year: a fall, a winter, and a spring dinner. A variety of programs are presented at these
events, ranging from using a given manipulative in grades K-12 to the role teachers are playing in the new assessments.
Dinner Registration and Membership Form is contained in the linked Word Document.
Macintosh users may prefer this pdf.
DIRECTIONS TO THE JOHN STANFORD CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
The John Stanford Center is located at 2445 3rd Avenue South in Seattle. For detailed driving and parking directions, see:
John Stanford Center for Educational Excellence
5:00 Social
6:00 Dinner
7:00 Presentation
Fall Dinner - October 24th, 2011
Mel Conner
Kamiakin Junior High, Retired
Lake Washington School District
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Top Ten Math Problems You Won't Find in a Textbook
The best math problems are rarely going to come from a textbook. I spent thirty-two years inventing, stealing, developing, scrounging up and stumbling across REAL LIFE (no, really!) math problems. And I would love to share my top ten with you. I have very little to say about educational philosophy; I just have cool problems that are challenging, interesting and easily posed.
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Winter Dinner - February 13th, 2012
Dr. Steve Kinholt
Green River Community College
Teaching Math at Children’s Hospital:
Rewards, Challenges & Implications
Last year, Steve spent his sabbatical as a volunteer mathematics teacher at Seattle Children’s Hospital, which has an on-site school, staffed with six fulltime instructors, and a few volunteers. He will share some of the extraordinary rewards and challenges experienced as well as implications for teachers who have students hospitalized for part or most of the school year. Volunteer opportunities at Children’s and similar settings will also be shared.
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Spring Dinner - May 7th, 2012
Christy Frary and Art Mabbot
Experiences while Teaching in a Virtual Classroom
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Prospective members are welcome to learn more about us by attending an event.
Site hosted by PSCTM
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