Conference topics will include a look at best practices, professional development available from ESC Region 12, and time to share what’s working in area classrooms. The special meeting will feature nationally-recognized mathematics educator Cathy Seeley as the keynote speaker. The focus of Seeley’s keynote will be to promote the notion of personal leadership, the idea that all mathematics educators have to keep learning and reach out beyond their own classrooms to promote excellence in mathematics.

Seeley is a 34-year mathematics educator and change facilitator at the local, state, and national levels. Seeley recently served two years as president for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). Among her experiences in K-12 education, she has worked as a mathematics teacher, district mathematics coordinator, and state mathematics supervisor, in addition to serving as advisor and consultant to school districts and state agencies. From 1999-2001, Seeley served as a Peace Corps volunteer to teach mathematics to children in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Amongst an array of projects, Seeley helped to produced the NCTM's Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics in 1989. Most recently, she served on a team to develop a distance education online algebra project (ASK ME-Algebra). She currently works at the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas in Austin.

Aimed at mathematics teachers of all levels in Central Texas, the conference is sponsored by ESC Region 12 and the Department of Mathematics and Department of Curriculum and Instruction in Baylor University. All math teachers are invited and registration is only $10, which includes morning coffee and snacks. The fee will also pay for a CTCTM membership.

Register for this event by completing the registration form. Completed the registration forms and a check made out to Central Texas Council of Teachers of Mathematics (CTCTM) should be brought to the event.

Online registration is not available for this event. To register or for more information, contact Tommy Bryan at (254) 710-4080 or Tommy_Bryan@baylor.edu.

About ESC Region 12

One of 20 centers throughout Texas, the Education Service Center (ESC) Region 12 provides professional training and technical assistance for the purpose of improving student performance for all students. Based in Waco, with offices in, Corsicana, Goldthwaite, Hillsboro, Nolanville and Teague, the ESC Region 12’s service area includes Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Freestone, Hamilton, Hill, Lampasas, Limestone, Mills, McLennan and Navarro counties.

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