UETCTM

The Upper East Tennessee Council of Teachers of Mathematics is an organization for anyone involved in mathematics education from preschool through college in the greater Tri-Cities region. We meet six afternoons a year in various locations across the region.

 

Usual schedule: Refreshments and gathering 4:00, Business meeting 4:30; Program(s) 5:00 - 6:00.

Meetings are typically on a Monday or Tuesday afternoon as determined by the board. They have been at elementary, intermediate, middle and high schools as well as Northeast State and ETSU.

Monday, November 12

Daniel Boone High School, Washington County
Monday, December 3 Vance Middle School, Bristol
Monday, January 14 Science Hill High School, Johnson City
Tuesday, February 5 Mt Carmel Elementary School
127 Cherry Street, Mt Carmel, TN (Hawkins County)
4:00pm – 6:00pm

Session 1
Grade Band Target Audience: Primary
Presenter's: Carrie Griffith & Lora Vassallo
Title of Session: Meeting Common Core Math standards in a creative way.
Description: We will show different games, art projects, math learning stations and large group activities to use to teach the math common core standards.

Session 2
Grade Band Target Audience: 4th grade
Presenter's Names: Naomi Mowell, Laura Tipton, Judy McMillan
Title of Session: Fractions, Fractions, and More
Description: Fraction Museum, Domino Fraction, Skittles Fractions

Session 3
Grade Band Target Audience: 7th and 8th grade
Presenter's Names : Trish Meyers & Holly Sampton
Title of Session: Teach to the Task
Description: Creating CRA tasks from basic algebraic problems and how to teach the tasks with little effort on the teacher's part.

 
Tuesday, March 5

John Sevier Middle School, 1200 Wateree St., Kingsport 37660

More Than One Way to Add or Subtract?:Developing Meaning for Addition and Subtraction
(For Grades K-2)
Presented by Andrea Fissel—Johnson Elementary and Amanda Cole—Kennedy Elementary
Participants will explore a variety of strategies and tools students use to make sense of addition and subtraction.  Examine how students explain their thinking using words, pictures, models, and numbers.  Understand the problem types as referenced in the CCSS and how to incorporate these in your classroom.

Helping Students Understand Fractions
(For Grades 3-5)
Presented by Theresa Feliu — John Adams Elementary
Help students explore conceptual and procedural understandings of fractions through tasks and classroom routines that are easy to incorporate in your classroom.  Fraction models and connections with other domains, such as measurement, will be shared.


An In-depth Look at Ratios and Proportional Reasoning Throughout Middle School
(For Grades 6-8)
Presented by Sunshine Light and Christy Free — Ross N. Robinson Middle School
Participants will engage in an activity to explore the progression of ratios and proportional reasoning throughout the span of grades 6-8.  Participants will also walk away from this session with a ready-to-use instructional task.


Common Core—Coming to a High School Near You!
(For grades 9-12)
Presented by Amanda Waits—First District Regional Mathematics Coordinator
Participants will take a brief look at the  Standards of Mathematical Practice and  Mathematical Content for high school courses.  Learn about the structure, coding, conceptual categories, domains, clusters and standards of the CCSS.  Engage in a CRA-type task applicable for Algebra, discuss how to score the item, and review samples of student work.  
Tuesday, April 9 Blountville Elementary School, Sullivan County
May TBA Johnson City school TBA

 

 

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Officers

President
Tara Harrell
6th/7th grade math teacher
Rogersville City Schools
116 Broadway
Rogersville, TN 37857
harrellt@rcschool.net
(423) 272-7651

 President-Elect
Kris Krautkremer
Robinson Middle School
Kingsport City Schools
kkrautkremer@k12k.com

Past President
Ryan Nivens
Department of Curriculum
and Instruction, ETSU
Box 70684
Johnson City, TN 37614-1709
Phone: (423) 439-7529
nivens@etsu.edu

Newsletter Editor
Ryan Nivens
Department of Curriculum
and Instruction, ETSU
Box 70684 Johnson City, TN 37614-1709
Phone: (423) 439-7529
nivens@etsu.edu
Secretary
Kris Krautkremer
Robinson Middle School
Kingsport City Schools
kkrautkremer@k12k.com

Treasurer
Jerry Whitaker
Mathematics Curriculum Coordinator
Washington County Schools
(423) 434-4903
whitakerj@wcde.org

Webmaster
Daryl Stephens
ETSU Math Department
Box 70663
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439-6981
stephen@etsu.edu 		 

List of UETCTM Presidents from 1985 to present
UETCTM Consitution (PDF)

Organizations we are affiliated with:

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Tennessee Math Teachers Association (TMTA)

The 2013 conference will be held September 27-28 at Memphis University School in Memphis. (UETCTM hosted the 2011 TMTA conference on September 23-24 at ETSU.)

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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

NCTM has one national and several regional conferences a year. One regional NCTM conference was in Nashville in 2009.

The next NCTM annual conference will be held April 17-20 in Denver, CO.

NCTM conference information is found here.

Nearby Regional NCTM Affiliates:

Southwest Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Next conference Saturday, September 14, Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon, Virginia. Website: http://www.mcs.uvawise.edu/svctm/index.php

Smoky Mountain Mathematics Educators' Association (Knoxville area; website seems not to be working currently)

Last update April 29, 2013