Upper East Tennessee Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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 several afternoons a year in various locations across the region.
Meetings for 2026-27
Meetings begin with refreshments and informal networking at 4:00, followed by announcements and a brief business meeting, then sessions at 4:30 for all levels concluding by 6:00.
Tuesday, September 22, Grandview Elementary School, 2891 US-11E, Telford, TN 37690
Elementary session (Melanie Barkley & Sandy Forbes, Grandview Elementary School): Mastering the standard that deals with money can be difficult for young children. In this session, a kindergarten teacher and a first-grade teacher will present ideas that are fun and engaging ways for children to understand this concept. Activities will not only include using math but also language arts, social studies, and STEM.
Middle School Session (Rob Cantor, Fall Branch School) - Building Thinking Classrooms using Magma Math
High School Session - (Tina Hill, Daniel Boone High School) - Rules that Expire
Tuesday, January 26, John Sevier Middle School, 1200 Wateree St, Kingsport, TN 37660
Programs to be announced. In case of inclement weather that day, the meeting will be rescheduled for Tuesday, March 9.
You can now access this page by going to www.uetctm.org.
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Newsletters
Newsletters from previous years (2003-2024) have been moved to this archive site.The site should open up in a new window.
Officers for 2025-26:
President: Rob Cantor, Washington County Schools, cantorr@wcde.org
Past president: Scott LaVoie, Washington County Schools, lavoies@wcde.org
Secretary: Sunshine Light, Kingsport City Schools, slight@k12k.com
Treasurer: Julie Tester, Kingsport City Schools, jtester@k12k.com
Webmaster: Daryl Stephens, East Tennessee State University, stephen@etsu.edu
List of UETCTM Presidents from 1985 to present
Organizations we are affiliated with:
Tennessee Mathematics Teachers Association (TMTA)
TMTA hosts an annual conference on a Friday and Saturday in early fall each year, rotating through the three grand divisions of the state. The 2026 conference will be at Austin Peay State University 18-19, 2026. It will tentatively be at the University of Memphis in 2027, and possibly ETSU in 2028.
UETCTM hosted the 2011 TMTA conference on September 23-24 at ETSU, and was a co-host for the 2018 conference at the Walters State Community College Sevierville Campus.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
NCTM is the parent organization of TMTA and UETCTM. NCTM holds several in-person and virtual conferences a year. The next conference will be February 5-7, 2025, in Kansas City, MO.
NCTM conference information is found here.
Nearby Regional NCTM Affiliates:
Southwest Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics has an annual conference on a Saturday in September or October. The 2025 conference was at the Higher Education Center in Abingdon, Virginia. Other recent locations were at UVA-Wise, John Battle High School in Bristol, and Virginia Highlands Community College. Their former website isn't working currently; we will update a link once that becomes available.
Smoky Mountain Mathematics Education Association -- based out of the Knoxville area, this group is in the process of reconstituting itself.
Last update: August 14, 2026