A one-day conference hosted by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and co-sponsored by the MCTM and the Michigan Section was held in Lansing on October 31. Over 60 faculty from colleges, community colleges, and high schools attended.
Presentations were given by Sue Wittick and Catherine Smith, both from the MDE Office of Professional Preparation Services. Catherine discussed the MDE’s OPPS functions, and Sue gave an in-depth talk on the history and the implementation of the new Specialty Area Program Review for teacher preparation in mathematics. Chuck Allan, mathematics consultant to the MDE, discussed the standards and the new matrix for standards documentation. Sharon Senk (MSU) presented the recently published report from the CBMS on the Mathematical Education of Teachers (www.maa.org/cbms). Documents needed for the process can be found at www.state.mi.us/mde/off/ppc.
Many issues were raised in questions and dialogue. The conference ended with a suggestion that the participants might be able to stay in touch to do some group planning for the future. The planning committee was Ruth Favro, Roger Verhey, Frank Ciloski, Chuck Allan, Deb Zopf, and Mike Shelley. The Section thanks the MDE for providing a cooperative forum.
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