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Annual Business Meeting is on 10/14 at 7:00
Please join us for this year's Annual ICTM Business Meeting. We will be meeting on Zoom on Tuesday 10/14/25 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. We will be discussing the last year of ICTM operations and looking for feedback and input from our members.  Here is the Zoom Link. (Meeting ID: 895 8457 9601 ; Passcode: ZQnjr1)

The 2025 Annual Conference was a Success!
The 2025 annual ICTM conference was held on Saturday, October 4th on the Illinois State University campus at Bloomington-Normal! 250 Educators of all levels gathered for an amazing day of learning, reflecting, and connecting. ICTM sends a special thank you to all of the speakers. Without you, there is no conference!  We also thank all of our sponsors who help support our conference financially so we can keep registration costs lower.  Click HERE to visit our "virtual exhibitor hall" and learn more about these sponsors!

Congrats to the 2025 ICTM Award Recipients!
Each year, ICTM presents up to 9 teaching and leadership awards. We are excited to announce this year's well-deserving recipients who will be recognized at our annual awards ceremony being held directly after this year's annual conference on 10/4. Congratulations to these educators!

• Excellence in Elementary Mathematics - Carrie Smith - Willow Primary School - Pekin
• Excellence in Secondary Mathematics - Sheila Hardin - Oak Park and River Forest HS - Oak Park
• Excellence in Post-Secondary Mathematics - Tammy Voepel - SIU
• Lee Yunker Mathematics Leadership - Emily Walsh - Champaign Central High School

Check out the Summer 2025 issue of the Illinois Math Teacher Journal!
The Illinois Math Teacher (IMT) has been the official journal of ICTM since the early 1970's! After a brief hiatus, we are excited to announce that the IMT has been relaunched so that Illinois math educators of all levels have a another great way to share their learning, lessons, and reflections with our broader community.  CLICK HERE to go to the new IMT webpage and access the Summer 2025 issue which contains four relevant and interesting articles titled: "Promoting Discourse and Intellectual Need in my ELL Classroom", "Picture Books as Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors to Young Children’s Mathematical Brilliance ", "Launching into Math with Evidence-Based Literacy Practices", and "Is Edgar Allan Poe Really a Mathematician?". Thank you to all of the authors!!!

ICTM Leaders Active in ISBE's New Comprehensive Numeracy Plan
Recently, ISBE launched plans for the development of a statewide numeracy plan to boost student learning in math. A Numeracy Plan Summit was held on June 3, at the Bone Student Center at Illinois State University. The summit brought together a wide variety of stakeholders, including educators, education leaders, higher education faculty, community organizations, nonprofit advocates, and policymakers. The event focused on identifying the essential components of a statewide numeracy plan and fostering collaboration across sectors. Craig Cullen (ICTM President) was one of the key speakers for the day, speaking about the State Lens on Numeracy: From Literacy to Numeracy. Other ICTM leaders present included Shanteau Allen, Lily Zandnia, and Toni Galassini (pictured below).

Need to join or renew membership with ICTM?
If you are new member, or need to restart a lapsed membership, then Fill out a membership application here to join us today. We'd love to have you be a part of ICTM! If you are a member, when it is time to renew your membership, our system will automatically send you a renewal e-mail.  In the email is a link to an invoice.  You can either pay that invoice online with a credit card or mail in a check.  If you are an individual member (instead of a retired or student member), you can select different renewal periods such as 3-year or 5-year renewal. Questions? e-mail [email protected]