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Make Plans to Attend the 2025 Annual Conference on October 4th
We are excited to announce that this year's annual ICTM conference will be held on Saturday, October 4th (8:30 - 4:30), on the Illinois State University campus at Bloomington-Normal! The theme for this year's conference is "Teaching and Learning Mathematics with Joy". Speaker proposals have been submitted (deadline was May 31) and are now being reviewed. Stay tuned for details! If you represent an organization that would be interested in purchasing a table spot in our exhibitor hall, CLICK HERE for more details.
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).
Congrats to our Newly Elected Board Members!
Thank you to all ICTM members who voted in this year's board election. ICTM also sends a special thank you to all those individuals who ran in this year's election. We are excited to welcome the following individuals to the board starting in fall 2025: Emily Soensken (5-8 Director), Kevin Kennedy (9-12 Director), Lindsey Hill (College/University), and Shelly Murphy (Director At-Large).
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]
