Iowa Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Board Meeting – Valley Southwoods 9^th Grade School

February 24, 2006

Executive Board Members Present (23): Kevin Astor, Ruth Avazian, Joyce Becker, Ed Berry, Dave Blum, David Burrow, Nancy File, Mary Friedrich, Cathy Gorini, Jyll Johnson-Miner, Daryl Kohlhaas, Jean Krusi, Michael Link, Connie Nolan, Ed Rathmell, Cheryl Ross, Diane Royer, Judy Slezak, Judith Spitzli, Pam Swan, Lisa Teeselink, Deb Tvrdik, Kathy Wankum, Mary Friedrich (executive secretary)

Visitors (8): Brooke Brill, Laura Brincks, Rose Jennings, Annette Louk, Catherine Miller, Michael Marcketti, Marlene Meyer, Kathy Wilkerson

President Tvrdik called the meeting to order at 3:25 pm. Welcome and introductions were made.

The following board members were recognized for their contributions to ICTM as they leave the board: Joyce Becker (VP Post Secondary and Conference Program Co-Chair), Mary Friedrich (Executive Secretary), Jean Krusi (VP Middle School), Kevin Astor (Treasurer), Johanna Baedke (AEA 267), Pam Swan (AEA 8), Judy Slezak (AEA 10), Diane Royer (AEA 11), Cathy Gorini (AEA 15), Lori Mueller (AEA 16).

The following newly elected board members were introduced: Catherine Miller (VP Post Secondary), Diane Royer (VP Middle School), Kathy Wilkerson (AEA 267), Annette Louk (AEA 8), Marlene Meyer (AEA 10), Michael Marcketti (AEA 11), Brooke Brill (AEA 15), Rose Jennings (AEA 16), Laura Brincks (treasurer).

Astor moved to destroy the ballots from the recent election. Seconded by Schafer. Aye: 19 Nay: 0

The following appointments were made:

• Executive Secretary: Maureen Busta (effective March 1, 2006) Link moved to appoint Busta as incoming Executive Secretary. Seconded by Burrow. Aye: 19 Nay: 0

Link moved to accept Friedrich’s resignation as of March 31, 2006. (There will be a month of overlap so that Friedrich can assist with the transition.) Seconded by Burrow. Aye: 19 Nay: 0.

Slezak moved to pay Friedrich one month of salary to cover the transition to the new secretary. Seconded by Avazian. Aye: 19 Nay: 0.

• NCTM Representative: Michael Link. It was felt that this position should be a rotating position, especially since ICTM provides financial support to attend the NCTM annual conference. This would allow more people to have this experience. It might be advisable to have this appointment be from June – June. It was decided to discuss this position further during the June retreat. A motion was made by Ross to wait until the June retreat of finalize this appointment. Seconded by Rathmell. Aye: 19 Nay: 0
• Governmental Liaison: It was moved by Burrow to appoint Ed Rathmell as the Governmental Liaison. Seconded by File. Aye: 19 Nay: 0
• Newsletter Editor: It was moved by Kohlhaas to appoint David Burrow as Newsletter Editor. Seconded by Krusi. Aye: 19 Nay: 0
• Department of Education: Avazian moved to appoint Judith Spitzli as the Department of Education representative. Seconded by Royer. Aye: 19 Nay: 0
• Journal Co-Editors: Krusi moved that Lori Mueller and Diane Royer be appointed at Journal Co-Editors. Seconded by Swan. Aye: 19 Nay: 0
• Student Director: Krusi moved that Lisa Teeselink be appointed Student Director. Seconded by Link. Aye: 19 Nay: 0
• Treasurer (effective August 1, 2006): Kohlhaas moved that Laura Brincks be appointed as Treasurer. Seconded by Ross. Aye: 19 Nay: 0

Future Meeting Dates:

• NCTM Annual Meeting – April 26-29, 2006. Burrow moved to approve that ICTM pay travel expenses for Link and Ross. Seconded by File. Aye: 19 Nay: 0.
• Summer Board Retreat – June 16-17, 2006 in Mason City. Begins at noon on Friday and ends Saturday at 3 pm.
• Affiliates Leaders Conference – July 7-9 in Reno, NV or Manchester, NH on August 11-13 Moved by Link, seconded by Kohlhaas Aye :19 Nay: 0
• ICTM Annual Conference – February 23, 2007 – Stillwell JHS.

Reports

Secretary’s Report: Friedrich

· Minutes: Rathmell moved to accept the minutes from the June, 2005 board meeting. Seconded by Kohlhaas. Aye: 19 Nay: 0

• Friedrich distributed a copy of the board listing and asked members to note any corrections.

Treasurer’s Report: Astor

• Astor shared information on the budget and reimbursement procedures. Slezak moved to approve the budget at presented. Seconded by Wankum. Aye: 19 Nay: 0

Membership Report: Friedrich

• Friedrich distributed various membership lists to board members and reviewed the data that was presented.

Other Business – Update on Iowa Mathematics and Science Coalition (IMSC)

• Tvrdik requested a $500 contribution to support the conference.

Regional Directors Handbooks:

• If you are leaving the board, please pass on your handbook to the incoming regional director.

Constitution:

• Friedrich will email Burrow the newest version of the constitution and Burrow will put this document on the website.

Annual Conference Report: Blum/Miner

• West Des Moines was a good site to work with.
• Stueben did another great job with the exhibitors. The word from the exhibitors was good this year. They were happier with the set-up this year.

Annual Conference Program Report: Becker/Nolan

• Becker began recruiting for speakers during the summer and had most of them selected by early fall. She shared a short description of the job.

• There were a good number of sessions for elementary teachers

• Friedrich shared data on numbers attending.

Publications Report: Tvrdik for Mueller

• 550 copies of the Journal were recently mailed. This is the first journal with a color cover.
• Conference speakers will be invited to write an article for upcoming journals.
• There will be an article in the next newsletter noting a few corrections to the journal.

Newsletter and Website Report: Burrow

• Feel free to share comments regarding the website.
• The next newsletter will go out in late April or early May. Get your articles to Burrow or Tvrdik.

Department of Education Report: Spitzli

• Presidential Award Program: The three finalists are Diane Royer, Linda Seeger and Pam Swan.
• Cognitive Guided Instruction is another DE initiative that was started last summer. There will be a second summer in 2006.
• Every Student Counts: They are in the second year of the third round of training.
• Eric Hart and Spitzli are co-chairing the Model Core Curriculum initiative.

Governmental Liaison Report: Rathmell

• Rathmell shared some recent articles from the Des Moines Register.
• Summer Conference: It is the intent of UNI to host a summer conference every other summer. The next one will be scheduled for 2007. The format would be more discussion rather than many lectures.
• Rathmell shared a listing of projects that were funded as a result of the IMSC Summit on Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (held in November).
• Rathmell is continuing to write op ed pieces for the Des Moines Register. He will share them as they are published.
• The Richard Cohen article was discussed.

NCTM Representative’s Report: Link

• Share information that grants are available through NCTM.
• Sharing of our membership database with NCTM will be an agenda item for the June board meeting.

Student Director Report: Teeselink

• Conference presession went well. Teeselink is looking forward to help plan a similar event for next year.

Regional Director’s Reports:

• The Friend of Mathematics Award will be given to Virginia Swenson. Bring names of other regional nominees to the June meeting.
• Regional directors should be prepared to report at the June board meeting on activities in their region. If they are not attending, a written report should be submitted to Ross.

Outreach Committee Report: Tvrdik for Harvey

• There were two applications received for the conference travel grant (Royer and Mueller)
• There was one application received for the curriculum development grant (Royer)

New Business

Nominating Committee:

• We need three people to serve on this committee. Please give your name to Ross if you are interested. We will be looking for board members in the following areas: AEA 1, AEA 4/12, AEA 9, AEA 13, and AEA 14. We will also be soliciting names at the June board meeting for Vice-President Secondary and Vice-President Elementary.

Items to Consider at Summer Retreat:

• Membership for all conference attendees? Should we offer a year’s membership to all conference attendees as is done by NCTM?
• Should we ask speakers to register when they are accepted for the program?
• Should we give a certificate of membership for portfolios rather than a membership card or should we e-mail membership confirmation?
• Should the pre-session be continued for 2007?

Conference 2007:

• Conference Co-Chairs will be Dave Blum from West Des Moines CSD and Jyll Johnson-Minor from Johnston CSD. The conference will be held at Stilwell Junior High School in West Des Moines. Program Co-Chairs will be Connie Nolan and another person to be named.

Slezak moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Link. Aye: 19 Nay: 0 Meeting adjourned at 5:10 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Mary Friedrich

Executive Secretary