Below are just a few of the valuable math resources found on the web. Many others can be found on our Math Links page. Please visit these sites:

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47th Northwest Mathematics Conference

OCTM's Professional Development Cadre: Visit this page to obtain information on accessing assistance with staff development needs.

Notes From the President: Visit this page to fiind out about math happenings around the state.

OCTM Student Mathematics Project Contest: Visit our contest page to find out more about this brand new student contest and other student mathematics contests offered around the state and country.

ODE Website: Resources to support Oregon's Grade-level Standards Among the resources at this site is an opportunity to give feedback on the newest revision to Oregon's Mathematics Standards.

Illuminations: A valuable resource from NCTM, providing extensive internet resources to illuminate the Standards. Ready to use lessons showing best practices in teaching, video vignettes, Web resources, etc.

NCTM Focal Points: Choose this site to download a copy of the newly released Curriculum Focal Points documents. Also found on this site is a brief overview of this document synopsized by Cathy Brown and Jon Wiens. In addition, click here for letters to the editor that discuss the math community's response to recent articles that have been printed in the New York Times and Eugene's Register-Guard.

Problem Solving — A position paper from the Southern Oregon Math Cadre. (OCTM welcomes Position Papers from Oregon Mathematics Groups, as well as responses to published position papers.)

Early Career Teachers: If you are new to teaching mathematics in Oregon, see our Membership page for a free offer. And choose this link for information to projects from OCEPT.

Annenberg/CPB's site: This site contains multimedia resources in multiple content areas including mathematics. These resources help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods.

Cathy Brown's Board Presentation — The presentation entitled "Mathematics From a National Perspective" was created by Cathy Brown and shared at the May 5, 2007 board meeting.

Jackie Cooke's Speeches — The closing speech at OML on Aug. 7, 2007 was given by Jackie Cooke as Oregon 2007 Teacher of the Year. The complete text of the speech excerpted in the October/November 2007 issue of TOMT can also be found on this site.

Did you come here looking for other OCTM's? Click here for the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics and here for the Oklahoma Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

 

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