Have you considered how you might include data from the US Census in your classroom? Check out https://www.opportunityatlas.org/.

Register to Attend:

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March 1 from 5:30ET-8:30ET
Frank Brown Hall
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Columbus, GA 31901

Present a Session:

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Proposals Due January 21

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The Caucus for Women in Statistics (CWS) and the American Statistical Association (ASA) are pleased to host the fourth annual Florence Nightingale Day. This event will be held online for middle and high school students (grades 8-12) hosted by Ohio State University. This event is open to all students in the US and internationally.

A celebration of women in statistics and data science! Join us for the Florence Nightingale Day to discover the opportunities for careers in statistics and data science, to do fun data activities, and to develop connections. This event is free to students.

Who

All middle and high school students ( at least 13 years old and before college/university) are welcome! This event is open to all students in the US and internationally. Women and underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to participate.

When

Saturday, October 23, 2021 from 10am-3:00pm EST (New York Time)

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Held Online

For more information and registration, visit Florence Nightingale Day (fndaystats.org).

We hope you will encourage your middle and high school students to participate.

I am also including a few additional announcements below:

The Fall Data Challenge and this week’s What’s Going On in this Graph? (WGOITG?) are both focused on food insecurity.  The link to the graph is available at https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/learning/whats-going-on-in-this-graph-oct-13-2021.html and information about the Fall Data Challenge (deadline November 7) is available at https://thisisstatistics.org/falldatachallenge-educators/.

There will also be a new issue of Statistics Teacher available at www.statisticsteacher.org in the next month and an announcement about the free new book, Statistics and Data Science for Teachers.

We hope you will download the new Pre-K-12 Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education II (GAISE II) Report: A Framework for Statistics and Data Science Education at www.amstat.org/education/gaise. The report is free to download or a hard copy is available via Amazon.

The American Statistical Association (ASA) offers free K–12 teacher meet-ups (via Zoom) to share resources and discuss K–12 statistics topics. To indicated interest in participating or to suggest topics or presenters, please visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvtUIoeaxiJJvU-GyLGB9qRw7bEzx97iPmm3IlXRkMNiku1A/viewform.

There is a free, one-year ASA membership at https://ww2.amstat.org/membership/k12teachers/.

There are other free K-12 statistics education resources at https://www.amstat.org/asa/education/K-12-Educators.aspx and www.thisisstatistics.org.

Thanks,
Rebecca

Rebecca Nichols 

K–16 Education Coordinator  

American Statistical Association
Promoting the Practice and Profession of Statistics®
732 North Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-1943
(703) 684-1221, Ext. 1877
Fax: (703) 997-7299

http://www.amstat.org

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Hi EACTM,I hope you will make plans to attend our first virtual event for 2021-2022. Please share this email and/or attached pdf with your colleagues.

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In case you haven’t heard, the annual face to face NCTM event in Atlanta was recently canceled due to the rising cases of COVID. ACTM recently moved their face to face session from face to face in Oxford, AL to virtual. I hope you are each staying safe.

Basil Conway IV
EACTM President

July Virtual Summer PD Opportunities from NCTM

July 9 and July 16 Productive Struggle Virtual Workshops Supporting students’ productive struggle in a post-COVID learning environment is an essential teaching practice in addressing unfinished learning as described in the American Rescue Plan. By engaging in productive struggle, students learn to persevere through challenging problems to reach successful outcomes. Learn more and register.

July 13–15 and July 20–22 Virtual Statistics Workshops Participants will discuss and apply the data analysis, data science, and statistical concepts embodied in the NCTM Catalyzing Change books and the American Statistical Association’s (ASA) Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) Pre-K–12 Curriculum Framework. Learn more and register.

2021 ACTM Fall Forum Speaker Call

Hello ACTM past speakers, conference attendees, and current members!The ACTM Executive Board of Directors has set our fall forum dates of Nov 3-4, 2021. The conference will take place Wed-Thur at the Oxford Civic Center, Oxford, AL.This email is seeking speaker proposals to begin creating our fall forum program.  We are operating slightly behind our normal schedule, so we asking for speaker proposals in the next two months, September 1st at the latest to guarantee consideration for the program.Use the link Speaker Submission Button to submit a session proposal.  THANK YOU!  See you in the fall!

You can find more information about the conference and our state organization ACTM at https://acotom.wildapricot.org/.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer break. If you didn’t know, the NCTM National Annual conference is in Atlanta this year. This is extremely close to the EACTM service area. I hope you will make plans to attend to increase your own knowledge. It is our hope that this translates to our practice which in turn increases learning in our classroom. Please consider this professional development experience: https://www.nctm.org/annual/.

Dear friends of mathematics education,

We would like to enlist your assistance with a new project that mathematics education and mathematics faculty at Auburn University are designing to address the continuing shortage of mathematics teachers in our region.  The Developing, Recruiting, and Empowering Alabama Mathematics (DREAM-Math) Teacher Project will encourage, recruit, and prepare motivated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates and professionals in our region to become secondary (grades 6-12) mathematics teachers.

DREAM-Math scholars would pursue a master’s degree in secondary mathematics education leading to certification as a mathematics teacher. The program will include at least 36 credit hours and can be completed in 4 semesters (14 months). The DREAM-Math teacher project is intended for STEM majors with at least 15 hours of mathematics courses completed, including Calculus I, II, and III. We anticipate the program beginning Summer 2022. We are also pursuing funding to provide support for candidates in the program.
We are currently trying to gauge the interest in a program of this kind. If you are aware of any potential candidates for the DREAM-Math program, or are willing to help recruit candidates or to provide other support for its development, please complete this survey — https://aub.ie/dream-math . Also, please forward the link to others who may be interested. Thanks for your help!

The DREAM-Math Team

W. Gary Martin, Marilyn Strutchens, Huajun Huang, Hans-Werner van Wyk, and Kathryn Early