From The Editor’s Laptop
With Christmas just around the corner and the year of 2017 drawing to an end as I write, one of the many things that resonate with me from all the good reads this year is<br>“strengths of the heart” in learning, which includes assets such as social maturity, open-mindedness, honesty, gratitude, agreeableness, kindness, humility, compassion, self-reflection, tact, empathy and forgiveness. At school, our instructions and assessments often focus on strengths of the head, but really not so much on strengths of the heart. An incredible educator who has been devoted to using heart strengths to help grow the head strengths in mathematics teaching and learning is Jo Boaler, one of our keynote speakers at our coming conference in the new year. Growth mindset is one of the strengths of the heart. Any math class definitely needs both to succeed. I am so looking forward to our conference in 2018!
Happy math teaching and learning!
Stacey Wu
CONTENTS
President’s Message
Alicia Burdess
From the Editor’s Laptop
Stacey Wu
Spring Symposium
Save the date
Notes from the Executive
Annual Report and Results of Election from the Annual General Meeting
Executive Meeting Summary—September and November/December
Fall Symposium Summary
Games Night at the Fall Conference
EdCamps
Professional Learning Reimagined!
Provincial Executive Council
Katherine D Pritchard
MCATA Awards and Grants
Alberta Mathematics Educator Award
Dr Arthur Jorgensen Chair Award
Friends of MCATA
ATA Educational Trust Specialist Council Grants
Upcoming 2018 Elections
Teachers of Mathematics in the Edmonton Region (TERM)
C^3: Current Commentary by the Council
Five Things I Was Not Doing as a Math Teacher … That I Wish I Had
Dave Martin
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Are You A Member of NCTM? Is Your School?
Save the Date for Conference 2018 and Beyond
Math Council Contact Information
