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MCTM Scholarships

The Montana Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM) offers $3000 of scholarships for teacher members each year to pursue professional development opportunities.  The Karen Longhart Scholarship application deadline is October 12 and the MCTM Teacher Scholarship application deadline is November 30.

Upcoming professional development opportunities to consider include the annual MEA-MFT Conference in Billings on October 15 and 16, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) regional conferences in

Atlantic City • October 21–23  

Minneapolis • November 11–13  

Nashville • November 18-20

and the NCTM Annual Conference, Building a Bridge to Student Success in San Francisco, April 13-16, 2016.   And don’t forget the 13^th International Congress on Mathematics Education (ICME-13) meeting in Hamburg, Germany July 24-31, 2016.

Each of our scholarships have specific dollar amounts.  Each of the two annual Karen Longhart Scholarships are for $500; local professional development in-state scholarships are for $250, and all out-of-state scholarships are for $400.  

Our most recent recipient, Ryan Swenson, a Capital High School mathematics teacher, attended the NCTM Annual Conference in Boston this past April.

More information and application forms are available on our web page: http://www.montanamath.org/?p=awards  For those desiring to speak to a person, call David Erickson, 406-243-5318 or email david.erickson@umontana.edu Karen Longhart Scholarship applications due October 12; other teacher scholarships due November 30. Please apply today!