MEA-MFT Recap

2^nd Annual MCTM Trivia Night

The 2^nd Annual MCTM Trivia Night was held this year at Hooligan’s on Thursday night of MEA MFT Convention. We had a great turnout with over 70 people attending. The winning team his year was Team Hope made up of Billings’ teachers. Mark your calendars for next years MCTM Trivia Night in Helena, October 20^th.

Team Hope

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MCTM Annual Meeting 2015

The MCTM Annual Meeting was held this year during the MEA-MFT Teachers Convention in Billings, Montana on October 15^th at Skyview High School.

A huge Thank You was given to the MCTM program chairs for the MEA-MFT conference, John George and Mary Ellen Fisher. John and Mary put in countless hours to make sure that the MEA-MFT Teachers Conference ran smoothly. For David Erikson’s dedication to mathematics education in the state of Montana he was awarded and recognized as the 2015 winner of the Dean Preble Award.  The MCTM Math Contest was a huge success this year with students from across the state participating taking three tests at their regional test sites. MCTM awarded twenty $200 scholarships for regional winners and two $500 scholarships for our statewide winners.

The Elections Committee has compiled a list of nominees who have agreed to run for the board. Expect to see biographies for these teachers in the spring before elections.

• Brooke Taylor - Region 4, High School
• Rusty Bowers - Region 2, High School/Administrator
• LeAnne Yenny - Region 3, Middle School
• Becky Berg - Region 4, Elementary
• Joe Zephyrs - Region 1, Middle School

·      We voted and accepted the following changes to the MCTM bylaws -

o   ARTICLE IV. Elections - An election committee of at least three (3) shall be named by the president. The election shall be conducted through ballots sent to all paid-up members by March 1st each year. Due date for return of ballots shall be March 15th of each year. All ties shall be resolved by vote of the Board. The election committee shall solicit names of MCTM members to serve as candidates for all positions that are open. The election committee shall propose two candidates for each vacancy. Further nomination will be accepted from the floor at the annual meeting.

A reminder went out to all MCTM members to check out the MCTM Website www.montanamath.org. This is where you can find out more information on teacher scholarships, classroom grants and other opportunities available for our members.