Foundation Update: February 2025
Are you looking for support to attend the 2025 Spring Conference in Duluth on April 25th – 26th?
Check out https://www.mctm.org/grants-scholarships
The MCTM foundation has grants for individuals, for teams of 3, and for students. These funds may be used for registration, housing, and/or mileage. Individuals can receive a maximum of $550 while a team of 3 can receive a maximum of $1,650. We have provided Application Worksheets which will help you get prepared to fill out the on-line application form.
Deadlines: Due on February 20th, 2025. All applicants will be notified of the Foundation’s decision by March 2025
Reporting requirements: due within one month of the conference
- Submit a short report describing how a session/s may impact your teaching.
- Submit reimbursement form and appropriate receipts.
Are you looking for support to attend the 2025 Ross Taylor Symposium in Duluth on April 24h?
Check out the application for the ROSS TAYLOR MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP. It is awarded by the Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics to a mathematics teacher for the purpose of attending the annual Ross Taylor Mathematics Education and Leadership Symposium.
Deadlines: Due on February 20th.
Reporting requirements: due within one month of the conference – Submit reimbursement form and appropriate receipt.
Are you a Middle School Teacher looking for financial support for completing coursework in mathematics?
The Arnie Cutler Scholarship for Mathematics Coursework for Middle School Teachers is for licensed Minnesota Middle school teachers currently teaching mathematics in grades 5 – 8 who is a member of MCTM. You must have 3 years of teaching experience and expect to continue teaching mathematics middle school.
The purpose of this grant is to provide financial support for improving and deepening middle school teachers’ understanding of mathematics by completing coursework in mathematics. Scholarships with a maximum of $1200 each will be awarded to persons currently teaching in grades 5 – 8. Mathematics content is the focus of this scholarship; thus primary consideration will be given to appropriate mathematics content courses. Mathematics education courses may also qualify if they include a strong content emphasis and if the applicant provides a suitable rationale. Coursework should be from an accredited college or university and grant academic credit. Proposals must address the following: rationale for the coursework, anticipated instructional improvements, and expected impact on student learning.
Deadline: March 31st.
Needed: Committee Members
Are you looking for a way to get professionally involved? The MCTM
Foundation will be looking for at least two new committee members starting in the Fall of 2024. If this is of interest to you, the job description and a short application are available on our web page, toward the bottom of the page.
Do you have extra mathematics resources to donate?
Do you have extra mathematics resources that you like to donate to the MCTM Foundation Book Sale at the Spring Conference? Any textbooks will be added to the Free table in the exhibit hall at the Spring Conference. Please send an email to Foundation@mctm.org if you have things to share or just bring them to the Spring Conference.
The MCTM Foundation Booth at the Spring Conferencewill feature …
- A Book Sale
- Quilt Raffle
- Wood Intarsia Wall Hanging
- Raffle Baskets