CAMTE: Committees & Task Forces

CAMTE has a number of committees and task forces on which members can serve. In many cases, meetings are held virtually to keep participation costs to a minimum. If you are interested in serving on a committee or task force, please e-mail the current chair.

CAMTE Committees

 

CMC Conference Program--CAMTE Sessions

This committee is responsible for the CAMTE strand of sessions at the CMC-South Conference in Palm Springs and the CMC-North Conference at Asilomar. Tasks include soliciting speaker proposals and selecting the sessions, as well as promoting these sessions. The majority of the work occurs during March through May.

Chair (2007- 2009): Nadine Bezuk - nbezuk@mail.sdsu.edu
Past Chairs: Judith Jacobs (2004), Carol Fry Bohlin (2005, 2006)

Nominations and Elections

This standing committee solicits candidates for Board of Director positions, prepares and confirms a slate of candidates from among the nominees for positions, and validates the results of the annual fall elections under the direction of the current CAMTE president, who chairs the committee.

Chair (2008, 2009): Mike Lutz - plutz@csub.edu
Past Chairs: Joanne Rossi Becker (2005, 2006), Carol Fry Bohlin (2007)

Membership

This committee works to increase CAMTE membership via identifying the benefits of membership and the constituency groups that should be under the CAMTE umbrella, as well as implementing strategies that could be used to effectively recruit members.

Chair (2009-Present): Zhonghe Wu - zwu@nu.edu

Web Site

This committee is responsible for developing and updating the CAMTE Web site.

Chair (2009-Present): Carol Fry Bohlin - carolb@csufresno.edu

CAMTE Task Forces

CAMTE Conference

This task force is planning CAMTE's first "stand-alone" conference for mathematics teacher educators.

Chair (2009): Babette Benken - bbenken@csulb.edu

Policy

This task force studies current issues in mathematics teacher education in the state and nation and makes policy recommendations to the Board of Directors.

Chair (2009): Mike Lutz - plutz@csub.edu

Teacher Credentialing Task Force

This task force studies current issues in mathematics teacher education in the state and nation and makes policy recommendations to the Board of Directors.

Chair (2009): Joanne Rossi Becker - becker@math.sfsu.edu

CAMTE Former Task Forces

 

Secondary Mathematics Methods

This task force worked from 2006-2008 to address the question of what a secondary mathematics methods course in California should contain. The task force was responsible for a CAMTE conference strand at the 12-13 June 2006 PMET (Preparing Mathematicians to Educate Teachers) regional conference, as well as for producing CAMTE's first monograph, edited by Mike Lutz: Secondary Mathematics Methods Courses in California (2008). The monograph is posted on a Web site created by Brian Lim: http://edweb.csus.edu/projects/camte

Co-Chairs: Heather Callahan and Mike Lutz