TMathC

If you or someone you know is interested in serving the community to produce future TMCs please contact James at @jacehan

It is with sadness that we announce the cancellation of #TMC19. The last 7 years have brought teachers together for PD & we hope that there will be more opportunities in the future.

As we and the community still consider options for a conference this summer, we are postponing registration at this time. Keep an eye on our Twitter for more information in early March.

The TMathC board is acknowledging the needs of the community and resigning. Our thoughts about next steps can be found here: tmathc.com/2019/02/13/sta…

The TMathC organization has been deeply reflective and we are committed to doing better. We failed that this week. We are committed to creating safe, welcoming environments for all. We will do better. tmathc.com/2019/02/11/rec…

@crstn85 has resigned her position on the TMathC Board. She has made numerous contributions to make TMC what it is including behind-the-scenes things which help TMC run smoothly. We are grateful for the foundation she helped build.

@SchleiderJustin It is the first time we have done this. We are learning.

@TmathC So this was a trial run for equity? A toe in the water if you will?

Why didn't you count their equity statements toward their proposal scores? Is this another #KidsDeserveIt where we only mean certain students?

@SchleiderJustin Some of the sessions we accepted were strong in the 3 areas we looked at but had subpar equity statements. We accepted those sessions, letting them know they needed to improve their equity statement for future submissions.

@TmathC I hear you saying you did not reject any proposals that had equity statements that were subpar. You told them if they submit next year they would have to improve their statement correct?

@SchleiderJustin Wait a moment - let me clarify the yes. We did reject some proposals that had subpar equity statements. But they had other issues as well.

@MrKisselMATH Thanks. I had the thought to update and had gotten sidetracked.

@TmathC I just clicked on your profile this morning and noticed you are still promoting tmc18 in your bio! Thought you might want to switch it to tmc19:)

.@DingleTeach has resigned her position on the TMathC Board. She has been instrumental in broadening our reach and understanding, particularly around equity and diversity. We are grateful for her contributions and hope to continue the work she has begun.

@DingleTeach has resigned her position on the TMathC Board. She has been instrumental in broadening our reach and understanding, particularly around equity and diversity. We are grateful for her contributions and hope to continue the work she has begun.

To continue with our attempt at greater transparency this year, here's a post about our process for reviewing proposals for #TMC19. Please use it as an entry point for further conversations. TMC Proposals Explained: tmathc.com/2019/02/04/tmc…

@mathin2ition @stoodle No sessions were rejected solely due to their equity statement. We don’t have the capacity to provide individual feedback on all submissions but we did want to let people know if their equity statement could use work and will have a blog post up soon.

@stoodle @TmathC Mine was rejected for the same reason. This is my first rejection so I can’t feel too upset. I’m interested in reading the blog to learn more. Hopefully, we can make it into the conference.

@stoodle coast2coast.me/carl/2016/09/1… was referenced in the application. There is a blog post in the works.

TMC19 Session acceptances and rejections have been emailed out (except for proposed keynotes).

We are trying something new this year to make the community at the conference stronger. Read our plan here - New Blog Post: Homerooms tmathc.com/2019/01/26/new…

We're so excited to see all the proposals we've gotten so far! If you haven't submitted anything yet, please do, especially if you've been thinking of a morning session. Deadline is at 11:59 pm Eastern tomorrow. tmathc.com/2018/12/01/tmc… … has all the details.

Reminder that speaker proposals are due TOMORROW at 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time. If you procrastinated and forgot where the link isL tmathc.com/2018/12/01/tmc… has all the details.