Department of Mathematics and Philosophy
We are happy to announce the return of our conference!
69th Annual Western Illinois University Mathematics Teachers' Conference
Common Core Mathematics: Developing Student Reasoning
Friday, April 14, 2023 - 8:30 a.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Keynote Speakers
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Trena Wilkerson will be our opening speaker for the conference. 
Trena Wilkerson, Immediate Past-President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a mathematics education professor in the School of Education at Baylor University in Waco, Texas where she teaches both graduate and undergraduate mathematics education courses and conducts professional development and research. She taught high school mathematics for 18 years, in Louisiana. She has published in several of NCTM’s journals, Mathematics Teacher: Learning & Teaching PK-12, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, Mathematics Teacher, Teaching Children Mathematics, and Journal of Research in Mathematics Education, chaired the MTMS Editorial Panel, served on the NCTM Board of Directors and served as President of NCTM. Her research interests include mathematics education, teacher education, algebra teacher efficacy, teaching and learning of mathematics, and professional development. She loves teaching and learning mathematics in support of current and future mathematics teachers and leaders.
Dr. Jim Olsen, in his 29th and final year at WIU, will be our closing speaker for the conference.
Jim Olsen teaches mathematics and teacher education courses for prospective and practicing teachers at Western Illinois University. He taught high school mathematics in Nebraska for 10 years. His research interests 
include mental math, student understanding of the function concept, multiplicative reasoning, educational uses of technology, logic for middle school, problem solving, and teaching mathematical and higher-order reasoning while seeing the beauty of mathematics. In 2015, he published "Five Keys for Teaching Mental Math" in the Mathematics Teacher journal. In 2019, he received, from the WIU College of Arts and Sciences, the Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching with Technology, and, from the WIU Provost, the Award for Academic Excellence in Enhancing Learning with Technology. Dr. Olsen came to WIU in 1994. He is retiring in June 2023. He enjoys learning and teaching mathematics and working with current and future teachers.
More details on the presentations will be forthcoming.
Schedule
The 2023 Conference schedule will be posted here when it is available.
Parking
Participants can park in the Horrabin Hall lot (# 19 on the attached map, for faculty/staff). Parking Services know that you will be coming to the conference that day. They said that it's fine; they won't be ticketing. If you arrive and the Horrabin Hall lot is full, you can try the Currens Hall lot (# 20 on the map; parking map link at the left).
Professional Development Hours
Teachers sign the sign-in sheet at the registration table. Following the conference, go to the following link: to be determined and complete the online form. Detailed instructions. (The link is also in the folder.) You earn 6 PD hours for attending this conference.
Call for Speakers
Do you have ideas for teaching math that you would like to share?
We are looking for breakout session speakers and are accepting proposals for 2023. Please use the submission form.
Breakout sessions are 35 minutes.
Online Speaker Submission Form // Print Speaker Submission: Word form or PDF form .
Registration
Online Registration Form // Print Registration Form: Google doc form or PDF form .
Mail payment to Western Illinois University, 1 University Circle, Department of Math & Philosophy, Macomb, IL 61455.
If you have questions, call (309)298-1054 or email Dr. Bob Mann (rr-mann@wiu.edu). (We do take walk-ins for this conference, but we prefer that attendees register in advance.)
Poster and Please Share
A poster for this conference will be coming soon.
Please pass along information about this conference to fellow teachers and encourage them to attend.
- Link to this page is http://www.wiu.edu/cas/mathematics_and_philosophy/teachers_conference/index.php or use
- http://tinyurl.com/wiu-math-conference
Past Conferences
2019 Conference
2018 Conference
2017 Conference
2016 Conference
2015 Conference
2014 Conference
2013 Conference
2012 Conference
2011 Conference
2010 Conference
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