2010 Future Leader Initial NCTM Annual Meeting Attendance Awards Recipient

Hoping to attend the NCTM Conference in San Diego

Holyoke is a district classified as under-performing by the state of Massachusetts. We have the lowest MCAS, (state standardized test), scores in the state. We have an English Language learner population of 23%, 27% SPED and 82% of our students qualify for free and reduced lunch. As a math coach my job is to co-teach, provide professional development for math teachers, ELL teachers and SPED teachers to raise the MCAS scores. The main reasons why I want to attend the NCTM annual conference are to learn and reflect upon being a more effective teacher, mathematics coach and to refine strategies to support English Language learners in the math classroom. The knowledge I will attain from the conference will be put into practice at my school, impacting the 20+ teachers and 475 students that I work with at Maurice A. Donahue School.