5/20/17 Affiliate report

​CMCFN Affiliate Report 5/20/17
 
The Far North Affiliate had the annual conference on Saturday, Oct. 15.
 
Overview of details:
 

• Keynote was author Anna Weltman
• New venue was the Sequoia Conference Center at the district office
• Conference team was effective in catering, evaluations, program, overall planning and organization
• Attendance was bolstered by partnerships with local grants, county and university (HSU)
• Detailed Google Share drive is in place and full of lists, flyers, letters and templates to provide structure for 2017
• President Elect will start 2017
• Fee was increased to $75, with a group rate for the grant participants
• Web page, cmcfn.com was used as platform to organize conference before, during and after
• WE are currently looking for a keynote for next year.  It can be difficult to get well-known math educators to travel to the far north with our budget:)
• Gave away two  $500 scholarships to Asilomar and traveled with an affiliate team of 8.
• Ended with a 2017 budget of $8900 for next year J

 
Other Business:
 
Asilomar:
 
Teams learned a lot and debriefed during the evening hours and the long car ride.  Conference was a great learning and networking experience.  
 
Planning for next year’s annual conference:
 

• Schedule team meetings
• Book venue
• Need keynoter for K-5 attendees
• Start breakout matrix
• Partner with grant agencies RCPLI grant will send 60+ attnedees
• Send out Save the date (Oct 14, 2017) information to sites/email to members
• Review 2016 Share drive to organize 2017 planning.
• Recruit presenters (esp. Primary- hard to get!)
• Include a focus on the content progressions by Bill McCallum

 
Teacher Shortage:
Affecting many sites-student teachers are being recruited as interns with mixed success.